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Briccetti, Katherine A. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1994
The Draw-a-Person Screening Procedure for Emotional Disturbance was evaluated with 39 deaf children, ages 9 through 12, who were divided into 2 groups: emotionally disturbed and not emotionally disturbed. Group mean scores were not significantly different; more than half the subjects in each group were misclassified using the procedure. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Deafness, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification

Dykens, Elisabeth – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
Draw-a-Person (DAP) samples from 108 adolescents and adults with mental retardation were scored using Naglieri's cognitive and emotional disturbance scoring systems. Visual-motor skills emerged as the best predictor of DAP cognitive scores, more predictive than intelligence. Findings suggest caution in using DAP as an index of intelligence or as a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Disability Identification, Emotional Disturbances
Wessel, Joan; And Others – 1993
This study investigated the use of the Draw-a-Person: Screening Procedure for Emotional Disturbance (DAP:SPED) with students enrolled in classes for children with emotional disturbances (ED), learning disabilities (LD), or cognitive disabilities (CD). The DAP:SPED was administered to 39 students in a large urban area in eastern Wisconsin and to 31…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances