The baby pediatric symptom checklist: development and initial validation of a new social/emotional screening instrument for very young children.

Objective: To develop and validate the Baby Pediatric Symptom Checklist (BPSC), a brief social/emotional screening instrument for children less than 18 months. The BPSC is modeled after the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) and is part of the Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children, a comprehensive, freely available screening instrument designed for use in pediatric primary care.

Method: BPSC items were developed by a team of experts who reviewed existing assessment instruments and relevant research literature.

The Preschool Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PPSC): development and initial validation of a new social/emotional screening instrument.

Objective: This article describes the development and initial validation of the Preschool Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PPSC), a social/emotional screening instrument for children 18 to 60 months of age. The PPSC was created as part of a comprehensive screening instrument designed for pediatric primary care and is modeled after the Pediatric Symptom Checklist.

Method: Items for the PPSC were developed by a team of experts who reviewed existing assessment instruments and relevant research literature.

Identification of developmental-behavioral problems in primary care: a systematic review.

Context: Recent mandates and recommendations for formal screening programs are based on the claim that pediatric care providers underidentify children with developmental-behavioral disorders, yet the research to support this claim has not been systematically reviewed.

Objective: To review research literature for studies regarding pediatric primary care providers' identification of developmental-behavioral problems in children.

Methods: On the basis of a Medline search conducted on September 22, 2010, using relevant key words, we identified 539 articles for review.

Narrative Interaction in Family Dinnertime Conversations.

Reminiscing has been shown to be a critical conversational context for the development of autobiographical memory, self-concept, and emotional regulation (for a review, see Fivush, Haden, & Reese, 2006). Although much past research has examined reminiscing between mothers and their preschool children, very little attention has been given to family narrative interaction with older children. In the present study, we examined family reminiscing in spontaneous narratives that emerged during family dinnertime conversations.