BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION AND SCREENING FOR
DCF EXAM
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: - Answer -Observation
An instrument intended to identify and monitor normal development or possible
developmental delay is called: - Answer -Screening
True or False: Screening programs are not diagnostic and are not based on whether a
child has passed a certain curriculum - Answer -True
True or False: The caregiver uses the child's age to interpret the child's behavior -
Answer -True
True or False: When we observe a child struggling with a developmental task, we get
concerned about his/her progress - Answer -True
True or False: When the child has not yet acquired the skills that are typical for children
his/her age, the caregiver should become concerned - Answer -True
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 - Answer -True
True or False: Parents could be unaware of the signs of developmental delay. It is the
child care provider who can draw attention to a child who might benefit from
professional intervention - Answer -True
True or False: Proper screening leads to sound assessment so that early detection of
potential developmental problems will determine the correct referral an intervention -
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: - Answer -Social and emotional development
Refers to how skills and knowledge are acquired through three qualities of eagerness
and curiosity; persistence; creativity and problem solving: - Answer -Approaches to
learning
, True or False: subjective information on an observation is open to interpretation and is
not useful for describing behavior - Answer -True
When observing, the caregiver should know what to expect and observe the child over a
short OR long period of time? - Answer -Long
Short, factual narrative descriptions of a child's behavior. These records should be
factual and should not include judgments: - Answer -Anecdotal records
Records that during a specfiied period of time, the person who is observing the child
writes everything the child does and says/this tool is especially helpful in looking at
social behavior: - Answer -Running record
True or False: Running records can be targeted to a very specific behavior - Answer -
True
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: - Answer -Checklists
True or False: Do not try to observe more than one child at a time - Answer -True
True or False: When observing, make sure that distractions are kept to a minimum -
Answer -True
True or False: When observing, use an area that is unfamiliar to the child - Answer -
False
When you do not hide the fact that you are observing a child's actions - Answer -Overt
observation
When you hide the fact that you are observing a child's actions (from the child) -
Answer -Covert observation
This observation allows you to interact with the child and ask them to do certain things: -
Answer -Participant observation
During this observation, the observer is concealed behind a screen or a 2-way mirror
and does not interact with a child: - Answer -Non-participant observation
True or false: Cognitive development and general knowledge includes reasoning,
solving problems, and using symbols - Answer -True
True or False: The Social and Emotional Development Domain is more difficult to test
due to the extensive amount of time that is needed to determine social/emotional
problems - Answer -True
DCF EXAM
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: - Answer -Observation
An instrument intended to identify and monitor normal development or possible
developmental delay is called: - Answer -Screening
True or False: Screening programs are not diagnostic and are not based on whether a
child has passed a certain curriculum - Answer -True
True or False: The caregiver uses the child's age to interpret the child's behavior -
Answer -True
True or False: When we observe a child struggling with a developmental task, we get
concerned about his/her progress - Answer -True
True or False: When the child has not yet acquired the skills that are typical for children
his/her age, the caregiver should become concerned - Answer -True
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 - Answer -True
True or False: Parents could be unaware of the signs of developmental delay. It is the
child care provider who can draw attention to a child who might benefit from
professional intervention - Answer -True
True or False: Proper screening leads to sound assessment so that early detection of
potential developmental problems will determine the correct referral an intervention -
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: - Answer -Social and emotional development
Refers to how skills and knowledge are acquired through three qualities of eagerness
and curiosity; persistence; creativity and problem solving: - Answer -Approaches to
learning
, True or False: subjective information on an observation is open to interpretation and is
not useful for describing behavior - Answer -True
When observing, the caregiver should know what to expect and observe the child over a
short OR long period of time? - Answer -Long
Short, factual narrative descriptions of a child's behavior. These records should be
factual and should not include judgments: - Answer -Anecdotal records
Records that during a specfiied period of time, the person who is observing the child
writes everything the child does and says/this tool is especially helpful in looking at
social behavior: - Answer -Running record
True or False: Running records can be targeted to a very specific behavior - Answer -
True
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: - Answer -Checklists
True or False: Do not try to observe more than one child at a time - Answer -True
True or False: When observing, make sure that distractions are kept to a minimum -
Answer -True
True or False: When observing, use an area that is unfamiliar to the child - Answer -
False
When you do not hide the fact that you are observing a child's actions - Answer -Overt
observation
When you hide the fact that you are observing a child's actions (from the child) -
Answer -Covert observation
This observation allows you to interact with the child and ask them to do certain things: -
Answer -Participant observation
During this observation, the observer is concealed behind a screen or a 2-way mirror
and does not interact with a child: - Answer -Non-participant observation
True or false: Cognitive development and general knowledge includes reasoning,
solving problems, and using symbols - Answer -True
True or False: The Social and Emotional Development Domain is more difficult to test
due to the extensive amount of time that is needed to determine social/emotional
problems - Answer -True
