ACF OPRE: Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project (EHSRE)

Appendices C - E

APPENDIX C

EXERCISE ANSWER KEY

Child-Caregiver Observation System

EXERCISE: ANSWER KEY
TYPE OF CAREGIVER TALK
Caregiver Language		Language or Communication Requested	Action Requested	Other Talk
1	“Kylie, you come too.”
2	“Juicy oranges.”
3	“Sean, help look after her.”
4	“Here, put your cake on this plate.”
5	“Is that yummie, Lyla?”
6	“Lyla, put that over there.”
7	“That doesn’t bounce, does it?”
8	“Sean, can you go slower please?”
9	“Go up another one, one more step Lyla.”
10	“Please help me.”
11	“Kylie, would you like an orange?”
12	“The others are late today.”
13	“Go and see what Flora has got ready outside.”
14	“Lyla, can you let Kylie have that one please?”
15	“Lyla’s wearing blue; she has a blue dress on.”
16	“Look, it bounces.”
17	“Do you like blue or silver?”
18	“Kylie, go this way.”
19	“Thank you.”
20	“Very good, all right.”
21	“Do you want to wash your face too?”
22	“Okay, you are all done.”
23	“You are going to grow a new tooth there to fill in the gap.”
24	“All right, I’ll be right back.”
25	“Lyla, don’t lick that, just pretend.”
26	“You know where your cubby is.”
27	“Would you like a piece, Lyla?”
28	“This is going to be a nice picture for Daddy.”
29	“That’s nice, Lyla.”

APPENDIX D TRAINING SCRIPTS
Child-Caregiver Observation System Training Scripts SCRIPT 1: Focus Child: DAVID SCRIPT 1: Focus Child: DAVID, light brown hair, red “Pooh” shirt Direct Provider: Light brown hair, hair up, light blue jeans Main Activity: Free play and puzzle Simple interaction with material and other children Audible child’s voice is not David’s
SEGMENT 1		9:34:00 - 19 [DP comes into view, will see some talk from caregiver and more interaction and a smile from FC]
A.	Other	“Thank you.” To other child and David: “Now, you can have one and David can have the other.”
C.	Caregiver; Material; Other Children
D.	Smiling	[9:34:16] [look for this]
E.	DP

SEGMENT 2		9:34:30 - 49
C.	Child; Material
E.	No Interaction

SEGMENT 3		9:35:00 - 19
C.	Material
E.	No Interaction

SEGMENT 4		9:35:30 - 49
C.	Material; Other Children [not wandering; purposeful motion]
E.	No Interaction

SEGMENT 5		9:36:00 - 19
A.	Language	DP: Talking about the puzzle to group: Question: “What are these?”
	Action	To group: “Move back a little bit so we can put the pieces down.”
	Other	Names different kinds of sea creatures.
C.	Caregiver; Material; Other Children
E.	DP

SEGMENT 6		9:36:30 - 49
A.	Language	“What do you have?...”
	Action	“Shall we find the other part of the starfish?”
	Other	“You have part of the starfish.”
B.	[Girl talks, not David]
C.	Caregiver; Material; Other Children
E.	DP

SEGMENT 7		9:37:00 - 19
A.	Other	“David’s starfish” “That might be him.” “Maybe we should move to a different area, ’cause everyone is stepping over the pieces.”
C.	Caregiver; Material; Other Children
E.	DP

SEGMENT 8		9:37:30 - 49
A.	Other	“We had another starfish piece. I don’t know where he went.”
C.	Caregiver; Material; Other Children
E.	DP

SEGMENT 9		9:38:00 - 19
A.	Action	“Here, move them back a little bit.”
C.	Material; Other Children; Caregiver
D.	Being hit by other child
E.	DP

SEGMENT 10		9:38:30 - 49
C.	Other Children
E.	No Interaction

OVERALL CODES
F.	All Positive/Neutral
G.	All Positive/Neutral
H.	All Positive/Neutral
Child-Caregiver Observation System Training Scripts SCRIPT 2: Focus Child: SYDNEY SCRIPT 2: Focus Child: SYDNEY, red pants, heart on shirt front, blond hair Direct provider: Wide striped shirt Main activity: Doing puzzles
SEGMENT 1		9:43:30 - 49
A.	Responds	“Yes, that’s corn.”
	Language	“What’s that?”
	Other	“Yes, that’s corn.” “You can’t eat that.” “Only real carrots.” “That’s a puzzle carrot.” “No, it’s a puzzle.”
B.	DP
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 2		9:44:00 - 19
A.	Responds	“Only the real one.” “Lettuce, lettuce for salad.”
	Language	“What’s that?”
	Other	“Only the real one.” “Lettuce, lettuce for salad.” “Big red tomato.” “And green lettuce.”
B.	DP, babble about puzzle pieces
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 3		9:44:30 - 49 [There is a loud noise during this segment that catches FC’s attention]
A.	Language	“What’s that?”
	Action	“Use separate hands.”
	Other	“Good.”
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 4		9:45:00 - 19
A.	Other	“Corn.” “Carrots.” “Tomatoes.” “Very nice.” “Thank you.”
B.	DP, Self [9:45:32]
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 5		9:45:30 - 49
A.	Responds	“What’s his name?”
	Language	“Who’s that?” “What’s his name?”
	Other	“Oscar the Grouch.”
B.	DP
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 6		9:46:00 - 19
A.	Responds	“Yes, in the garbage can.”
	Language	“Do you have a tissue?”
	Other	“Yes, in the garbage can.”
B.	DP
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 7		9:46:30 - 49
A.	Language	“Help?” “Ok, where do you think the garbage can goes?”
	Action	“You put it in.”
	Other	“I am going to give it back to you.” “Thank you.”
B.	DP
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 8		9:47:00 - 19
A.	Action	“Would you like to sit on the chair?” “And then, turn it around.”
	Other	“And then I’ll sit on the chair.” “Whoops.”
C.	Caregiver; Material
D.	Smiling [9:47:03]
E.	DP

