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TOOL NAME
Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes
USED TO EVALUATE
Quality of parent-child interactions
AGE RANGE
10–47 months
COMPLETED BY
Home visitors, parent educators, social workers, child development specialists, parenting class leaders, infant mental health clinicians
TIME COMMITMENT
10-minute observation
ABOUT
The Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes (PICCOLO™) is a checklist of 29 observable developmentally supportive parenting behaviors in four domains (affection, responsiveness, encouragement, and teaching). It is a positive, practical, versatile, culturally sensitive, valid, and reliable tool for practitioners that shows what parents can do to support their children’s development.
PICCOLO helps practitioners observe a wide range of parenting behaviors that help children develop over time—an approach known as developmental parenting. Parenting strengths—what the parent already believes is important to do and is comfortable doing with his or her child—are a valuable resource for increasing the developmental support available to young children.
Description
Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes (PICCOLO)
Where are parents' skills the strongest—and how can they be encouraged to better support young children's cognitive, social, and language development? Home visitors can find out in minutes with PICCOLO™, the quick, reliable observational tool designed to assess and monitor the quality of parent-child interactions. Developed for use with parents of children ages 10–47 months, PICCOLO measures 29 developmentally supportive parenting behaviors in 4 critical domains—Affection, Responsiveness, Encouragement, and Teaching. It's the best way to assess which parenting behaviors are working, develop individualized interventions that help parents improve, and track the positive outcomes of your parent support program.
View the recorded webinar: How PICCOLO™ Can Help You Work More Effectively with Parents of Young Children presented by Lori Roggman.
WHY PICCOLO?
- Research-based—assesses parenting behaviors with direct, proven links to positive child outcomes
- Quick, clear, and easy to use—takes just 10 minutes for parent-child observation
- Highly reliable—based on 4,500 video observations of 2,000 diverse families
- Training DVD includes 14 invaluable DVD clips of parent-child interactions to help you practice observing and scoring
- Culturally sensitive and relevant
- Ready to use anytime: at program entry, throughout the year, and at program exit
- Helps you provide positive feedback to parents and plan intervention
- Great way to monitor parent/child outcomes and program effectiveness
- Spanish translation included
This Starter Kit includes the PICCOLO™ User's Guide and one package of PICCOLO™ forms
The PICCOLO is a quick, reliable observational tool designed to assess and monitor the quality of parentchild interactions.
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Reviews
Review by: Talley Dunn, Early Head Start Manager, Southern Oregon Early Head Start
“PICCOLO is the tool we have needed in our programs serving parents and young children . . . helps us stay on course with the family as we are supporting them in strengthening interactions with their child.”
Review by: Natalia Barna, Infant Mental Health Therapist & Baby Power Facilitator, Lifespan Clinical Services
“Allows the clinician to hone in on a parent and childs strengths and areas of need . . . truly serves to strengthen the therapeutic relationship and make families feel safe, so that positive change and growth can occur.”
Review by: Rachel Chazan Cohen,, Associate Professor, George Mason University
“Fills a critical need for an easy-to-administer and easy-to-score measure of parenting that requires minimal training to administer. It is invaluable for all early childhood programs that aim to improve the parent-child relationship.”
Review by: Michaela Wooldridge, Clinical Supervisor, Sources Infant Development Programme
“Will help practitioners to strengthen their observation skills so as to empower parents who may not understand how important they are in the day-to-day lives of their children.”
Table of Contents
PICCOLO User's GuideAbout the Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
- Understanding PICCOLO
What is PICCOLO?
PICCOLO Psychometric Properties
Research Literature Evidence for the PICCOLO Domains
- Learning to Use PICCOLO
PICCOLO Observation Notes
Domain Summaries
- Using PICCOLO
Doing PICCOLO Observations
PICCOLO Reliability Criteria
Using PICCOLO with Families
Using PICCOLO with Children who are Older, Younger, or have Disabilities
Using PICCOLO with Fathers (PICCOLO-D)
- Practitioner Questions about PICCOLO (FAQ)
- How Was PICCOLO Developed?
Appendix A. PICCOLO DVD video clip scores
Appendix B. PICCOLO in Spanish
Technical Report
References
Index