BOSR DCF ACTUAL 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Benefits of assessment - ✔✔empower parents to help their child grow and develop
improve a family's ability to navigate a complex system of services
individuals with disabilities education act, or IDEA, which is a federal law
✔✔assessment vs evaluation - ✔✔assessment is ongoing procedures used by
appropriately qualified personnel throughout the period of a child's eligibility to identify
unique strengths and need, resources, priorities, and concerns of the family and
supports and services necessary
evaluation determines a child's eligibility for federal,state, and local programs and
services
✔✔your role as a child care professional is - ✔✔observation, screening, and referral
✔✔your main responsibilities in observation and screening - ✔✔document the child's
skills and abilities fairly, objectively, and accurately; to refer children for further
assessment
✔✔guideline 1 - ✔✔be informed
✔✔guideline 2 - ✔✔be objective and accurate
✔✔guideline 3 - ✔✔be honest and fair
✔✔HALT - ✔✔hungry, angry(anxious), lonesome, tired
✔✔guidline 4 - ✔✔be focused
✔✔if signs of delay or disability are documented - ✔✔staff members refer parents
appropriately
✔✔if signs of child abuse or neglect are observed - ✔✔you must, by law, report them to
the abuse hotline
✔✔quality screening instruments are - ✔✔accurate, affordable, available
sensitive in regards to culture, ethnicity, and language spoken
✔✔components of screening instruments - ✔✔a record keeping system
documents used to record basic information about children and families
scoring and interpretation guides
reliable and endorsed
if they use technology it should be user friendly
, ✔✔questions to ask before using a screening tool with a child - ✔✔what does the
instrument screen?
what is the target age range?
what languages are available?
does the screener need to be specially trained?
how many items are screened?
how long does it take to administer?
how is it implemented and scored?
✔✔family involvement in screening - ✔✔permission/ written consent
enrollment information
results of previous screenings
be fully aware of the screening
confidentiality
✔✔a program should have this in order to guide families through the screening and
observation process - ✔✔written policies and procedures
a plan for orienting families to the process
a developmentally appropriate screening schedule for each child
a system for documenting parental permission to screen
a strategy for communicating results to the parents
knowledge about how, when, and to whom referrals should be made
✔✔why are screenings conducted? - ✔✔to monitor a child's progress in gaining skills,
they may be completed more frequently to guide classroom planning
✔✔checklist - ✔✔a list of skills and abilities to be observed
✔✔anecdotal record - ✔✔a narrative account of an event written shortly after it
occurred; it tells what a child did, when they did it, how they did it , and what happened
afterward
✔✔conversation - ✔✔word-word account of what children said while being interviewed
by a provider
✔✔time sample - ✔✔Records what activities a child chooses to do during a given time
period
✔✔standardized test - ✔✔are used to document a child's ability to compare and
contrast, solve a problem, classify objects, put things in sequential order, arrive at
conclusions, and perform other skills
✔✔rating scale - ✔✔is used to measure a behavior, skill, or ability based on a series of
quality points or continuim
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Benefits of assessment - ✔✔empower parents to help their child grow and develop
improve a family's ability to navigate a complex system of services
individuals with disabilities education act, or IDEA, which is a federal law
✔✔assessment vs evaluation - ✔✔assessment is ongoing procedures used by
appropriately qualified personnel throughout the period of a child's eligibility to identify
unique strengths and need, resources, priorities, and concerns of the family and
supports and services necessary
evaluation determines a child's eligibility for federal,state, and local programs and
services
✔✔your role as a child care professional is - ✔✔observation, screening, and referral
✔✔your main responsibilities in observation and screening - ✔✔document the child's
skills and abilities fairly, objectively, and accurately; to refer children for further
assessment
✔✔guideline 1 - ✔✔be informed
✔✔guideline 2 - ✔✔be objective and accurate
✔✔guideline 3 - ✔✔be honest and fair
✔✔HALT - ✔✔hungry, angry(anxious), lonesome, tired
✔✔guidline 4 - ✔✔be focused
✔✔if signs of delay or disability are documented - ✔✔staff members refer parents
appropriately
✔✔if signs of child abuse or neglect are observed - ✔✔you must, by law, report them to
the abuse hotline
✔✔quality screening instruments are - ✔✔accurate, affordable, available
sensitive in regards to culture, ethnicity, and language spoken
✔✔components of screening instruments - ✔✔a record keeping system
documents used to record basic information about children and families
scoring and interpretation guides
reliable and endorsed
if they use technology it should be user friendly
, ✔✔questions to ask before using a screening tool with a child - ✔✔what does the
instrument screen?
what is the target age range?
what languages are available?
does the screener need to be specially trained?
how many items are screened?
how long does it take to administer?
how is it implemented and scored?
✔✔family involvement in screening - ✔✔permission/ written consent
enrollment information
results of previous screenings
be fully aware of the screening
confidentiality
✔✔a program should have this in order to guide families through the screening and
observation process - ✔✔written policies and procedures
a plan for orienting families to the process
a developmentally appropriate screening schedule for each child
a system for documenting parental permission to screen
a strategy for communicating results to the parents
knowledge about how, when, and to whom referrals should be made
✔✔why are screenings conducted? - ✔✔to monitor a child's progress in gaining skills,
they may be completed more frequently to guide classroom planning
✔✔checklist - ✔✔a list of skills and abilities to be observed
✔✔anecdotal record - ✔✔a narrative account of an event written shortly after it
occurred; it tells what a child did, when they did it, how they did it , and what happened
afterward
✔✔conversation - ✔✔word-word account of what children said while being interviewed
by a provider
✔✔time sample - ✔✔Records what activities a child chooses to do during a given time
period
✔✔standardized test - ✔✔are used to document a child's ability to compare and
contrast, solve a problem, classify objects, put things in sequential order, arrive at
conclusions, and perform other skills
✔✔rating scale - ✔✔is used to measure a behavior, skill, or ability based on a series of
quality points or continuim
