Author Question: What are observations used for in DAP? What will be an ideal ... (Read 84 times)

folubunmi · **on:** Sep 15, 2018

What are observations used for in DAP?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

List five characteristics of an attuned' infant care provider.

What will be an ideal response?

jomama · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 15, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Observations are used for communicating with families, describing children's development, identifying children's needs and interests, improving curriculum and environment, planning program improvement, and referring children for screening and assessment.

Answer to Question 2

Responsive, sensitive, understands or guesses the meaning of infant cues, reacts appropriately to infant cues, notices infant actions, facial expressions, body gestures or movements, and uses eye contact, displays affection and admiration, smiles, provides verbal and nonverbal communication, matches adult actions to cues, attempts to maintain and extended eye contact. Other correct answers are possible.