DCF behavioral observation and
screening (BOAS)
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.
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.
screening (BOAS)
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.
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.
