Parental and professional agreement in early childhood assessment

Gradel, Kathleen; Thompson, Max S.; Sheehan, Robert

doi:10.1177/027112148100100208

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“…Indeed, high correlations have been observed between parents' and professionals' judgments of a child's developmental level (Gradel, Thompson, & Sheehan, 1981) suggesting that caregiver reports can yield valid indices of child functioning. In addition, many informant measures (which might be criticized on the basis of their potential for subjectivity and bias) have endured the scrutiny of rigorous psychometric evaluation (e.g., the MacArthur Communication Development Inventory (Fenson et al, 1991)) thereby demonstrating construct validity and the accuracy of the information source.…”

Section: Parents As Experts Of Children's Knowledge and Abilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond False Beliefs: The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Perceptions of Children’s Theory of Mind Measure—Experimental Version (PCToMM-E)

Hutchins

Bonazinga

Prelock

et al. 2007

J Autism Dev Disord

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The Perceptions of Children's Theory of Mind Measure (Experimental version; PCToMM-E) is an informant measure designed to tap children's theory of mind competence. Study one evaluated the measure when completed by primary caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Scores demonstrated high test-retest reliability and correlated with verbal mental age and ToM task battery performance. No ceiling effects were observed. In addition, caregivers accurately predicted their children's ToM task battery performance. In study two the scores of primary caregivers of typically developing children demonstrated high test-retest reliability and distinguished children on the basis of age and developmental status. Ceiling effects were not evident until late childhood. The utility of the PCToMM-E and directions for future research are discussed.

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Section: Parents As Experts Of Children's Knowledge and Abilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond False Beliefs: The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Perceptions of Children’s Theory of Mind Measure—Experimental Version (PCToMM-E)

Hutchins

Bonazinga

Prelock

et al. 2007

J Autism Dev Disord

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“…Research, however, has suggested that parents' estimates tended to be somewhat higher than those derived from professionals (Gradel et al, 1981;Hagekull et al, 1984;Sexton et al, 1984Sexton et al, , 1990Stancin et al, 1984). For example, Sexton et al (1990) compared maternal judgments about the developmental status of their children enrolled in early intervention programs with developmental testing data obtained for 53 children.…”

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Utilizing parental observations and computer technology in developing a child‐screening instrument in Singapore

Kwan

Nam

2004

International Journal of Early Years Education

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It is widely known that parent-teacher partnerships are vital to children's progress in their development and learning in schools. These partnerships involve parent-teacher conferences, parents helping in the classroom, teachers making home visits and parent education seminars. However, partnerships rarely extend to having parents involved in the assessment process of their children in a significant way. In Singapore, opportunities for parents to be involved in the assessment process exist but only when invited by a professional, and this is only to a limited extent. Routinely, when professionals assess a child, parents are asked for their observations of their progress at home. However, such information gathered from parents is informal, unorganized and used on a supplementary basis. Hence, it was the purpose of this research project to develop a child-screening instrument that utilized observations of Singaporean parents in an organized fashion by the help of computer technology. With this, it is hoped that the involvement in the assessment process will educate and empower parents to make decisions and play a more active role in the identification of their children's learning needs.This paper reports the use of parents' observations of their children across five developmental domains in the device of a computer-based child-screening questionnaire in Singapore. The Developmental Screening Questionnaire (DSQ) is developed as an initial screening tool to detect potentially at-risk children within the age range of one to six years. This paper also describes the validity and utility of the instrument, making use of computer technology in the test administration process.

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“…Care must be taken to standardize interviews and questionnaires as strictly as possible. There is ample evidence that parents tend to overestimate the functional development of their children compared to professional assessments (Gradel, Thompson, & Sheehan, 1981;Stancin, Reuter, Dunn, & Bickett, 1984).…”

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Functional Assessment in Young Children with Neurological Impairments

Haley¹,

Hallenborg²,

Gans

1989

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

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The assessment of basic functional skills is an important domain in the comprehensive educational assessment of young children with neurological impairments. Most children with neurological impairments have significant limitations in physical function that can impede their educational progress. For young children with physical impairments, special educators are primarily concerned with the evaluation of basic functional skills such as mobility and self-care. Educational plans for children with neurological impairments often incorporate functional activity training; thus, functional assessment can serve as an effective means for program planning and documenting progress. The purposes of this paper are to: (a) review the status of functional assessment in young children, (b) examine the conceptual issues in the selection of functional assessment measures in special education, and (c) describe functional assessment approaches developed in the field of pediatric rehabilitation.

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Parental and professional agreement in early childhood assessment

Cited by 70 publications

References 8 publications

Beyond False Beliefs: The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Perceptions of Children’s Theory of Mind Measure—Experimental Version (PCToMM-E)

Beyond False Beliefs: The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Perceptions of Children’s Theory of Mind Measure—Experimental Version (PCToMM-E)

Utilizing parental observations and computer technology in developing a child‐screening instrument in Singapore

Functional Assessment in Young Children with Neurological Impairments

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