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Development and Validation of the Professional Sense of Competence Scale (ProSOCS) for Practitioners Who Treat Disruptive Behaviours in Children
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Swan, Kellie; Shanley, Dianne C.; Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J. – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a measure of practitioner sense of competence when treating children with disruptive behaviours. Design/methodology/approach: Two online surveys were conducted with health, social work and psychology practitioners (n = 113 and n = 239, respectively) working within varied Australian clinical…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Self Efficacy, Behavior Problems
The Content Validity of the Behaviour Support Plan Quality Evaluation Tool (BSP-QEII) and its Potential Application in Accommodation and Day-Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disability
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McVilly, K.; Webber, L.; Sharp, G.; Paris, M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: The quality of support provided to people with disability who show challenging behaviour could be influenced by the quality of the behaviour support plans (BSPs) on which staff rely for direction. This study investigated the content validity of the Behaviour Support Plan Quality Evaluation tool (BSP-QEII), originally developed to guide…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Test Validity, Planning, Adults
Reliability and Utility of the Behaviour Support Plan Quality Evaluation Tool (BSP-QEII) for Auditing and Quality Development in Services for Adults with Intellectual Disability and Challenging Behaviour
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McVilly, K.; Webber, L.; Paris, M.; Sharp, G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: Having an objective means of evaluating the quality of behaviour support plans (BSPs) could assist service providers and statutory authorities to monitor and improve the quality of support provided to people with intellectual disability (ID) who exhibit challenging behaviour. The Behaviour Support Plan Quality Evaluation Guide II…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Adults
Short Form of the Developmental Behaviour Checklist
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Taffe, John R.; Gray, Kylie M.; Einfeld, Stewart L.; Dekker, Marielle C.; Koot, Hans M.; Emerson, Eric; Koskentausta, Terhi; Tonge, Bruce J. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2007
A 24-item short form of the 96-item Developmental Behaviour Checklist was developed to provide a brief measure of Total Behaviour Problem Score for research purposes. The short form Developmental Behaviour Checklist (DBC-P24) was chosen for low bias and high precision from among 100 randomly selected item sets. The DBC-P24 was developed from…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Development, Foreign Countries, Child Behavior
Contamination of Measures in Temperament Research.
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Sanson, Ann; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1990
Examined the possibility that individuals may confound measures of temperament and behavior problems because of the conceptual overlap between the measures. The psychologists involved in the study considered temperament items to be better measures of temperament than of behavior problems. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Content Validity, Foreign Countries
Children Should Be Seen and Heard: Self-Report of Feelings and Behaviors in Primary-School-Age Children with ADHD
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Klimkeit, Ester; Graham, Claire; Lee, Paul; Morling, Megan; Russo, Diana; Tonge, Bruce – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2006
Objective: The belief that children with externalizing disorders have difficulties with self-awareness raises the question of whether children with externalizing disorders are good informants of their own behavior. Method: This study investigates how children with ADHD rate their behaviors compared to children without ADHD on a new rating scale…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Rating Scales, Communication Skills, Elementary School Students