Date of Award
1-1-1992
Document Type
Practicum
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Child and Youth Care Administration
Advisor
Mary Staggs
Committee Member
Joseph Zordle
Keywords
assessment procedures, behavior modification, early childhood education, evaluation process, handicap identification, needs assessment, noncompliant behavior, parent education, parent participation, parent school relationship, parent workshops, preschool assessment, preschool screening, questionnaires, skills development, workshops
Abstract
This practicum was designed to increase the parent's input and to modify the non-compliant behaviors of the preschool child to improve the assessment of preschoolers. This will improve the results of the preschool testing. Therefore, the first goal of this practicum was to increase the parent's knowledge of the assessment procedures that will be given to their children. The second goal was to have the parents become a part of the evaluation process by contributing observations of their child's skill and abilities. The third goal was to modify the setting used the telling of the preschool child to allow for their unique behaviors.
The writer administered a questionnaire to the parents to determine a need for workshops/seminars, dissemination of information, and the planning of a skills development checklist. The writer also reported, through observation, the behaviors of young children during a screening to determine a need for modifying the setting used in the preschool testing.
In analyzing parental response to the parent Inventory and to the observational checklist, the practicum proved to be a positive experience for both parents and children. The parents gained a greater awareness of the assessment procedures and were able to contribute to the evaluation of their children. The Fall testing proved to be very positive. The parent and children were at ease with the testing. The child's non-compliant behaviors decreased dramatically.