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Behavioral Observation and Screening Flashcards

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What is an Observation?

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An ongoing process in which child care professionals recognize and document identifiable developmental milestones as they appear, using tools such as checklists, anecdotal records, and running records

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What is an Screening?

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An ongoing process in which child care professional use specialized observation and documentation tools to identify, and monitor typical development or possible developmental delay.

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What are the three main reasons child care programs observe and screen children:

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  • Foster growth and development in every child
  • Detect early signs of developmental delay or disability
  • Identify signs of child abuse and neglect
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What is Early Intervention?

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A system of services that help children who have a developmental disability or delay

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What does Atypical mean?

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The same thing as not typical or not expected

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What is Documented evidence?

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Written data collected by the program

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What is Developmental domains:

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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

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What is an Natural Environment?

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Places the child would typically be, such as home, the child care program, school, a place of worship, or the homes of family rather than a director’s office, doctor/therapist’s office, or similar places.

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What is an Assessment?

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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 too improve a child’s outcome.

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What can child Care professionals in Florida refer to families?

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Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resource system’s Child Find

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What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

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Children with disabilities receive a free and public education (FAPE) ages 3-22

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What is an Evaluation?

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A process that determines a child’s eligibility for federal, state, and local programs and services.

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What is the role of a child care professional:

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  • Observation
  • Screening
  • Referral
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Observation, screening, assessment, and evaluation are..

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interrelated processes

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Never observe or screen with the intent of confirming of a….

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suspicion

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What does H.A.L.T stand for?

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  • Hungry
  • Angry/Anxious
  • Lonesome
  • Tired
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What does In Good Faith mean?

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To work with the sincere intention of doing the right thing, with honesty and integrity, and to perform the work at hand with the best effort possible.

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What does Confidentiality mean?

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Keeping personal information private

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What is a Checklist?

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A list of skills and abilities to be observed

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When do you use a Checklist?

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When the goal is to note the presence or absence of demonstrated skills and abilities

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What is an Anecdotal record?

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A narrative account of an event written shortly after it occurred

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What is an Running record?

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An account of what the child is doing as it is happening

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What is an frequency count records?

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A record of how long a behavior happens

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What are Conversations?

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Word-for-word accounts of what children said while being interviewed by a provider

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What does Phonetically mean?

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The way words sound, rather than how they are spelled

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What is a Time sample?

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What activities a child chooses to do during a given time period

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What is Standardized tests?

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Documentation to show a child’s ability to compare and contrast. solve a problem, classify objects, put things in sequential order, arrive at conclusions, and perform other skills.

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What does Norm-referenced mean?

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The results are used to compare the skills of the child to typically developing peers.

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What is a Rating scale?

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A scale to measure a behavior, skill, or ability based on a series of quality points or a continuum.

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What is a Work sample?

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A product created by a child that becomes documentation of the development of a skill

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What does Documentation mean?

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Everything in a child’s file, but that word can have a special meaning when it is used in reference to child observation

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What Documentation refer to?

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Records that help identify a child who may be at risk of maltreatment, delay, or disability; or to relay a suspicion of child abuse or neglect

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What does At-risk mean?

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A phrase to describe a condition or situation of vulnerability or being in danger.

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What does People-First Language mean?

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A sentence construction that places people before any condition they have

35
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According to the CDC, children who are at the highest risk for developmental delay or disability tend to be…..

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Males living in poverty

36
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What is a disability that affect self-help skills and the way the brain processes information?

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Cognitive disabilities

37
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What is an disorder characterized by delays in motor development and seizures; it often appears in conjunction with a behavioral disorder

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Phenylketonuria

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What is a disorder characterized by extreme shifts in mood and energy?

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Bipolar Disorder

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What is an disorder characterized by impulsivity and inattention, and on some cases, hyperactivity

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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What is a disorder that affects body movement and muscle coordination?

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Cerebral palsy

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What is an genetic disorder characterized distinct physical traits and intellectual impairments ?

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Down Syndrome

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What is a group of disorder characterized by social and communication impairments, and restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior?

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

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What is a syndrome characterized by intellectual disability and behavior disorders; it is more prevalent and severe in males?

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Fragile X Syndrome

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What is an syndrome characterized by deformities in the joints, fingers, and limbs; a typical behavior; and learning disorders; and cognitive impairments

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

45
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Abuse falls in what three categories?

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Physical, Sexually, Emotional

46
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What are the physical signs of child abuse?

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  • Bruises
  • Welts
  • Burns
  • Lacerations
  • Abrasions
  • Fractures
  • Wounds
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What are the behavioral signs of child abuse?

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  • Not wanting to go home
  • Wariness of adults
  • Strong startle response
  • Depression
  • Poor memory
  • Concentration
  • Behaviors that are not age-appropriate
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What is Child Abuse defined as?

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An non-accidental injury, sexual battery, or injury to the intellectual or phycological capacity of a child by the parent, adult household member, or other person responsible for the child’s welfare

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What is Child Neglect defined as?

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Failure to provide things necessary to sustain

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What are the physical signs of Child Neglect?

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  • Untreated medical conditions (major and minor)
  • Inadequate clothing
  • Consistent hunger
  • Poor hygiene
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What are the behavioral signs of Child Neglect

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  • Fatigue
  • Disinterest
  • Stealing food
  • Inability to trust
  • self- destructive behaviors
  • Poor self- control
  • Consistent absences or tardiness
  • Trying to take on adult responsible for other children
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What is the Americans with Disabilities act (ADA)

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A federal law that prohibits discrimination against people who are disabled

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Referrals from child care providers should be made to which organizations?

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  • Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resource System (FSLRS)
  • Florida Office of Early Learning Child Care Resource and Referral Network (CCR&R)
  • Child Find
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What does Objectivity mean?

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Tha ability to serve aside personal beliefs, values,.opinions and biases, and consider only facts

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What does Subjectivity mean?

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The application of one pints of view when determining a course of thought or action.

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