Little information on preparticipation screening exams of physically or mentally disabled athletes exists. This report includes the results of 176 preparticipation exams. Suggestions are made regarding effective screening methods. Improvements in the design of consent forms to better help physicians and parents understand the athletes' special…

Considered methods of evaluating the pattern of subtest scores on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. The rationale and method for calculating the size of the significant difference between a subtest and the mean of the subtests scores for an individual are described. (JAC)

Follow-up data on a program that screened 17 newborns for sickle cell anemia suggests that in order to derive maximum benefit from such screening physicians need to better understand the differential diagnosis, treatment, and inheritance of sickle cell disease, and individual guidance must be provided to families. (GC)

Conducted workshop for high school seniors, 50 of whom had taken Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) and 50 of whom had taken Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). After completion of six-hour program on application of game-playing strategies to SAT, both retakers and first-time takers of SAT (who had previously taken PSAT) raised their scores…

Reviews WISC-R factor analytic findings for developing a scheme for regrouping WISC-R subtests, consisting of verbal comprehension and spatial subtests. Subtests comprising these groupings are shown to have more common variance than specific variance and cluster together consistently across the samples of WISC-R scores. (Author/JAC)

The Draw-a-Design and Draw-a-Child, two subtests of the McCarthy Scales, are the best-normed drawing tests for children aged two and a half to eight and a half years but have no age-corrected deviation scaled scores available for interpretation. Scaled scores for use in interpretation are presented for these tests. (Author/NRB)

Presents a screening instrument, the HRCA Vulnerability Index, involving 11 items concerning functional deficits in personal care, instrumental care, mobility, and mentation. Data from samples of community elderly, home care clients, and residents in congregate housing facilities (N=7,795) are analyzed to explore the potential usefulness of the…

Developed a short form of the Multiscore Depression Inventory which met item selection criteria and retained 9 of the original 10 subscales. The total scale correlated highly with the Beck Depression Inventory and the Depression Adjective Checklist. (LLL)

Football, it is argued, is too dangerous for most girls and for many boys. Data on male-female differences in size, speed, and strength are reviewed. A preparticipation screening program with equal requirements for both sexes is proposed. (Author/MT)

Discusses genetic screening in the employment context, which involves identification of individuals hypersusceptible to toxins in the work environment. Examines the status of genetic screening devices against standard testing and legal criteria. (LLL)

The report describes a Prescreening Checklist which has been used to supplement speech, hearing, and language screening tests of preschool children. The Checklist is designed to gain information from the preschool teacher about the child's linguistic functioning in the classroom. (Author/PHR)

A properly performed screening history and cardiovascular examination can identify most young athletes at risk for sudden death from heart abnormalities. Warning signs and examiner response are discussed as well as appropriate use of echocardiography. Included is a sample preparticipation examination form recommended by the American Academy of…

This handbook provides arts specialists and gifted coordinators with procedures for identifying students who are gifted in music. All personnel who are developing district identification procedures and trained individuals who will be involved in the screening and identification of gifted children in the area of music should read this handbook. To…

Recently endorsed definitions of learning disabilities presume that the disability is due to central nervous system dysfunction. To identify those children who should receive a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation, an effective approach to neuropsychological screening is needed. Provides a rationale and conceptual framework for development…

Early identification of handicapped rural children is difficult due to the scarcity of rural preschools, medical and human services, and education about the handicapped. This article defines early identification, delineates its four steps and the significant and divergent approaches to it, noting advantages and disadvantages of developmental…