Reliability and Validity of a Teacher Impressions Scale to Assess Social Play of Swedish Children in Inclusive Preschools

Play and peer interactions are crucial for children’s socioemotional development growth. However, children with special needs, disabilities, developmental delays may not participate in play peers as much typically developing children. Reliable valid assessment information of social behavior is necessary to design programs that support the young without needs. The Teacher Impression Scale (TIS) a behavioral rating scale based on systematic observations behaviors play. study aimed examine internal structure evidence reliability Swedish version TIS. A sample 46 preschool teachers used TIS rate 92 Teachers observed education needs (SEN) (TD) during 2-week time assess different situations. results showed TIS, TIS-S, reliable can help identify need interaction inclusive environments. Furthermore, instrument could also be useful identifying educational strategies at strengthening between