Utah State University : a new observational tool

Utah State University : a new observational tool developed for use with parents

A new observational tool, developed by researchers at Utah State University’s Center for Persons with Disabilities, has been published by Brookes Publishing and will be available in mid-october.

Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes (PICCOLO™), which was designed to assess and monitor the quality of parent-child interactions, provides home visiting, parent education and early childhood programs with valuable information for strengthening parenting practices. Lori Roggman, Gina Cook, Mark Innocenti, Vonda Jump, Katie Christiansen and Sheila Anderson developed the tool.

Developed for use with parents of children 10-47 months, PICCOLO™ measures 29 developmentally supportive parenting behaviors proven to promote school readiness in four  domains — Affection, responsiveness, encouragement and teaching. The tool was developed after extensive research with more than 2,000 diverse families. Results from PICCOLO™ will help programs provide positive feedback to parents, plan individualized family interventions and measure program effectiveness.

See more at http://www.cpdusu.org/blog/2013/08/cpd-researchers-publish-piccolo-tool/

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