My child’s educational profile

This form is a worksheet for parents to help them understand their child's needs.
Please answer the following questions as honestly as possible.

 

Child’s Name:____________________________
Age:______________
Worksheet completed by:___________________
Date:_____________


List your child’s strengths

List your child’s weaknesses

Academic

(Subjects, type of activities, type of thinking, etc.)

   
Emotional

(Self-esteem, stability, enthusiasm, sensitivity, etc.)

   
Social

(relationships with friends, peers, adults, in groups, one on one, etc.)

   

What does your child love to do? Favorite Activities?



What does your child most object to? Be Specific.



 

Personal Qualities:
Maturity Social interaction with peers Self Confidence
Very mature
Appropriate
Somewhat immature
Very immature		 Healthy relationships
Occasional minor problems
Frequent minor problems
Related poorly		 Has healthy self-image
Needs some support
Appears overly confident
Needs much reassurance
Consideration Sense of humor Integrity Conduct
Unusually thoughtful
Usually considerate
Rarely considerate
Selfish 		Delightful
Good
Inappropriate
Humorless 		Very trustworthy
Usually trustworthy
Occasionally trustworthy
Untrustworthy 		Well-behaved
Usually obeys rules
Occasionally misbehaves
Frequently misbehaves

Personality Traits:
Circle the words that best describe your child
Aggressive Anxious Articulate Assertive
Cheerful Confident Conscientious Disobedient
Easily discouraged Follower Helpful Honest
Influential Irritable Manipulative Motivated
Negative leader Overprotected Passive aggressive Perfectionist
Positive leader Responsible Self-centered Self-disciplined
Shy Social Vivacious Well-liked

List your child’s interests and loves

List the things your child avoids or just hates to do.
 



 

  



 
We often describe our children with adjectives that put them in only one light. They are immature, or energetic, or intelligent, but the truth is people display opposite types of behavior in different situations. A child will focus really well in one situation and poorly in another. A child may show wonderful ability to learn one minute and seem utterly confused in the next. A child may be very talkative in one setting and be quiet in the next. In the proceeding sections, think about when your child exhibits contrasting behaviors. What makes your child act so differently?


You are playing a detective in order to pinpoint the possibilities that create the differences, but remember that the answers are seldom as simple as we would like.


Describe the situations where your child listens and/or communicates well. Describe the situations where your child listens and/or communicates poorly.
 


 

  



 
Describe the situations where your child has been socially successful. Describe the situations where your child has done poorly socially.
 



 

  
Describe the situations where your child has learned successfully. Describe the situations where your child has struggled with their learning.
 



 

  
Describe the situations where your child has shown excellent focus and concentration. Describe the situations where your child has shown poor focus and concentration.
 



 

  
Describe the situations where your child demonstrates maturity or independence. Describe the situations where your child demonstrates an inability to be mature or independent.
 



 

  
Describe the situations where your child behaves extremely well. Describe the situations where your child behaves poorly or gets in trouble.
 


 

  

You may want to come back to this worksheet sometime soon. Often, new ideas and patterns will come to you, after the questions have sat in your head for a while.

Remember that the worksheet is designed only to identify your perception of your child and can help you decide on how to proceed. Parents often have wonderful reads of their children, but this worksheet must not be thought of as proving anything, but rather simply pointing toward a direction.