Developing and Validating the Qualitative Characteristics of Children’s Play Assessment System
Supported by Caplan Foundation
Project led by:
PI: Michael Haslip, PhD
This one-year project in the McNichol ECE lab is validating an assessment created to measure young children’s play skill development, called the Qualitative Characteristics of Children’s Play or QCCP, and building a new online platform for teachers to complete the assessment, generate a score report, and create individual action plans based on student assessment data - to improve children’s play engagement and support their holistic development. Upon completion of the project, the assessment platform, and its associated teacher training program, will be accessible at . By disaggregating play into incremental steps that can be observed and assessed, children’s play skills can be systematically supported. The QCCP platform will include a forum and educator resources to assist teachers to achieve individualized goals for children who are presenting patterns of atypical play development.