Re: Measures of Parental Knowledge of Child Development

["John Polstra" <ezreader61@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm interested in this material as well.  Dr. Byrne, could you be more
specific about the observational measures to which you are referring?

John Polstra

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Take a look at the Zero to Three national benchmark survey What Grownups 
Know. It is quite long and was used for telephone survey but you could 
consider selecting out items appropriate to child age. Other scales are: 
Parent Sense of Competency (but this is parent's subjective view) and 
the Iowa Scale (may lack specificity). There are also many observational 
measures from which to infer this knowledge.

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Mary W. Byrne, Ph.D., MPH, FAAN, Professor
Columbia University School of Nursing
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Priya A. Kapoor wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The therapeutic parent coaching program I work for is seeking a way to
> measure the knowledge which our client parents have of child development,
> and the degree to which their expectations in terms of behavior and
> discipline are developmentally appropriate. Ideally, we need something 
> which
> is free or cheap, does not take multiple sessions to administer, does not
> require extensive training to administer or score, and has some proven
> validity. We work with families with children of all ages, and realize we
> will probably need to use more than one measure.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Priya A. Kapoor
>