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Peer reviewedWetherby, Amy M.; Goldstein, Howard; Cleary, Julie; Allen, Lori; Kublin, Kary – Infants and Young Children, 2003
This article describes two studies that examined the concurrent and predictive validity of the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile (CSBS DP), a measure for identifying children less than 24 months old who are at risk for communication disorders. Findings support the use of prelinguistic predictors and the important…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Child Development, Communication Disorders, Concurrent Validity
Yonovitz, Leslie B.; Andrews, Kathryn R. – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1995
A naturalistic probe of early language content was administered to 31 normally developing preschool children. The productivity of 3 different strategies for eliciting 27 content categories was tested and the efficiency of the probe technique compared with analysis of language samples. Results suggest this nonstandardized, criterion-referenced…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Disability Identification, Early Identification, Efficiency
Peer reviewedHess, Lucille J.; Dohrman, Kristine; Huneck, Beverly – Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 1997
This study surveyed routine language screening practices for infants and toddlers of 41 physicians in an urban and surrounding rural area. Findings indicated that all physician offices screened for language development with some using the Denver Developmental Scale and others using informal tools. Findings are discussed in the context of the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Communication Disorders, Disability Identification, Early Identification
Peer reviewedHugo, Rene; Louw, Brenda; Kritzinger, A.; Smit, G. J. – Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 2000
A study evaluated the use of a clinical tool developed to determine the listening behavior of young children at risk for developmental communication delays. The evaluation procedure was developed and successfully applied to 66 children (ages birth to 3) attending an early intervention program over a period of 3 years. (Contains six references.)…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Perception, Communication Disorders, Early Identification
Download full textNational Inst. on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, Bethesda, MD. – 1998
This information packet presents materials which focus on early identification of hearing impairment in infants and young children to prevent speech and language delays. A glossary of terms is followed by a summary of results of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference (1993) concerning early identification of hearing…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Communication Disorders, Delayed Speech, Disability Identification
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Special Education Services Unit. – 2001
This handbook is designed for use by trained educational diagnosticians and special educators as they go about the complex task of identifying students with perceptual/communicative disabilities (PCD) and determining eligibility for special education services. Section 1 of the text discusses federal criteria for determining the existence of a…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Communication Disorders, Communication Problems, Disability Identification
Connecticut Birth to Three System, Hartford. – 1998
This document presents guidelines for differential diagnosis and eligibility determination under Connecticut's Birth to Three System for young children with communication problems, usually delayed speech. An executive summary presents a rationale and recommendation locator in the form of a matrix of communication problems, the eligibility…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders, Delayed Speech, Developmental Delays
Guralnick, Michael J., Ed. – 1997
This book reviews research on the effectiveness of early intervention for children with disabilities or who are at risk. Program factors for children at risk and with disabilities, the effects of early intervention on different types of disabilities, and the outcomes of early intervention are explored. Chapters include: "Second-Generation Research…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Autism, Behavior Problems
