ABSTRACT
The purpose of the observation profile is to enhance the teacher's ability to assess the young child's progress in developing skills and understanding in those areas which are typically impaired in autism. In the authors' experience of training groups of support assistants and teachers from mainstream nursery and special schools, there is a reported dearth of readily accessible material examining the earliest stages of skill acquisition in these areas (although the P-level targets represent a recent attempt to redress this situation across the curriculum).
