Attachment 1_Summary Table of Changes to Parent FSW Survey

Parent-FSW Survey

Old Survey Number	New Survey Number	Item Wording	Reason for Revisions
Intro	Intro	In the following pages, we will ask questions about your child’s care and early education. We will ask about your Family Service Worker and about your feelings towards relationship with him or her. Some of these questions will be about how you and your Family Service Worker works together to care for your child with your family.	Revised to reduce redundancy.
7a	1a	How your child is doing in the Head Start Program	Replaced “experiences in education and care setting” with “how your child is doing in the Head Start program” to directly reference Head Start and for clarity.
7c	n/a	Dropped	Dropped 7c “: Your child’s general behavior because of comprehension issues
n/a	1b	Your work and school goals	Added to capture dual support FSW may provide (i.e., ensuring children are doing well and supporting parents) This item parallels the child focused item 1a (above).
7d	1d	Your child’s learning and/or development	Dropped “and” for consistency across surveys items.
n/a	1f	Goals you have for yourself	Added to capture dual support FSW may provide (i.e., ensuring children are doing well and supporting parents). This item parallels the child focused item 1e “goals you have for your child.”
n/a	1h	How you are progressing towards goals you have set for yourself	Added to capture dual support FSW may provide (i.e., ensuring children are doing well and supporting parents). This item parallels the child focused item 1f “how your child is progressing towards goals you have set for him/her.”
7g	n/a	Dropped	Dropped 7g “how your child is progressing towards the goals of the program” because it was redundant with now item 1d.
7i	1j	Problems your child is having in the Head Start Program	Replaced “education and care setting” with “Head Start program.”
n/a	1k	Problems you may be having with school or work	Added to capture dual support FSW may provide (i.e., ensuring children are doing well and supporting parents). This item parallels the child focused item 1j “problems your child is having in the Head Start program.”
n/a	1m	Your vision for your family’s future	Added to capture dual support FSW may provide (i.e., ensuring children are doing well and supporting parents). This item parallels the child focused item 1l “your vision for your child’s future.”
1	2	Since September, how often has your Family Service Worker:	Revised introduction to include “Since September” to be consistent with the rest of the survey.
1a	2a	Suggested activities for you and your child to do together?	Changed to past tense to fit with the revised question stem.
1b	2b	Answered your questions when they came up?	Changed to past tense to fit with the revised question stem.
1c	2c	Taken your values and culture into account when serving you?	Changed to past tense to fit with the revised question stem.
1d	2d	Offered you books or materials on parenting?	Changed to past tense to fit with the revised question stem.
2a	3a	How many children you have	Revised series to be form the perspective of the parent.
2b	3b	How many adult relatives live in your household	Revised series to be form the perspective of the parent.
2c	3c	Your work and school schedule	Revised series to be form the perspective of the parent.
2l	3l	What you do outside of the Head Start setting to encourage your child’s learning	Revised to be clearer that the question was asking about all educational activities outside of Head Start.
n/a	3Q	Health issues you or other family members may have	Added to capture dual support FSW may provide (i.e., ensuring children are doing well and supporting parents). This item parallels the child focused item 3p “health issues your child has, such as food allergies or asthma.”
3a	4a	Encourages me to be involved in all aspects of my child’s care and education in our Head Start program	Revised to refer more specifically to parental involvement in Head Start.
5	6	Since September, how often have you met with or talked to you Family Service Worker about how you feel about the services that your Family Service Worker provides you and your family?	Revised to refer more specifically to services provided by the Family Service Worker, rather than the child’s care and education generally.
8e	n/a	Dropped	Dropped 8e because it assumed teachers had the authority to give parents decision-making power: Provide you with opportunities to make decisions about your child’s education and care?
8f	n/a	Dropped	Dropped 8f because it was interpreted to be redundant with now item 4h: Provide you with opportunities to give feedback on your family service worker’s performance?
10a	10a	My Family Service Worker is open to learning different ways to help parents and children	Revised to parallel FSW survey and to be clearer.
10e	n/a	Dropped	Dropped 10E because it was too teacher oriented: My family service worker has my child’s best interest at heart.
11	10e	My Family Service Worker sees this job as just a paycheck	Combined to question series 10.