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Assessments Used to Diagnose Developmental Coordination Disorder: Do Their Underlying Constructs Match the Diagnostic Criteria?
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Darsaklis, Vasiliki; Snider, Laurie M.; Majnemer, Annette; Mazer, Barbara – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2013
This study examined the constructs underlying the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (M-ABC-2), Bruninks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP) and Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale-2 (VABS-2) using the framework of the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health--Child Youth version (ICF-CY) and the diagnostic…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Motor Development, Children, Developmental Disabilities
Translation and Use of Parent-Completed Developmental Screening Test in Shanghai
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Bian, Xiaoyan; Yao, Guoying; Squires, Jane; Hoselton, Rob; Chen, Ching-I; Murphy, Kimberly; Wei, Mei; Fang, Binghua – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2012
As part of efforts throughout China to improve the outcomes of individuals with disabilities, the Shanghai government has launched a campaign to screen at least 95 percent of newborns. To assist in meeting this goal, the Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ), Third Edition, was translated into Chinese and the feasibility of a screening system…
Descriptors: Translation, Screening Tests, Caregivers, Validity
Reliability and Diagnostic Efficiency of the Diagnostic Inventory for Disharmony (DID) in Youths with Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Multiple Complex Developmental Disorder
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Xavier, Jean; Vannetzel, Leonard; Viaux, Sylvie; Leroy, Arthur; Plaza, Monique; Tordjman, Sylvie; Mille, Christian; Bursztejn, Claude; Cohen, David; Guile, Jean-Marc – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
The Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) category is a psychopathological entity few have described and is poorly, and mainly negatively, defined by autism exclusion. In order to limit PDD-NOS heterogeneity, alternative clinical constructs have been developed. This study explored the reliability and the diagnostic…
Descriptors: Socialization, Autism, Test Validity, Adjustment (to Environment)
Psychometric Properties of the ASPeCT-DD: Measuring Positive Traits in Persons with Developmental Disabilities
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Woodard, Cooper – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: The Assessment Scale for Positive Character Traits-Developmental Disabilities (ASPeCT-DD) was designed to measure the presence and strength of selected positive or strength-based traits in persons with developmental disabilities. These traits may help to determine level of happiness or value associated with the more commonly measured…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Developmental Disabilities, Validity, Interrater Reliability
The Behavior Flexibility Rating Scale-Revised (BFRS-R): Factor Analysis, Internal Consistency, Inter-Rater and Intra-Rater Reliability, and Convergent Validity
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Peters-Scheffer, Nienke; Didden, Robert; Green, Vanessa A.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Korzilius, Hubert; Pituch, Keenan; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Lancioni, Giulio – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
We examined the psychometric properties of the behavior flexibility rating scale-revised (BFRS-R), a new scale intended for assessing behavioral flexibility in individuals with developmental disabilities. Seventy-six direct care staff members and 56 parents completed the BFRS-R for 70 children with developmental disabilities. Factor analysis…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Psychometrics, Children, Child Behavior
A Contextual Assessment Inventory for Problem Behavior: Initial Development
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McAtee, Michelle; Carr, Edward G.; Schulte, Christine; Dunlap, Glen – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2004
Problem behavior is a primary barrier to successful community inclusion for people with developmental disabilities and therefore a major priority for intervention efforts. Recently, researchers and clinicians have begun to focus on the systematic assessment of a broad range of contextual variables that purportedly affect problem behavior. In the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Interrater Reliability, Behavior Problems