Get The Devereux Early Childhood Assessment Clinical Form Deca-c

The Devereux Early Childhood Assessment for Infants and Toddlers (DECA-I/T) is a standardized, norm-referenced, strength based assessment that assesses protective factors and screens for social and emotional risks in very young children.

The DECA-P2 is a reliable and valid assessment of protective factors in children age 3 through 5 years old. It assesses Initiative, Self-Regulation and Attachment/Relationships.

Assessment provides educators, parents, and families with critical information about a child's development and growth. Assessment can: Provide a record of growth in all developmental areas: cognitive, physical/motor, language, social-emotional, and approaches to learning.

Educators can use information from the DECA Program to help identify which children are strong in the three main DECA protective factors: initiative, self-regulation, and attachment/relationships.

The DECA Clinical Form (DECA-C) is designed to be used by early childhood mental health consultants and other mental health professionals with those select children who are already showing significant behavioral concerns.

What is the DECA? As an important component of the overall program, the DECA is a nationally standardized assessment tool that helps teachers understand how students are progressing with respect to three, key social and emotional skills: Developing healthy relationships. Learning to regulate emotions.

Description: The Devereux Early Childhood Assessment is a behavior rating scale that is completed by parents and/or caregivers or teachers which provides an assessment of within-child protective factors central to social and emotional health and resilience.

Whereas the DECA is designed to be used with all children to promote healthy social and emotional growth, the primary purpose of the DECA-C is to support early intervention efforts to reduce or eliminate significant emotional and behavioral concerns in preschool children.