SEGMENT 9		9:47:30 - 49
A.	Action	“Come over here.”
	Language	“Can I help you?”
	Other	“Upside-down.” “Right-side-up.” “You’re teasing me.”
C.	Caregiver; Material
D.	Smiling
E.	DP

SEGMENT 10		9:48:00 - 19
A.	Language	“Sydney, what are you doing?” “Are you back?”
	Action	“Put Oscar’s green head up here.”
	Other	“Corn.”
C.	Caregiver
E.	DP

OVERALL CODES
F.	All Positive/Neutral
G.	All Positive/Neutral
H.	All Positive/Neutral
Child-Caregiver Observation System Training Scripts SCRIPT 3: Focus Child: GRIFFIN SCRIPT 3: Focus Child: GRIFFIN, blond hair, overalls Direct provider: Karen, dark hair, blue sweatshirt Main activity: Coloring
SEGMENT 1		10:02:00 - 19
A.	Responds	“You want yellow?”
	Language	“You want yellow?”
	Other	“Look at this” [hands FC crayon] [Repeats yellow and names peach.]
B.	DP
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 2		10:02:30 - 49
A.	Responds	“You have colors.” [right at start of segment]
	Other	“You have colors.”
B.	DP [FC makes a complaint]
C.	Caregiver
E.	DP

SEGMENT 3		10:03:00 - 19
B.	Self [Mumbles at start] “For my mommy.” DP “Mommy”
C.	Caregiver; Material; Other Child
D.	Smiling	[10:03:13]
E.	No Interaction

SEGMENT 4		10:02:30 - 49
A.	Responds	“You have new paper.”
	Language	“You want new paper?”
	Action	“Don’t rip.”
	Other	“You have new paper.” “Be careful.”
B.	DP, Self
C.	Caregiver; Material; Other Child
D.	Smiling [right at start of segment]
E.	DP

SEGMENT 5		10:04:00 - 19
B.	DP	“I want purple.”
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 6		10:04:30 - 49
A.	Responds	“More bo?”
	Language	“More bo?” “You want different colors?” “May I have them back?”
	Other	“I don’t know what that means.” “Here we go.”
B.	DP
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 7		10:05:00 - 19
A.	Responds	“Yes, that’s a heart.”
	Action	“No, no, no.”
	Other	“That’s right.” “Yes, that’s a heart.” “You have two, a red one and a blue one.” “See, right there.”
B.	DP
C.	Caregiver; Material; Other Child
E.	DP

SEGMENT 8		10:05:30 - 49
A.	Responds	“You want me to make you a heart?”
	Language	“You want me to make you a heart?”
	Action	“Just wait a moment.”
	Other	“Okay.”
B.	DP
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SKIP		10:06:00 - 19

SEGMENT 9		10:06:30 - 49
A.	Responds	“There’s a heart”
	Action	“Can you color that heart?”
	Other	“There’s a heart.” “Here’s a heart for you.”
B.	DP; Other Child [10:06:39]
C.	Caregiver; Material; Other Child
E.	DP

SEGMENT 10		10:07:00 - 16
AT START, THE DP IS TALKING TO OTHER CHILD
C.	Caregiver; Material; Other Child
E.	No Interaction

OVERALL CODES
F.	All Positive/Neutral
G.	All Positive/Neutral
H.	All Positive/Neutral
Child-Caregiver Observation System Training Scripts SCRIPT 4: Focus Child: JULIAN SCRIPT 4: Focus Child: JULIAN, brown hair, blue plaid short overalls Direct provider: Woman with blue and white striped shirt and jeans Main activity: Outdoor play
SEGMENT 1		1:08:00 - 19
A.	Other	“Oh, thank you, Kylie” [rubs Julian’s back] “Oh, give me a kiss” [talking as though she is Julian] “Okay, Julian” [as though she is the other child]
B	Self	[“AAAHHH”]
	DP	“You know my...”
C.	Caregiver; Material; Other Child
E.	DP

