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Table 2. Alpha Coefficients for “Parenting” and “School Readiness” for All Programs
Infant / Toddler Developmental Assessments
Self Regulation
Language
Empathy
Interactions with adults Relationships with familiar adults Relationships with familiar peers Interactions with peers
Impulse control
Seeking other’s help to regulate self Responsiveness to other’s support Self comforting
Attention maintenance
Language comprehension Responsiveness to language Communication of needs, feelings, and interests
Reciprocal communication
Alpha for “Parenting” Pretest Posttest .94 .91
.91 .90
.96 .95
.97 .90
.92 .89
Alpha for “School Readiness” Pretest Posttest .92 .91
.90 .87 .94 .93 .93 .76 .95 .92
To measure changes in school readiness of children ages
observational tool, the Desired Results Developmental Profile-Revised for Infants / Toddlers. These observations are conducted by highly trained observers in our Family Child Care Home Education Network (FCCHEN) program. The specific measures, indicators, and desired results of the Infant/ Toddler version of the DRDP-R that was used in our FCCHEN program are presented in Table 3. We conducted alpha statistics to ensure that each indicator and desired result has measures that are measuring the same underlying construct. Any Alpha statistic above a .70 is considered acceptable). All Alphas of the pretest and posttest of the DRDP-R show a good level of consistency (the questions are measuring the same construct of development [see Table 4]).
Table 3. Infant and Toddler DRDP-R Measures, Indicators, and Desired Results Desired Result Indicator Measure
Children are Personally and Socially Competent
Self Concept
Identity of self and connection to others Recognition of ability
Self expression
Awareness of diversity
Social Interpersonal Skills
Program Component
All programs combined PAT
Mommy & Me Enrichment
Head Start
0-3 years we assessed children using the
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