Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment.

HOME

What it measures

Quality and quantity of stimulation and support available to a child in the home: responsivity, acceptance, organisation, learning materials, involvement, variety.

Length and format

45 (Infant/Toddler); 55 (Early Childhood); 59 (Middle Childhood); 60 (Early Adolescent). binary yes/no scored from a semi-structured home visit combining observation and interview (mixed-method battery)

Language versions

~30+ countries; adaptations across Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, several of which drop or rewrite culturally bound items

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - author permission

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Reference

Caldwell, B. M., & Bradley, R. H. (2003). HOME Inventory Administration Manual (3rd ed.). University of Arkansas at Little Rock.