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Cavalli, Eddy; Colé, Pascale; Leloup, Gilles; Poracchia-George, Florence; Sprenger-Charolles, Liliane; El Ahmadi, Abdessadek – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
Developmental dyslexia is a lifelong impairment affecting 5% to 10% of the population. In French-speaking countries, although a number of standardized tests for dyslexia in children are available, tools suitable to screen for dyslexia in adults are lacking. In this study, we administered the "Alouette" reading test to a normative sample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Screening Tests, Disability Identification, Dyslexia
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Chambers, Nola; Stronach, Sheri T.; Wetherby, Amy M. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2016
Background: Substantial development in social communication skills occurs in the first two years of life. Growth should be evident in sharing emotion and eye gaze; rate of communication, communicating for a variety of functions; using gestures, sounds and words; understanding language, and using functional and pretend actions with objects in play.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Communication Skills
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Narzisi, Antonio; Calderoni, Sara; Maestro, Sandra; Calugi, Simona; Mottes, Emanuela; Muratori, Filippo – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Tools to identify toddlers with autism in clinical settings have been recently developed. This study evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of the Child Behavior Check List 1 1/2-5 (CBCL 1 1/2-5) in the detection of toddlers subsequently diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ages 18-36 months. The CBCL of 47 children with ASD were…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Withdrawal (Psychology), Autism, Toddlers
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Nordness, Philip D.; Epstein, Michael H.; Cullinan, Douglas; Pierce, Corey D. – Remedial and Special Education, 2014
The Emotional and Behavioral Screener (EBS) is a universal screening instrument designed to identify students whose excessive problem behaviors put them at risk of the education disability category of emotional disturbance (ED). This article reports findings from three studies that address the reliability and validity of the EBS. Studies 1 and 2…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Disability Identification, Behavior Problems, At Risk Students
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Gillis, Jennifer M.; Callahan, Emily H.; Romanczyk, Raymond G. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
There are a limited number of assessments available to examine social skills deficits in young children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). The Behavioral Assessment of Social Interactions in Young Children (BASYC) was developed as a direct assessment of social deficits in young children with ASD relative to children without ASD. The BASYC is a…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Autism, Antisocial Behavior, Young Children
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de Bildt, Annelies; Oosterling, Iris J.; van Lang, Natasja D. J.; Sytema, Sjoerd; Minderaa, Ruud B.; van Engeland, Herman; Roos, Sascha; Buitelaar, Jan K.; van der Gaag, Rutger-Jan; de Jonge, Maretha V. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
The validity of the calibrated severity scores on the ADOS as reported by Gotham et al. (J Autism Dev Disord 39: 693-705, "2009"), was investigated in an independent sample of 1248 Dutch children with 1455 ADOS administrations (modules 1, 2 and 3). The greater comparability between ADOS administrations at different times, ages and in…
Descriptors: Autism, Test Validity, Severity (of Disability), Age Differences
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Gau, Susan Shur-Fen; Lee, Chi-Mei; Lai, Meng-Chuan; Chiu, Yen-Nan; Huang, Ya-Fen; Kao, Jen-Der; Wu, Yu-Yu – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ). We assessed 736 participants (male, 80.1%) aged 2-18, who were clinically diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) including autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder, or pervasive developmental disorders, not…
Descriptors: Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Factor Structure, Interpersonal Relationship
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Pyo, G.; Curtis, K.; Curtis, R.; Markwell, S. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: Decline in orientation skill has been reported as an early indicator of Dementia of Alzheimer's Type (DAT). Orientation subtest of the Working Group's Test Battery was examined whether this test is useful to identify DAT patients among adults with moderate to severe ID. Methods: Sixteen DAT patients and 35 non-demented normal controls…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Dementia, Severe Disabilities, Test Validity
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de Bildt, Annelies; Mulder, Erik J.; Hoekstra, Pieter J.; van Lang, Natasja D. J.; Minderaa, Ruud B.; Hartman, Catharina A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
The Children's Social Behavior Questionnaire (CSBQ) was compared with the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS), and clinical classification in children with mild and moderate intellectual disability (ID), to investigate its criterion related validity. The contribution of the CSBQ to a…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Mild Mental Retardation, Autism, Validity
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Loh, Pek Ru; Piek, Jan Patricia; Barrett, Nicholas Celal – Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2009
The concurrent validity of the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ) and the McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development (MAND) was investigated in an Australian sample of 38 girls and 91 boys aged 9-12 years (M = 11.15, SD = 0.81). The MAND identified 44 children with motor impairment (MI) and 85 children without MI. The…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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Braden, Jeffery P. – Journal of School Psychology, 1987
Showed that the standard score difference method for determining intelligence quotient achievement discrepencies produced disproportionate racial representation, whereas the regression method produced proportionate racial representation in Learning Disabilities (LD) classes. Demonstrated advantages in measurement of discrepancies, LD program…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Children, Comparative Analysis, Disability Identification
Nam, Sang Seok – 1999
A computer-based questionnaire was developed to help parents who have not received specialized training to determine whether their young children need further assessment for diagnosis of developmentally at-risk status. The computer automatically determines a starting point for a series of questions according to the child's chronological age. The…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing