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Integrative Consensus: A Systematic Approach to Integrating Comprehensive Assessment Data for Young Children with Behavior Problems
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Shernoff, Elisa S.; Hill, Carri; Danis, Barbara; Leventhal, Bennett L.; Wakschlag, Lauren S. – Infants and Young Children, 2014
Comprehensive assessments that include parents and teachers are essential when assessing young children vulnerable to emotional and behavioral problems given the multiple systems and contexts that influence and support optimal development (U. Bronfenbrenner & P. A. Morris, 2006; M. J. Guralnick, 2011). However, more data complicate clinical…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Evaluation Methods, Parent Role, Teacher Role
"Ain't Misbehavin": Towards a Developmentally-Specified Nosology for Preschool Disruptive Behavior
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Wakschlag, Lauren S.; Tolan, Patrick H.; Leventhal, Bennett L. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
There is increasing consensus that disruptive behavior disorders and syndromes (DBDs) are identifiable in preschool children. There is also concomitant recognition of the limitations of the current DBD nosology for distinguishing disruptive behavior symptoms from the normative misbehavior of early childhood. In particular, there appears to be…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Disorders, Preschool Children, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Preschool Children's Observed Disruptive Behavior: Variations across Sex, Interactional Context, and Disruptive Psychopathology
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Gray, Sarah A. O.; Carter, Alice S.; Briggs-Gowan, Margaret J.; Hill, Carri; Danis, Barbara; Keenan, Kate; Wakschlag, Lauren S. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
Sex differences in disruptive behavior and sensitivity to social context are documented, but the intersection between them is rarely examined empirically. This report focuses on sex differences in observed disruptive behavior across interactional contexts and diagnostic status. Preschoolers (n = 327) were classified as nondisruptive (51%),…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Females, Student Behavior, Context Effect
Observational Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior, Part II: Validity of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS)
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Wakschlag, Lauren S.; Briggs-Gowan, Margaret J.; Hill, Carri; Danis, Barbara; Leventhal, Bennett L.; Keenan, Kate; Egger, Helen L.; Cicchetti, Domenic; Burns, James; Carter, Alice S. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
A study is conducted to determine whether the multidomain, multicontext Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS) is a valid observational method for assessing disruptive behavior of preschool children. It is concluded that the DB-DOS is a valid method for a direct observational assessment of clinically significant disruptive…
Descriptors: Observation, Preschool Children, Test Validity, Diagnostic Tests
Defining the "Disruptive" in Preschool Behavior: What Diagnostic Observation Can Teach Us
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Wakschlag, Lauren S.; Leventhal, Bennett L.; Briggs-Gowan, Margaret J.; Danis, Barbara; Keenan, Kate; Hill, Carri; Egger, Helen L.; Cicchetti, Domenic; Carter, Alice S. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2005
This paper presents the clinical/developmental framework underlying a new diagnostic observational tool, the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS). The special importance of observation for clinical assessment during the preschool period is delineated. The developmental rationale for a multidimensional assessment of…
Descriptors: Observation, Child Behavior, Young Children, Behavior Problems
A Developmental Framework for Distinguishing Disruptive Behavior from Normative Misbehavior in Preschool Children
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Wakschlag, Lauren S.; Briggs-Gowan, Margaret J.; Carter, Alice S.; Hill, Carri; Danis, Barbara; Keenan, Kate; McCarthy, Kimberly J.; Leventhal, Bennett L. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: Attaining a developmentally sensitive nosology for preschool disruptive behavior requires characterization of the features that distinguish it from the normative misbehavior of this developmental period. We hypothesize that "quality of behavior and its pervasiveness across contexts" are critical dimensions for clinical discrimination…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Observation, Preschool Children, Child Behavior