Measuring the Interactive Skills of Caregivers in Child Care Centers: Development and Validation of the Caregiver Interaction Profile Scales

Research Findings: High-quality caregiver-child interactions constitute the core of high-quality child care for young children. This article describes the background and development of the Caregiver Interaction Profile (CIP) scales to rate 6 key skills of caregivers for interacting with 0- to 4-year...

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Published in:Early education and development 2014-07, Vol.25 (5), p.770-790
Main Authors: Helmerhorst, Katrien O. W., Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne, Vermeer, Harriet J., Fukkink, Ruben G., Tavecchio, Louis W. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caregiver Child Relationship
Caregivers
Child Care Centers
Child Caregivers
Day care centers
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (Revised)
Foreign Countries
Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale
Interaction
Netherlands
Predictive Validity
Profiles
Rating Scales
Reliability
Skills
Social interaction
Test Reliability
Test Validity
Validation studies
Verbal Communication
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Summary:Research Findings: High-quality caregiver-child interactions constitute the core of high-quality child care for young children. This article describes the background and development of the Caregiver Interaction Profile (CIP) scales to rate 6 key skills of caregivers for interacting with 0- to 4-year-old children in child care centers: sensitive responsiveness, respect for autonomy, structuring and limit setting, verbal communication, developmental stimulation, and fostering positive peer interactions. Each interactive skill is rated on a 7-point scale based on observation of video-recorded caregiver-child interactions. Together, the 6 scale scores constitute an Interaction Profile for individual caregivers that may serve as a starting point for education and training to improve the quality of caregiver-child interactions. This article also presents the results of a 1st study with the CIP scales, in a sample of 145 caregivers from 75 child care groups in 47 child care centers in The Netherlands. Practice or Policy: Results provide promising preliminary evidence supporting the reliability and validity of the CIP scales.
ISSN:1040-9289
1556-6935
DOI:10.1080/10409289.2014.840482