Infant-Preschool Play Assessment Scale: I-PAS. Developed by Sally Flagler, PhD, the Infant-Preschool Play Assessment Scale (I-PAS) is a criterion referenced assessment instrument that enables teachers, clinicians and other caregivers to systematically observe children at play and in other routine or natural environments for the purpose of: The Play Assessment Scale lists behaviors in developmental sequence beginning at birth and continuing to age five.
While the sequence of skills is based on current literature and practical experience, it represents general child development and mayor may not represent the development of a particular child. The purpose of the scale is to provide the observer with a frame of reference and general guidelines of "normal" child development. The I-PAS may be used in a variety of ways. Justification. Citation. Developmental Screening: Preschool Screening Tests. Justification. Citation. Preschool Assessments. Preschool (Ages 1½-5) Assessments Also see Observational Assessment of Children (TOF) You can also select norms for displaying scale scores in cross-informant bar graphs for up to 8 CBCLs and C-TRFs per child.
Scores from each form can even be displayed in relation to more than one set of norms; e.g., display scores from a CBCL completed by an immigrant parent with norms for the parent’s home society and the host society. Justification. Citation.