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DCF BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION AND SCREENING
(BOSR) NEWEST EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
1-2% of infants have no discernible disabling conditions at the time of birth, but by school age, 10% of all children are found to have some degree of developmental disability - ANSWER- True
True or False: Parents could be unaware of the signs of
developmental delay. It is the child care provider who can draw attention to a child who might benefit from professional intervention - ANSWER- True
True or False: Proper screening leads to sound assessment so
that early detection of potential developmental problems will determine the correct referral an intervention - ANSWER- True
Screening provides a common reference point and basis for
interaction for: - ANSWER- parents, child care workers, child
development specialists
The key benefits of developmental screenings are: - ANSWER-
Early detection, activities that strengthen the child's skills,
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quality information is available to parents regarding in-the-home activities that support normal development, common reference points and basis for interaction for all stakeholders
True or False: If a child misses an early window of opportunity,
some later development is more difficult or even sometimes permanently compromised - ANSWER- True
Who is in the best position to detect early problems and provide accurate, timely information about the child's development? - ANSWER- Child care workers
True or False: Development occurs rapidly and typically
progresses in spurts - ANSWER- True
True or False: There are general stages and sequences of
development, but there is also an enormous variation between children - ANSWER- True
Changes in body shape and proportion, includes changes in weight, height, visual perception, hearing, etc. - ANSWER- Physical health
Refers to the child's intellectual or mental abilities. Involves finding, processing and organizing information, and using it
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appropriately - ANSWER- Cognitive development and general knowledge
True or False: Developmental skills are acquired in a logical
sequence - ANSWER- True
Culture influences are important, it is made up of all the factors in an environment that are accepted by the group as the norm.
Culture includes: - ANSWER- Attitudes, values and beliefs,
laws, ways of doing things
Culture includes ideas about: - ANSWER- ways to relate to
one's elders, behavior between boys and girls, roles of men and women, child rearing practices such as discipline, toilet training, feeding, and bathing
Refers to a child's abilities to express himself verbally and receive and understand the verbal communication of others. It involves a child's ability to learn vocabulary and grammar, and
includes reading and writing: - ANSWER- Language and
communication
A broad area that focuses on how children feel about themselves and their relationships with others. It refers to children's individual behaviors and responses to play and work activites,
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attachments to parents and caregivers, and relationships with
siblings and friends: - ANSWER- Social and emotional
development
Refers to how skills and knowledge are acquired through three qualities of eagerness and curiosity; persistence; creativity and
problem solving: - ANSWER- Approaches to learning
True or False: subjective information on an observation is open
to interpretation and is not useful for describing behavior - ANSWER- True
When observing, the caregiver should know what to expect and observe the child over a short OR long period of time? - ANSWER- Long
Short, factual narrative descriptions of a child's behavior. These
records should be factual and should not include judgments: -
ANSWER- Anecdotal records A child care worker recognizes and notes an identifiable performance or behavior and uses instruments such as checklists, anecdotal records, and running records. These instruments are used to measure progress against a standard and
to share results with assessment experts. This is called:
Observation
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