BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Observation - ANSWER-Is when a child care worker recognizes and notes and
identifiable performance or behavior and uses instruments such as checklists,
anecdotal records and running records. The instruments are used to measure
progress against a standard and to share results with assessment experts.
Screening - ANSWER-Means an instrument intended to identity and monitor
normal development or possible developmental delay. Screening programs are not
diagnostic, and are not based on whether a child has passed a certain curriculum.
Why do we need this course? - ANSWER-This course is required by Florida statue
402.305 which describes "licensing standards, child care programs."
Key benefits of developmental screening - ANSWER-- early detection of problems
allows for timely referral for invention.
- the caregivers attention can be focused on activities that strengthen the child's
skills.
- Increased volume and quality of information available to the parents regarding
"in-the-home" activities that support normal development.
- provides a common reference point and basis for interaction for parents, child
care workers, and child development specialist.
Proper screening - ANSWER-Leads to sound assessment so that early detection of
potential developmental delays will determine the correct referral and intervention.
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, Why do we use the analogy of a window window when we discuss brain
development? - ANSWER-When a window is open, air and other things have free
access to the space within, but when the window is closed, nothing can get through
the window.
Principles if child development - ANSWER-- development in young children
occurs rapidly and typically progresses in spurts.
- all children develop at their own rates because each child is unique. Heredity and
environment work together to make each child special and different from all
others. Together, these factors account for the individual variations you see in
children.
Six developmental domains - ANSWER-1. Physical health
2. Motor development
3. Cognitive development & general knowledge
4. Language & communication
5. Approaches to learning
6. Social & emotional
Physical health - ANSWER-Refer to the changes in body shape and proportion. It
includes change in weight, height, and etc.
Motor development - ANSWER-Refers to a child's ability to make about and
control body parts such as grasping, rolling over, hopping, etc.
Cognitive development and general knowledge - ANSWER-Refers to a child's
intellectual or mental abilities. It involves finding processing and organizing
information and using it appropriately. Discovering interpreting, sorting,
classifying, and remembering information.
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CORRECT ANSWERS
Observation - ANSWER-Is when a child care worker recognizes and notes and
identifiable performance or behavior and uses instruments such as checklists,
anecdotal records and running records. The instruments are used to measure
progress against a standard and to share results with assessment experts.
Screening - ANSWER-Means an instrument intended to identity and monitor
normal development or possible developmental delay. Screening programs are not
diagnostic, and are not based on whether a child has passed a certain curriculum.
Why do we need this course? - ANSWER-This course is required by Florida statue
402.305 which describes "licensing standards, child care programs."
Key benefits of developmental screening - ANSWER-- early detection of problems
allows for timely referral for invention.
- the caregivers attention can be focused on activities that strengthen the child's
skills.
- Increased volume and quality of information available to the parents regarding
"in-the-home" activities that support normal development.
- provides a common reference point and basis for interaction for parents, child
care workers, and child development specialist.
Proper screening - ANSWER-Leads to sound assessment so that early detection of
potential developmental delays will determine the correct referral and intervention.
1
, Why do we use the analogy of a window window when we discuss brain
development? - ANSWER-When a window is open, air and other things have free
access to the space within, but when the window is closed, nothing can get through
the window.
Principles if child development - ANSWER-- development in young children
occurs rapidly and typically progresses in spurts.
- all children develop at their own rates because each child is unique. Heredity and
environment work together to make each child special and different from all
others. Together, these factors account for the individual variations you see in
children.
Six developmental domains - ANSWER-1. Physical health
2. Motor development
3. Cognitive development & general knowledge
4. Language & communication
5. Approaches to learning
6. Social & emotional
Physical health - ANSWER-Refer to the changes in body shape and proportion. It
includes change in weight, height, and etc.
Motor development - ANSWER-Refers to a child's ability to make about and
control body parts such as grasping, rolling over, hopping, etc.
Cognitive development and general knowledge - ANSWER-Refers to a child's
intellectual or mental abilities. It involves finding processing and organizing
information and using it appropriately. Discovering interpreting, sorting,
classifying, and remembering information.
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