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Offermans, Julia E.; de Bruin, Esther I.; Lange, Aurelie M. C.; Middeldorp, Christel M.; Wesseldijk, Laura W.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Dieleman, Gwen C.; Bögels, Susan M.; van Steensel, Francisca J. A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
The first aim of this study was to construct/validate a subscale--with cut-offs considering gender/age differences--for the school-age Child Behavior CheckList (CBCL) to screen for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) applying both data-driven (N = 1666) and clinician-expert (N = 15) approaches. Further, we compared these to previously established CBCL…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Behavior, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Screening Tests
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Elizabeth Choi-Tucci; John Sideris; Cristin Holland; Grace T. Baranek; Linda R. Watson – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Intentional communication acts, or purposefully directed vocalizations and gestures, are particularly difficult for infants at elevated likelihood for eventual diagnosis of autism. The ability to measure and track intentional communication in infancy thus has the potential to aid early identification and intervention efforts. This study…
Descriptors: Infants, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Caregiver Child Relationship, Nonverbal Communication
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Pathak, Siddhi; Sovani-Kelkar, Pallavi – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2023
Early identification of language delay is important as it has a serious impact on a child's life in terms of educational, social, and emotional development. Among the early language screening tools, there are some parent-administered tools; however, they are not culturally appropriate or freely available. This article documents the development and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Impairments, Infants, Disability Identification
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Vorster, Carlien; Kritzinger, Alta; Lekganyane, Matemane; Taljard, Elsabe; van der Linde, Jeannie – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2022
Background: In recent reviews of autism spectrum disorder screening tools, the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-Up (M-CHAT-R/FTM) has been recommended for use in lower middle-income countries to promote earlier identification. Aim: The study aim was to culturally adapt and translate the M-CHAT-R/FTM into Northern…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Translation, Test Construction
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Bakare, Muideen O.; Frazier, Thomas W.; Karpur, Arun; Abubakar, Amina; Nyongesa, Moses Kachama; Mwangi, Paul Murimu; Dixon, Pamela; Khaliq, Izma; Gase, Natalie K.; Sandstrom, Jonathan; Okidegbe, Nwanze; Rosanoff, Michael; Munir, Kerim M.; Shih, Andy – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Informant-report measures for screening symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are needed for low-resource settings if early identification is to be prioritized because early developmental concerns are likely to be expressed by parents and other caregivers. This paper describes the initial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Screening Tests, Psychometrics
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Coulter, Kirsty L.; Barton, Marianne L.; Boorstein, Hilary; Cordeaux, Cara; Dumont-Mathieu, Thyde; Haisley, Lauren; Herlihy, Lauren; Jashar, Dasal Tenzin; Robins, Diana L.; Stone, Wendy L.; Fein, Deborah A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Although symptoms of autism are present early in life and early diagnosis can lead to better outcomes, there is a dearth of validated caregiver-report interviews designed for children under the age of 3 years. We developed the Toddler Autism Symptom Inventory, a semi-structured interview designed to assess the presence and absence of skills and…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Nergård-Nilssen, Trude; Friborg, Oddgeir – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2022
This article describes the development and psychometric properties of a new Dyslexia Marker Test for Children (Dysmate-C). The test was designed to identify Norwegian students who need special instructional attention. The computerized test includes measures of letter knowledge, phoneme awareness, rapid automatized naming, working memory, decoding,…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Test Construction, Test Validity, Alphabets
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Haines, Mary-Anne; Cornish, Linley; Bannister-Tyrrell, Michelle – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2020
The complex learning and socio-emotional profiles of students who are twice exceptional are often accompanied by challenges to their identification and support in the primary school. This exploratory research project, conducted in a primary school in New South Wales, Australia, focused on developing and trialling a comprehensive and useful…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Academically Gifted, Talent Identification
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Puglisi, Marina L.; Blasi, Helena F.; Snowling, Margaret J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: This study aimed to develop and validate a screening questionnaire for the early identification of language difficulties in Brazilian Portuguese-speaking preschool children. Method: The article is divided into two studies. In the first study, we reported the theoretical principles that guided the development of the Screening for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Language Impairments, Screening Tests
Fletcher, Jack M.; Francis, David J.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Schatschneider, Christopher – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2021
Many states now mandate early screening for dyslexia, but vary in how they address these mandates. There is confusion about the nature of screening versus diagnostic assessments, risk versus diagnosis, concurrent versus predictive validity, and inattention to indices of classification accuracy as the basis for determining risk. To help define what…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Disability Identification, Screening Tests, Item Response Theory
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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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AL-Qadri, Abdo Hasan; Zhao, Wei – South African Journal of Education, 2021
Developmental learning difficulties are among the prevalent exceptionalities school learners have today. In this regard, identification and placement are among the facilitators of later successful intervention for these groups of learners (WestOlatunji, Shure, Pringle, Adams, Lewis & Cholewa, 2010). However, there are not enough resources such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Learning Problems, Test Construction
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Melekoglu, Macid Ayhan; Erden, H. Gülsen; Çakiroglu, Orhan – South African Journal of Education, 2021
Efforts to diagnose students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) have increased in recent years in Turkey. However, the limited number of assessment tools used to identify students with SLD is one of the most important concerns in this area, since 8 out of 10 students with SLD have difficulty in reading, which affects other academic areas.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension
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Sood, Vishal – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2013
For identifying children with four major kinds of verbal learning disabilities viz. reading disability, speech and language comprehension disability, writing disability and mathematics disability, the present task was undertaken to construct and standardize verbal learning disabilities checklist. This checklist was developed by keeping in view the…
Descriptors: Verbal Learning, Learning Disabilities, Children, Disability Identification
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Cullinan, Douglas; Epstein, Michael H. – Preventing School Failure, 2013
This article describes the Emotional and Behavioral Screener, a brief universal screening procedure designed to help identify students whose emotional and behavioral functioning puts them at risk for future serious problems, including identification in the emotional disturbance category. Development of the screener drew on items and normative…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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