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BOSR DCF Study Guide| questions with complete solutions
Question 1: What are the three main reasons child care programs
observe and screen children?
- Facilitate growth and development of every child
- Detect early signs of developmental delay or disability
- Identify signs of child abuse or neglect
CORRECT ANSWER : 1. Facilitate growth and development of
every child, 2. Detect early signs of developmental delay or disability, 3. Identify signs of child abuse or neglect
Question 2: Define: Assessment
CORRECT ANSWER : Assessment is a process whereby an
agency or organization gathers and reviews multiple sources of information about a child's suspected or confirmed developmental delay or disability, and uses that information to improve a child's outcomes.
Question 3: Define: Evidence
CORRECT ANSWER : Documented evidence refers to written
data collected by the program. For example, there may be a file note stating when a child could stand on one foot.
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Question 4: Define: Developmental Domains
CORRECT ANSWER: Categorize children's skills and abilities.
They include Physical Development, Cognitive Development and General Knowledge, Language and Communication, Social and Emotional, and Approaches to Learning.
Question 5: Define: Evaluation
CORRECT ANSWER : Evaluation is a process that determines a
child's eligibility for federal, state, and local programs and services.
Question 6: Define: Natural Environment
CORRECT ANSWER : Refers to places the child would
typically be, such as home, the child care program, school, a place of worship, or the homes of family and friends rather than a director's office, doctor/therapist's office, or similar places.
Question 7: Define: Observation
CORRECT ANSWER : An ongoing process in which child care
professionals recognize and document identifiable
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developmental milestones as they appear, using tools such as checklists, anecdotal records, and running records.
Question 8: Define: Screening
CORRECT ANSWER : Is an ongoing process in which child
care professionals use specialized observation and documentation tools to identify, document, and monitor typical development or possible developmental delay.
Question 9: Give examples of professional groups that perform
each of these four activities: observation, screening, assessment,
and evaluation.CORRECT ANSWER : Observation: child care professionals monitor a child as he or she demonstrates identified skills or abilities within a developmental domain or domains.
Assessment: child care professionals refer families to the Florida
Diagnostic and Learning Resource System's Child Find for assessment, which may result in them being referred to Children's Medical Services for evaluation of a delay or disability.
Evaluation: Children's Medical Services performs assessment
and evaluation processes to determine eligibility for programs
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and services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Screening: child care professionals or other medical
professionals
Question 10: Relate the four guidelines for observations and
screenings that take place in child care settings.
- Be informed
- Be objective and accurate
- Be honest and fair
- Be focused
CORRECT ANSWER : 1. Be informed, 2. Be objective and
accurate, 3. Be honest and fair, 4. Be focused
Question 11: Name characteristics seen in effective child care
professionals who observe and screen children.
CORRECT ANSWER : Objective, follow directions,
accurate/relevant documentation, ethical, honest, fair, information seeker