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BOSR DCF Study Guide
1. What are the three main reasons child care programs observe and screenchildren?: 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
2. Define: Assessment: Assessment is a process whereby an agency or organiza- tion gathers
and reviews multiple sources of information about a child's suspected or confirmed
developmental delay or disability, and uses that information to improvea child's outcomes.
3. Define: Evidence: Documented evidence refers to written data collected by theprogram. For
example, there may be a file note stating when a child could stand onone foot.
4. Define: Developmental Domains: Categorize children's skills and abilities.Theyinclude
Physical Development, Cognitive Development and General Knowledge, Language and
Communication, Social and Emotional, and Approaches to Learning.
5. Define: Evaluation: Evaluation is a process that determines a child's eligibility forfederal, state,
and local programs and services.
6. Define: Natural Environment: Refers to places the child would typically be, suchas home, the
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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.
7. Define: Observation: An ongoing process in which child care professionals rec- ognize and
document identifiable developmental milestones as they appear, using tools such as checklists,
anecdotal records, and running records.
8. Define: Screening: Is an ongoing process in which child care professionals use specialized
observation and documentation tools to identify, document, and monitortypical development or
possible developmental delay.
9. Give examples of professional groups that perform each of these four activities:
observation, screening, assessment, and evaluation.: Observation:child care professionals
monitor a child as he or she demonstrates identified skillsor 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 thembeing referred to
Children's Medical Services for evaluation of a delay or disability.
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Evaluation:Children's Medical Services performs assessment and evaluation processes to
determine eligibility for programs and services under the Individualswith Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA).
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