DCF behavioral observation and screening (BOAS) questions and answers well illustrated.

DCF behavioral observation and screening (BOAS) questions and answers well illustrated. Observation - correct 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 - correct 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? - correct answer. This course is required by Florida statue 402.305 which describes "licensing standards, child care programs." Key benefits of developmental screening - correct 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 - correct answer. Leads to sound assessment so that early detection of potential developmental delays will determine the correct referral and intervention. Why do we use the analogy of a window window when we discuss brain development? - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer. 1. Physical health 2. Motor development 3. Cognitive development & general knowledge 4. Language & communication 5. Approaches to learning 6. Social & emotional Physical health - correct answer. Refer to the changes in body shape and proportion. It includes change in weight, height, and etc. Motor development - correct 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 - correct 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. Language and communication - correct answer. Refers to child's ability to express himself verbally and to receive and understand the verbal communication of others. It involves vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and ability to understand things around them. Approaches to learning - correct answer. Refers to how skills and knowledge are acquired through the three qualities eagerness and curiosity, persistence and creativity, and problem solving Social and emotional - correct answer. Focuses how children feel about themselves and their relationships with others. Refers to individual behavior, responses to play and work activities, attachment to parents and relationships with siblings and friends. Age-level expectancies - correct answer. Represent a range (rather than an exact point in time) when specific skills will be achieved. Activity: • laughing and show pleasure at interaction - 8 to 18 months • digs through sand to find hidden toys - 24 to 36 months • inspects own hands and feet - birth to 8 months