The role of parents in child assessment often is limited to that of recipient of information gathered by professionals. Parents often feel that professionals do not respect or desire information about their child from their perspectives. This creates problem interms of reducing their participation in the interdisciplinary team process. By involving parents from the beginning, professionals can install a sense of trust and competence in parents and increase parent professional collaboration.
Parental involvement in assessment provides important information like:
Describing children’s behavior in different situations which is not possible for professionals to observe by themselves.
Parental priorities for intervention services.
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