Behavioral Observation and Screening for DCF Exam With CORRECT
ANSWERS……
1-2% of infants have no discernible disabling conditions at the time of birth, but by school age, 10% of all
children are found to have some degree of developmental disability - CORRECT ANSWER--True
A broad area that focuses on how children feel about themselves and their relationships with others. It
refers to children's individual behaviors and responses to play and work activites, attachments to parents
and caregivers, and relationships with siblings and friends: - CORRECT ANSWER--Social and emotional
development
A child care worker recognizes and notes an identifiable performance or behavior and uses instruments
such as checklists, anecdotal records, and running records. These instruments are used to measure
progress against a standard and to share results with assessment experts. This is called: - CORRECT
ANSWER--Observation
A child is compared to others who are similar to him in age and level of development: - CORRECT
ANSWER--Standardized/norm referenced
A child's emotional state in a variety of situations is tested clinically: - CORRECT ANSWER--Temperament
A useful first-level screening program should be practical for assessing large numbers of children and
they should do so: - CORRECT ANSWER--Easily, accurately, affordably
A variety of methods can be used to involve parents, they are: - CORRECT ANSWER--Parents can go to
the center for the screening, the screening is done entirely at the school and the results are then shared
with parents
An instrument intended to identify and monitor normal development or possible developmental delay is
called: - CORRECT ANSWER--Screening
Assessments based on children's work in the classroom focused on measuring a child's performance -
CORRECT ANSWER--Instructional assessments
, Brief achievement test geared to show whether a child is ready to benefit from a special program: -
CORRECT ANSWER--Readiness test
Brief tests that target social-emotional issues: - CORRECT ANSWER--Social-emotional/behavioral
screening tests
Can be standardized or can be developed by the teacher to identify behaviors that are going to be
observed and then to record the observations by checking the box that best describes what was been
observed: - CORRECT ANSWER--Checklists
Changes in body shape and proportion, includes changes in weight, height, visual perception, hearing,
etc. - CORRECT ANSWER--Physical health
Components of the Brigance Screen are: - CORRECT ANSWER--It uses nine separate forms, it measures
speech-language and general knowledge, for the youngest age group it measures social-emotional skills,
it is designed to be administered in an educational environment and can be administered by a para-
professional, available in four languages
Culture includes ideas about: - CORRECT ANSWER--ways to relate to one's elders, behavior between boys
and girls, roles of men and women, child rearing practices such as discipline, toilet training, feeding, and
bathing
Culture influences are important, it is made up of all the factors in an environment that are accepted by
the group as the norm. Culture includes: - CORRECT ANSWER--Attitudes, values and beliefs, laws, ways of
doing things
During this observation, the observer is concealed behind a screen or a 2-way mirror and does not
interact with a child: - CORRECT ANSWER--Non-participant observation
FDLRS/child find: - CORRECT ANSWER--The letters stand for Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources
System, is coordinated with local school districts, locates children who are potentially eligible for services
under IDEA, provides information,training, and supports districts and families to promote effective
parent participation
ANSWERS……
1-2% of infants have no discernible disabling conditions at the time of birth, but by school age, 10% of all
children are found to have some degree of developmental disability - CORRECT ANSWER--True
A broad area that focuses on how children feel about themselves and their relationships with others. It
refers to children's individual behaviors and responses to play and work activites, attachments to parents
and caregivers, and relationships with siblings and friends: - CORRECT ANSWER--Social and emotional
development
A child care worker recognizes and notes an identifiable performance or behavior and uses instruments
such as checklists, anecdotal records, and running records. These instruments are used to measure
progress against a standard and to share results with assessment experts. This is called: - CORRECT
ANSWER--Observation
A child is compared to others who are similar to him in age and level of development: - CORRECT
ANSWER--Standardized/norm referenced
A child's emotional state in a variety of situations is tested clinically: - CORRECT ANSWER--Temperament
A useful first-level screening program should be practical for assessing large numbers of children and
they should do so: - CORRECT ANSWER--Easily, accurately, affordably
A variety of methods can be used to involve parents, they are: - CORRECT ANSWER--Parents can go to
the center for the screening, the screening is done entirely at the school and the results are then shared
with parents
An instrument intended to identify and monitor normal development or possible developmental delay is
called: - CORRECT ANSWER--Screening
Assessments based on children's work in the classroom focused on measuring a child's performance -
CORRECT ANSWER--Instructional assessments
, Brief achievement test geared to show whether a child is ready to benefit from a special program: -
CORRECT ANSWER--Readiness test
Brief tests that target social-emotional issues: - CORRECT ANSWER--Social-emotional/behavioral
screening tests
Can be standardized or can be developed by the teacher to identify behaviors that are going to be
observed and then to record the observations by checking the box that best describes what was been
observed: - CORRECT ANSWER--Checklists
Changes in body shape and proportion, includes changes in weight, height, visual perception, hearing,
etc. - CORRECT ANSWER--Physical health
Components of the Brigance Screen are: - CORRECT ANSWER--It uses nine separate forms, it measures
speech-language and general knowledge, for the youngest age group it measures social-emotional skills,
it is designed to be administered in an educational environment and can be administered by a para-
professional, available in four languages
Culture includes ideas about: - CORRECT ANSWER--ways to relate to one's elders, behavior between boys
and girls, roles of men and women, child rearing practices such as discipline, toilet training, feeding, and
bathing
Culture influences are important, it is made up of all the factors in an environment that are accepted by
the group as the norm. Culture includes: - CORRECT ANSWER--Attitudes, values and beliefs, laws, ways of
doing things
During this observation, the observer is concealed behind a screen or a 2-way mirror and does not
interact with a child: - CORRECT ANSWER--Non-participant observation
FDLRS/child find: - CORRECT ANSWER--The letters stand for Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources
System, is coordinated with local school districts, locates children who are potentially eligible for services
under IDEA, provides information,training, and supports districts and families to promote effective
parent participation
