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Universal Developmental Screening: Preliminary Studies in Galicia, Spain
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Sarmiento Campos, Jose A.; Squires, Jane; Ponte, Jaime – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
"A_Tempo" is a research project that is currently under development in Galicia, an autonomous community of Spain. Its main aim is to propose an effective universal screening procedure for early identification of developmental disorders in children from zero to three years of age who attend Galician pre-primary schools.…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Foreign Countries, Screening Tests, Questionnaires
An Independent Assessment of the Internal Reliability of the "Bilston and Ettingshall Sure Start (BESS) Speech and Language Therapy Two Year Developmental Check"
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Adamson-Macedo, Elvidina N.; Patel, Reena; Sallah, David K. – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
Speech and language difficulties in British pre-school children from disadvantaged backgrounds have become increasingly prevalent over the last decade. Consequently, there has been a growing demand for a British standardised speech and language screening tool that is reliable and valid. In 2000, to fulfil the need of an appropriate tool that could…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Standardized Tests, Test Reliability, Correlation
Screening and Surveillance for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Research and Practice.
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Charman, Tony – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
Asserts that although no instrument has proved sufficiently robust to recommend universal screening, screening instruments for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can play an important role. Discusses the clinical issues raised in screening for a developmental disorder, including risk status, management advice, and availability of services. Asserts…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Identification, Early Identification
Measuring Giftedness in Young Children: A Comparative Study in Malaysia.
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Fields, Joyce I. – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Evaluated five intelligence test instruments for use with Malaysian children: Raven's Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), WISC-R, School Failure Tolerance (SFT), Scale for Rating Behavior Characteristics of Superior Students (SRBCSS), and Parent Checklists. Found that Raven's SPM was an effective screening test, and the WISC-R the best measure to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Foreign Countries, Gifted, Intelligence Tests
Early Childhood Assessment: Recent Advances.
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Shaughnessy, Michael F.; Greathouse, Dan – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Reviews recent advances in early childhood assessment and evaluation. Discusses several well-known assessment devices for screening and intelligence testing and provides information regarding their use, reliability, and validity. Tests discussed include the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning-Revised, Early Screening Profiles,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence Tests, Measures (Individuals)
Screening Children's Entry Characteristics in Kindergarten.
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Mooij, Ton – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
A pilot study examined the reliability and predictive validity of a screening instrument for Dutch kindergartners. Findings indicated acceptable reliability and predictive validity. Parents could accurately screen their child's language proficiency level, pre-arithmetic level, and degree of extraversion at school entry. Teachers could predict…
Descriptors: Extraversion Introversion, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children