SEGMENT 2		1:08:30 - 49
B.	Other Child
C.	Other Child; Material
D.	Smiling
E.	No Interaction

SEGMENT 3		1:09:00 - 19
B.	Self Other Child “Careful!”
C.	Other Child; Material
D.	Bothering Other Child
E.	No Interaction

SEGMENT 4		1:09:30 - 49
B.	Self[mumbling]; Other Child[“Kyyylieee, come.” ]
C.	Other Child; Material
E.	No Interaction

SEGMENT 5		1:10:00 - 19
C.	Wandering/Unoccupied
E.	No Interaction

SEGMENT 6		1:10:30 - 49
C.	Other Child; Wandering/Unoccupied; Material
D.	Bothering Other Child
E.	No Interaction

SEGMENT 7		1:11:00 - 19
C.	Material
E.	No Interaction

SEGMENT 8		1:11:30 - 49
B.	Self; Other Child
C.	Other Child
D.	Bothering Other Child
E.	No Interaction

SEGMENT 9		1:12:00 - 19
B.	Self; Other Child [mumbling and then “Helicopter?” or “Grasshopper?”]
C.	Other Child
D.	Bothering Other Child
E.	No Interaction

SEGMENT 10		1:12:30 - 49
A.	Other	“Julian,...” [1:12:49]
C.	Caregiver; Other Child; Material
D.	Bothered by Other; Bothering Other Children
E.	DP

OVERALL CODES
F.	All Positive/Neutral
G.	All Positive/Neutral
H.	Mostly Negative
Child-Caregiver Observation System Training Scripts SCRIPT 5: Focus Child: JULIA SCRIPT 5: Focus Child: JULIA, blond hair, flowered shirt, yellow pants Direct Provider: Patty, Penn State sweatshirt Main Activity: Pasting materials
SEGMENT 1		12:56:00 - 19
A.	Responds	“Say, come on, Alex.”
	Other	“Say, come on, Alex.”
B.	Child	“Wanna try it, Alex?”
C.	Other Child; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 2		12:56:30 - 49
A.	[DP talks to other child, not coded, says, “Say thank you Julia.”]
B.	Child	“Here you go, Alex.”
C.	Caregiver [FC hands DP leaf]; Other Child; Material
D.	Bothered by other child
E.	DP

SEGMENT 3		12:57:00 - 19
A.	Responds	[to FC babble], “Yeah, leaves on the table and in our project.”
	Other	“Yeah, leaves on the table and in our project.”
B.	Self	“Baby” [12:57:17]
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 4		12:57:30 - 49
A.	Responds	“Wow!”
	Language	“Julia, is this your leaf?” “Is Julia going to put more?”
	Action	“Put more.”
	Other	“Wow!” “That’s your leaf.” “See, Julia can put all those flowers on there.” “Put more.”
B.	DP
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 5		12:58:00 - 19
A.	Responds	“What?”
	Language	“What?” “Oh, you want me to do those?” “You want me to do this one?” “Where?”
B.	DP
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 6		12:58:30 - 49
A.	Responds	“Yeah, all the pieces, you gonna put all the pieces together?” “Yeah, did Julia paint that?”
	Language	“Yeah, all the pieces, you gonna put all the pieces together?” “Yeah, did Julia paint that?”
	Other	“No.”
B.	DP
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 7		12:59:00 - 19
A.	Responds	“Yeah, we use that to paint.”
	Other	“Yeah, we use that to paint.”
B.	Self	“Baby.” [12:59:09]
	DP	“Paint.”
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 8		12:59:30 - 49
A.	Responds	“Wow!”
	Language	“Does it go through?”
	Other	“Wow!”
B.	Self	“Baby.”
	DP	“Come on, Patty.” “Look, Patty.”
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 9		1:00:00 - 19
A.	Responds	“Oh, a baby, thank you, Julia.”
	Other	“Sticks on Patty’s sweatshirt.” “Oh, a baby, thank you Julia.”
B.	DP	“Oh look, Patty, a baby.”
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

SEGMENT 10		1:00:30 - 49
A.	Responds	[to FC babble], “Is Julia done?”
	Language	“Is Julia done?”
B.	DP	Babble “Mine.”
C.	Caregiver; Material
E.	DP

OVERALL CODES
F.	All Positive/Neutral
G.	All Positive/Neutral
H.	All Positive/Neutral

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Appendices C - E

APPENDIX C

EXERCISE ANSWER KEY

Child-Caregiver Observation System

APPENDIX D TRAINING SCRIPTS

Child-Caregiver Observation System Training Scripts

SCRIPT 1: Focus Child: DAVID

Child-Caregiver Observation System Training Scripts

Child-Caregiver Observation System Training Scripts

Child-Caregiver Observation System Training Scripts

Child-Caregiver Observation System Training Scripts

APPENDIX D

TRAINING SCRIPTS