Assessing beyond disorders

Question 0

What is a way to assess parent/child interactions?

Answer 0

Parent/child interaction checklist.
Asks things like:
- Does the parent sit face to face with child?
- Does the parent wait for the child to take a turn?

Question 1

What do parents report their child was experiencing?

Answer 1

Participation Restrictions
→“We don’t understand what he’s trying to tell us!”
→“He rarely engages socially with his peers”

Negative Personal Factors
 →Anxiety 
→Frustration 
→Behaviour problems 
→Temper tantrum
…as a result of their communication impairment

Question 2

How can you assess the social/emotional state of the child?

Answer 2

Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE)
Assesses areas of:
- self-regulation
- compliance
- Communication
- Adaptive functioning
- Autonomy
- Affect
- Interaction with people
A score above 57 can indicate the need for further assessment.

Question 3

What are some other questionnaires that are available?

Answer 3

Strengths and difficulties questionnaire.
- completed by parents or teachers

Parenting scale
- assesses parents

Question 4

How can we assess behaviour?

Answer 4

Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory (ECBI) (Eyberg, 1974)
•Children and adolescents 2-16 years old
•Approx 5 minutes
•Each behaviour is rated on a seven-point scale assessing how often the behaviours occur 1 means “never”, 4 means “sometimes”, and 7 means “always”