# PICCOLO™ ### At-a-glance ##### Tool name Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes ##### Use to evaluate Quality of parent–child interactions ##### Age range 10–47 months ##### Completed by Home visitors, parent educators, social workers, child development specialists, parenting class leaders, infant mental health clinicians ##### Time commitment 10-minute observation Encourage positive parenting interactions The **Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes (PICCOLO™)** is a checklist of 29 observable developmentally supportive parenting behaviors in four domains (affection, responsiveness, encouragement, and teaching). It is a positive, practical, versatile, culturally sensitive, valid, and reliable tool for practitioners that shows what parents can do to support their children’s development. PICCOLO helps practitioners observe a wide range of parenting behaviors that help children develop over time—an approach known as developmental parenting. Parenting strengths—what the parent already believes is important to do and is comfortable doing with his or her child—are a valuable resource for increasing the developmental support available to young children. ### Benefits - **assess positive parenting behaviors** that predict good child outcomes - guide **individualized positive parenting interventions** with families - **track positive parenting outcomes** of a parenting support program ### Developers - [Lori A. Roggman Ph.D.](http://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3889&Name=Lori+A.+Roggman+Ph.D.) - [Gina A. Cook Ph.D.](http://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=9195&Name=Gina+A.+Cook+Ph.D.) - [Mark S. Innocenti Ph.D.](http://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=3891&Name=Mark+S.+Innocenti+Ph.D.) - [Vonda Jump Norman Ph.D.](http://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=9196&Name=Vonda+Jump+Norman+Ph.D.) - [Sheila Anderson Ph.D.](http://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=9908&Name=Sheila+Anderson+Ph.D.) - [Katie Christiansen Ph.D.](http://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1351&Name=Katie+Christiansen+Ph.D.) ## What You'll Need ### PICCOLO™ Provider Starter Kit #### $60.00 [View in Store](http://products.brookespublishing.com/PICCOLO-Provider-Starter-Kit-P679.aspx) #### Includes User’s Guide One package of forms ### [Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes (PICCOLO™) Tool](http://products.brookespublishing.com/Parenting-Interactions-with-Children-Checklist-of-Observations-Linked-to-Outcomes-PICCOLO-Tool-P677.aspx) [View In Store](http://products.brookespublishing.com/Parenting-Interactions-with-Children-Checklist-of-Observations-Linked-to-Outcomes-PICCOLO-Tool-P677.aspx) ### [The PICCOLO™ Training DVD](http://products.brookespublishing.com/The-PICCOLO-Training-DVD-P678.aspx) [View In Store](http://products.brookespublishing.com/The-PICCOLO-Training-DVD-P678.aspx) A Spanish translation is included in the back of the User’s Guide. ### [Sample items from Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes (PICCOLO)](/content/resource-library/sample-items-from-parenting-interactions-with-children-checklist-of-observations-linked-to-outcomes-piccolo/index.html) See examples of how parents may display affection, responsiveness, encouragement, and teaching with their young child and how to score them in these sample items from PICCOLO. [View Resource](/content/resource-library/sample-items-from-parenting-interactions-with-children-checklist-of-observations-linked-to-outcomes-piccolo/index.html) ### [PICCOLO: 29 Things Parents Do That Predict School Readiness](/content/resource-library/piccolo-29-things-parents-do-that-predict-school-readiness/index.html) This one-sheet is a list of 29 things parents do with their young children, ages 10-47 months, that predict certain outcomes when children are old enough to start kindergarten [View Resource](/content/resource-library/piccolo-29-things-parents-do-that-predict-school-readiness/index.html) ### [29 Things Parents Do That Predict School Readiness (Spanish)](/content/resource-library/29-things-that-parents-can-do-that-predict-school-readiness-spanish/index.html) Share this handout with Spanish-speaking parents to help predict school-readiness. These 29 activities will help with cognitive skills, vocabulary, literacy skills, and social skills. [View Resource](/content/resource-library/29-things-that-parents-can-do-that-predict-school-readiness-spanish/index.html) ### [PICCOLO Technical Report](/content/resource-library/piccolo-technical-report/index.html) This technical report provides information on the development and psychometric properties of the observational measure Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes (PICCOLO). [View Resource](/content/resource-library/piccolo-technical-report/index.html) Get training from Brookes on Location on [**Using PICCOLO to Observe Developmental Parenting**.](/content/seminar/using-piccolo-observe-developmental-parenting/index.html) ### The PICCOLO™ Training DVD A 64-minute narrated presentation and 14 invaluable DVD clips of parent-child interactions to help users practice observing and scoring. $155.00 [View in Store](http://products.brookespublishing.com/The-PICCOLO-Training-DVD-P678.aspx) #### How PICCOLO™ Can Help You Work More Effectively with Parents of Young Children Hear from tool co-developer Lori Roggman in this recording of a 45-minute webinar to discover how the PICCOLO can help you provide positive feedback to parents, develop interventions to help parents build skills, and track the positive outcomes of your parent support program. [View Recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mDlMAMLLAc)