36 hours ago Chamberlain, P., & Reid, J. B. (1987). Parent observation and report of child symptoms. Behavioral Assessment, 9(1), 97–109. Abstract. Investigated the reliability and validity of a 34 … >> Go To The Portal
Generally, a child observation report should include the following features: Contextual information: the child’s time, date, and setting or location when the observation was carried out. Observation (or Data Collection): the descriptive and objective paragraphs explaining the educator’s observations about the child.
De Bildt et. al (2003) found that the two parent report measures had good agreement with each other. Clinician observation measures also had good agreement with each other, but the parent report with the clinician observation had poor agreement.
The purpose of this research is to examine the consistencies between parent report and clinician observation of symptoms using the commonly used measures to diagnose ASD (ADOS & ADI-R). Previous research has shown diagnosis is more reliable and valid when using both ADOS (clinician observation) and ADI-R (parent interview).
This child observation method involves taking note of a child’s behavior at specific intervals. This method is done at regular intervals and can be useful for identifying and reducing the child’s negative behavior through understanding the context of the situation.