DCF Certification Exam: Behavioral Observation and Screening (BOSR) | 2024 / 2025 Update | Questions and Verified Answers | Graded A

DCF Certification Exam: Behavioral Observation and Screening (BOSR) | 2024 / 2025 Update | Questions and Verified Answers | Graded A 1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ~ Answer: Mandates that children with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) 2. Who is at Risk for developmental delay or disability? ~ Answer: Males, living in poverty are at the highest risk 3. Developmental disability ~ Answer: chronic condition that is diagnosed in childhood and substantially limits major life activities in adulthood, and impacts a child's abilities to perform activities in one or more developmental domain 4. Quality programs have developmentally appropriate screening schedule for each child and share it with the parents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends screenings at: ~ Answer: -9 months ~ -18 months ~ -24 months or 30 months 5. Child care professionals should: ~ Answer: select the right screening tools, ask the right questions, follow guidelines and best practices, involve families 6. checklist ~ Answer: a list of skills and abilities to be observed. 7. anecdotal record ~ Answer: write about the development of a skill or ability after it has occured 8. conversations ~ Answer: word for word accounts of what children said while being interviewed by a provider ~ be phonetically, non verbal communication and body language also included ~ document children's ability to translate words into thoughts 9. documentation ~ Answer: everything in a child's file ii. in regards to observation- refers to records that help identify a child who may be at risk of maltreatment, delay, disability or to relay a suspicion of child abuse