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Insufficient Evidence for the Validity of the Language Development Survey and the Macarthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories as Screening Tools: A Critical Review
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Eriksson, Mårten – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: The Language Development Survey (LDS) and the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDI) are two parental report forms that have been productive in providing data on early child language during the past 30 years. The instruments have been used both in studies relating to typical developing children and in screening…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Delayed Speech, Check Lists, Expressive Language
Toddlers' Early Communicative Skills as Assessed by the Short Form Version of the Estonian MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory II
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Urm, Ada; Tulviste, Tiia – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of the current study is to develop a valid and reliable screening tool to identify children with risk of developing language difficulties for Estonian-speaking 2- to 3-year-old children. Method: Nine hundred ninety parents of children ages 1;8-3;1 (years;months) filled in the Estonian MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Screening Tests, Test Validity, Test Reliability
Language Assessment in a Snap: Monitoring Progress up to 36 Months
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Gilkerson, Jill; Richards, Jeffrey A.; Greenwood, Charles R.; Montgomery, Judy K. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
This article describes the development and validation of the Developmental Snapshot, a 52-item parent questionnaire on child language and vocal communication development that can be administered monthly and scored automatically. The Snapshot was created to provide an easily administered monthly progress monitoring tool that enables parents to…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Child Language, Infants, Toddlers
Validation of the Language Development Survey (LDS): A Parent Report Tool for Identifying Language Delay in Toddlers.
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Rescorla, Leslie; Alley, Amie – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2001
Two studies are reported demonstrating the reliability, validity, and clinical utility of the Language Development Survey (LDS) as a screening tool for the identification of expressive language delay in toddlers. The LDS test-retest reliability was .97. The LDS also correlated highly with other measures and the LDS identified at-risk group scored…
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Disability Identification, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition
The Expressive Portion of the NSST Compared to a Spontaneous Language Sample
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Prutting, Carol A.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1975
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Exceptional Child Research, Expressive Language, Language Handicaps
Testing Predictive Validity of the Communication Composite of the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales.
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McCathren, Rebecca B.; Yoder, Paul J.; Warren, Steven F. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2000
This study tested the predictive validity of the Communication Composite of the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales with 58 children (ages 17 to 34 months) functioning at the prelinguistic stage of language development. Evaluation of expressive vocabulary 1 year later found that the Communication Composite and all tested clusters were…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Communication Skills, Delayed Speech, Developmental Disabilities