The symptomatic behaviour screening tool (symbest) for early identification of developmental delays among children age 3-4.

Authors

  • Shyielathy Arumugam National Child Development Research Center, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Perak Malaysia
  • Kway Eng Hock Faculty of Human Development Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Perak Malaysia
  • Zainiah@Zaniah Mohamed Isa Faculty of Human Development Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Perak Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37134/bitara.vol12.sp.1.2019

Keywords:

Symptomatic Behaviours, Design & Development, Fuzzy Delphi

Abstract

This article suggests that developmental screening, especially for behaviour symptoms, should be promptly addressed and the practice must be introduced in the early childhood education programs to reach a justified consensus between the primary care practitioners and the school system. Given that, the primary of this research is to develop a symptomatic behaviour screening tool (SymBest) for early childhood educators to identify children with symptomatic behaviours. The design and development process of SymBest is based on the theory of maturation and the theory of cognitive development along with developmentally appropriate framework (DAP). Fuzzy Delphi analysis was conducted with 18 participants from diverse backgrounds of clinical and education to gain the expert consensus on the suitability of the constructs and items representing SymBest. The findings showed that the experts have a fair degree of agreement on the constructs and the items suggested to form SymBest. The constructs and items with accepted threshold value, percentage of group consensus and fuzzy score are then organised in sequence priority to form the screening tool.

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Published

2019-12-11

How to Cite

Arumugam, S., Eng Hock, K., & Mohamed Isa, Z. (2019). The symptomatic behaviour screening tool (symbest) for early identification of developmental delays among children age 3-4. Jurnal Pendidikan Bitara UPSI, 12, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.37134/bitara.vol12.sp.1.2019