HSPMC: Training Guide-Individualizing: A Plan for Success (Appendix C)

Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community:
Individualizing: A Plan for Success
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Use this checklist to review developmental screening instruments. If the instrument is appropriate, you should be able to answer Yes to all of the following questions.*

Yes No

1. Is the instrument reliable and valid?

2. Was the instrument normed (standardized) on young children who are similar in characteristics to those served in your Head Start program?

3. Was the instrument normed for the age group of the children served by your program?

4. Is the instrument compatible with the Head Start Program Performance Standards?

5. Does the instrument reflect age-appropriate skills?

6. Is the instrument child-centered and focused on individual skills?

7. Does the instrument measure social, emotional, cognitive, and physical abilities?

8. Is the instrument activity-focused (administrators can observe children performing tasks)?

9. Can the instrument be administered in 15 to 20 minutes per child?

10. Is the instrument free from cultural, ethnic, gender, and other biases?

11. Is it relatively easy to learn how to administer the screening instrument?

12. Is the screening instrument acceptable to the specialist who performs in-depth assessments for your program?

13. Is the instrument available in the home languages of the children and families served by your program? If not, can it be adapted for use with children whose home language is not English?

14. Does the instrument include a parent questionnaire? If not, can parents be involved in providing information about their children and/or administering the instrument?

*Adapted from A Guide for Education Coordinators in Head Start, Resource Paper, IV, 18-19; and Samuel J. Meisells, Developmental Screening in Early Childhood: A Guide, Third Edition (Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1989), 13-15.
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	Yes	No
1. Is the instrument reliable and valid?
2. Was the instrument normed (standardized) on young children who are similar in characteristics to those served in your Head Start program?
3. Was the instrument normed for the age group of the children served by your program?
4. Is the instrument compatible with the Head Start Program Performance Standards?
5. Does the instrument reflect age-appropriate skills?
6. Is the instrument child-centered and focused on individual skills?
7. Does the instrument measure social, emotional, cognitive, and physical abilities?
8. Is the instrument activity-focused (administrators can observe children performing tasks)?
9. Can the instrument be administered in 15 to 20 minutes per child?
10. Is the instrument free from cultural, ethnic, gender, and other biases?
11. Is it relatively easy to learn how to administer the screening instrument?
12. Is the screening instrument acceptable to the specialist who performs in-depth assessments for your program?
13. Is the instrument available in the home languages of the children and families served by your program? If not, can it be adapted for use with children whose home language is not English?
14. Does the instrument include a parent questionnaire? If not, can parents be involved in providing information about their children and/or administering the instrument?