Assessment of the Emotional and Personal Sphere of Children with Developmental Disorders Test - the question form
Questions: 9 · 2 minutes
1. Attitude toward being at school and toward learning.
0: Refuses to go to school.
1: Agrees to go to school only because an adult requires it.
2: Wants to go to school in order to play there.
3: Wants to go to school to learn and to interact with other children and adults.
2. Ways of interacting with an adult (teacher, caregiver).
0: Open aggression when an adult attempts to make contact.
1: Stubbornness and negativism when an adult attempts to establish positive contact with the child.
2: Joyful excitement (smiling, hugging, laughing) when a specific adult appears.
3: Shows a desire to attend a lesson/session with a specific adult (teacher, caregiver, psychologist).
3. Acceptance or non-acceptance of an instruction that is understandable to the child.
0: Refuses to accept the instruction (overt negativism).
1: Displays stubbornness.
2: Follows the instruction partially.
3: Follows the instruction completely.
4. Follows age-appropriate rules of behavior.
0: Persistent violations of expected rules of behavior (shouting, calling out, possible fights with other children) throughout the entire time at school.
1: Behavioral problems during the lesson (difficulty listening to the teacher, sitting calmly for a period of time, frequent and unjustified requests to go to the restroom, frequent distraction by other objects, etc.).
2: Partial difficulty following behavior rules (behavior problems when interest in the lesson is lost, and appropriate behavior when interest returns).
3: Expected behavior throughout the entire lesson and during recess.
5. Emotional reactions.
0: Crying, screaming, wanting to fight, expressions of fear or tension (at the initial stage of the adjustment period in an educational setting).
1: General withdrawal and inhibition.
2: Calm state; return to normal.
3: Laughter; smiling as an expression of positive reactions.
6. Duration of task engagement.
0: Unable to complete a manageable task in a whole-group session.
1: Completes manageable tasks for 5 minutes.
2: Completes manageable tasks for 5–10 minutes.
3: Completes manageable tasks for 10–15 minutes.
7. Establishing appropriate contact with other children.
0: No desire to interact with other children (e.g., fights over toys, learning materials, etc.).
1: Shows a desire to play with a toy that is in another child’s hands.
2: Shows the ability to wait while another child is using an object the child is interested in.
3: Indicates a request to be given the toy.
8. Acquisition of new skills (during the school year).
0: No new skills acquired.
1: Acquisition of one skill.
2: Acquisition of two skills.
3: Acquisition of three or more skills.
9. Interaction with the mother.
0: Rejection of the mother (overt aggression).
1: Lack of a warm relationship with the mother; being demanding toward her to satisfy the child's own wishes.
2: Obedience as an attempt to establish emotional contact with the mother.
3: Affection and tenderness toward the mother.