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Jingjing Zhu; Wanjuan Weng; Xiaoyan Bian; Tingting Yang; Taylor Nicole Mule'; Yeh Hsueh; Yan Li – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Social-Emotional Assessment Measure (SEAM) (33-66 months), which is designed to assess social-emotional difficulties and behavior disorders in young children. In this case, the SEAM was translated and back-translated. The sample included 2477 preschoolers (1256 boys;…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
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Abdoola, Shabnam; Swanepoel, De Wet; Van Der Linde, Jeannie – Journal of Early Intervention, 2023
The Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS), PEDS: Developmental Milestones (PEDS: DM) and PEDS tools (i.e., the PEDS and PEDS:DM combined for use) are parent-reported screening tools frequently used to identify young children requiring early intervention. An ideal screening tool for all contexts would be brief, inexpensive with…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Identification, Child Development, Early Intervention
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Nazmiye Atila-Çaglar; Aysin Noyan Erbas; Arcan Tigrak; Esra Özcebe – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: Speech and language disorders can negatively affect preschool children's communicative participation skills. Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six-34 (FOCUS-34) is a valid and reliable scale that evaluates communicative participation in preschool children with speech and language disorders. This study aimed to establish the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Language Pathology, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments
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Kazmierska-Kowalewska, Kalina M.; Okely, Anthony D.; Siraj, Iram; Archer, Carol; Jones, Rachel A. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
The aim of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS), using data from 13 early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. Test-retest reliability was calculated using ICCs, percentage agreement and weighted Kappa. Internal consistency was examined using Cronbach's alpha. To…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
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Ching, Teresa Y. C.; Saetre-Turner, Michelle; Harkus, Samantha; Martin, Louise; Ward, Meagan; Marnane, Vivienne; Jones, Caroline; Collyer, Eugenie; Khamchuang, Chantelle; Kong, Kelvin – Deafness & Education International, 2020
Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are affected by chronic middle ear infection or otitis media from infancy that has a negative impact on development of listening and communication skills. Deficits in these skills are often not detected until school-age when the opportunity for early intervention is lost. Primary health and early…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Indigenous Populations, Rural Areas
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Munoz-Chereau, Bernardita; Ang, Lynn; Dockrell, Julie; Outhwaite, Laura; Heffernan, Claire – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2021
The Sustainable Development Goals mandate that by 2030, all children should have access to quality early child development opportunities, healthcare and pre-primary education. Yet validated measures of ECD in low and middle income countries (LMICs) are rare. To address this gap, a Systematic Review (SR) of measures available to profile the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Experience, Measures (Individuals), Evaluation Methods