The modules shown here represent the state of the package as it was in 1994. Since then a number of modules have undergone changes, and one major change, which affects the way a number of modules work, is the introduction of a system for choosing people, which supports multi-ethnic groups.
If you want further information about the package as it currently is, drop me an email to the following address: phil@csc.liv.ac.uk
This module presents the child with a picture of a boy and a girl
from which they can select their gender. The child is then prompted
to enter their name and age. the gender information is used to set
the gender of the material presented in other sections of the
package. The answers to these questions can be verified with known
information about the child.
In this module a view of an individual of the same gender as the
child is presented. The child may select an expression from a
palette of seven emotional
expressions, and talk about them. This allows the interviewer to
discover if the child understands the emotions represented in the
palette, and to ask the child to
think about events that may have a specific emotional aspect. It is
designed to be used in whatever way the interviewer thinks is
appropriate, and information gleaned from its use can be used to
tailor the way in which the interviewer presents the other modules -
for example information about the child's use of
language.
Similar to emotions I except, by default, eleven
different scenes are presented featuring an individual of the same
gender as the child. The child chooses an expression from the
palette that they believe is
appropriate to the scene in question. The standard set of scenes
allow the interviewer to explore the child's understanding of the
emotions represented in the emotional
palette. This module can be used with a set of alternative
scenes, selected by the interviewer from a collection of many
different scenes, with specific features.
Used to select a building or place from a range of alternatives. The
information gathered by this module about locations is likely to be
verifiable, and can be used as an indicator that the child is using
the package reliably. This module can be used to permit the child to
choose a building to represent any place that the interviewer wishes
them to talk about.
Permits the selection of one or more individuals (usually associated
with a place). This is used initially to get the child to describe
the people who live in their primary residence. By populating a
location the child can be asked questions about how they feel with
individuals when they are in certain locations.
After individuals have been placed in a location, it is necessary to
discover if the child has included themselves among the group. This
information is used to prevent the picture representing the child
from showing up in other modules where there is another
representation of the child, and it would be confusing for both
representations to present at the same time.
For each of the seven emotional expressions in the
palette, the child is able to
select people that they have felt that emotion with. The people that
the child chooses are ones who they have previously associated with a
place in the buildings module.
Allows the marking of pain sites on pictures of the front and back
views of a child. Pain sites may then have a shape, size and "throb"
associated with them.
A "work-in-progress" module presenting a tool which allows the
selection of a number of objects which may be positioned in a
"room".