Abstract:
Behavioral and emotional issues in preschool children have become a concern globally and
also in Bangladesh where its high prevalence rate poses a threat to the country‟s future
growth and development. Early identification of the behavioral and emotional issues is the
best way to make early intervention for the preschool children which will reduce the rate of
behavioral and emotional difficulty during early childhood. To address the needs, the present
MPhil project was carried out with the aim of adapting behavioral screening system for
children-2, behavioral and emotional screening system (KemphausR. W., & Reynolds C. R.
2007) for the preschool children of Bangladesh. The study was carried out to adapt and
validate the Teacher Rating Scale and Parent Rating Scale for the preschool children. 200
teachers working with early childhood and 200 parents of young children, age range from 3-5
years was included as the participants. Cronbach‟s Alpha coefficients were an indication of
reliability which was calculated separately for Teacher Rating Scale (.974) and Parent Rating
Scale (.833). The test‐retest Teachers form (0.874) and the test-retest reliability coefficient
for parents form (.892) also shows satisfactory level of the scale over time. Results showed
that, there is a significant positive correlation between the BASC-2, BESS preschool teachers
rating scale and the SDQ scale (r = 0.888*, N = 50, p< 0.01). It also showed that there is a
significant positive correlation between the BASC-2, BESS preschool parent rating scale and
the SDQ scale (r = 0.647*, N = 50, p< 0.01). This finding ensured the construct validity of
the bangle adapted version.
