The DOF is designed to score observations over 10-minute periods in classrooms and group activities. It has 96 problem items scored on 4-step rating scales, and provides for scoring on-task behavior at one-minute intervals. The observer writes a narrative description of the child's behavior as it occurs over a 10-minute period and then rates problems observed during that period. The DOF profiles enable users to compare an observed target child with two observed control children for the following scales: On-task, Internalizing, Externalizing, and Total Problem Scales, averaged for up to six observation sessions. The computer-scored profiles also include six syndrome scales derived from observations of 212 problem children aged 5-14. (The six syndrome scales are not scorable on hand-scored profiles.) The DOF was normed on 287 non-referred children observed as classroom controls for problem children. For DOF reliability and validity data, see the Manual for the ASEBA School-Age Forms & Profiles. (Burlington, VT: University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth, and Families, 2001.) The Manual also reports mean DOF scale scores for referred and control children.

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