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The Validity of Discrepancy Criteria for Identifying Children with Developmental Language Disorders.

Aram, Dorothy M.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
Two studies addressing the clinical validity of discrepancy criteria for identification of children with developmental language disorders (DLD) are reported: one with 256 preschoolers clinically defined as DLD, and one with 363 8-year-old controls. Factors contributing to underidentification in Study 1 and overidentification in Study 2 are…
Descriptors: Criteria, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods