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Bowyer, Dianne R.; And Others – 1978
The paper describes principles and procedures of naturalistic assessment as practiced in the Schaumberg Early Education Center (SEEC), a preschool setting for handicapped children. It is explained that a multidisciplinary team observes and interacts with students in an environment that encourages play and spontaneity. The SEEC screening procedure…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children
Download full textBureau of Community Health Services (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. – 1981
This manual shows health providers how to perform precisely and expertly each step of several procedures used in screening children for nutritional problems. It is intended for all health providers who are involved in weighing and measuring children, recording and plotting measurements on growth charts, taking blood samples to test for iron…
Descriptors: Anemia, Body Height, Body Weight, Children
Shepard, Lorrie; Smith, Mary Lee – 1981
This study evaluated the procedures and results of the identification of children with Perceptual-Communicative Disorders (PCD) in Colorado. The process of identification includes referral, assessment, staffing and placement. The number of children identified as PCD by current procedures is large and growing. Variations in the prevalence of PCD…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cost Effectiveness, Due Process, Elementary Education
PDF pending restorationFunabiki, Dean; And Others – 1981
Research directed toward examining clinical depression among college students requires valid criterion measures for identifying depressed individuals. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the most widely-used self-report screening instrument for identifying depressed college students, has been criticized for its heavy emphasis on cognitive items…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Processes
Glasnapp, Douglas R.; And Others – 1981
The paper describes the application of discriminant analysis to the identification of academically gifted elementary grade students. The principles of discriminant analysis are explained to provide a weighted profile of scores across predictor variables which are then compared with a criterion measure. An illustration of the method's used with 64…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Tests, Behavior Rating Scales, Discriminant Analysis
Hart, Donna R. – 1978
The document reports a study to determine if there is a higher incidence of behavior disorders or language differences in a group of 50 2-year-old Ss who have multiple minor physical anomalies as compared to a group with four or fewer anomalies, and to determine if there is a significant correlation between behavior disorders and language…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Congenital Impairments, Exceptional Child Research, High Risk Students
Laub, Karen W.; And Others – 1978
In order to comply with Public Law 94-142, Education for All Handicapped Children Act, procedures for planning and conducting screening (identification) and assessment of preschool handicapped children in rural areas were developed. Screening was accomplished by public awareness campaigns, health screening, or school census analysis. In the HICOMP…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Developmental Disabilities, Guides, Handicap Identification
Black, Talbot, Ed. – 1979
Eleven author contributed papers presented at a 1978 conference on measuring the growth and development of young handicapped children are presented. N. Anastasiow presents a rationale for measurement in his paper "A Philosophical Perspective: Why Measure Child Progress?'" Seven papers address instrument selection: "Screening, Diagnosis, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children, Infants
Groh, Raymond Philip, Jr. – 1980
A study of 102 children who failed a preschool hearing screening was undertaken to describe the effectiveness of the followup procedures used in public health screening programs. Parents of the study children were interviewed to ascertain the parents' ability to understand the purpose of the testing and the technician's comments following the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research, Handicap Identification, Hearing Impairments
WEBB, CLARENCE; AND OTHERS – 1964
APPROXIMATELY 1,300 MENTALLY RETARDED PATIENTS WERE INVOLVED IN A STUDY ON THE ADEQUACY OF HEARING TESTS, THE INCIDENCE OF HEARING LOSS, AND STANDARDIZATION OF PROCEDURES. THE STUDY INCLUDED TEST STANDARDIZATION AND EVALUATION, HEARING SCREENING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL-SOCIAL-OTOLOGICAL EVALUATION, AND HEARING TEST DEVELOPMENT. THE SUBJECTS WHO…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Tests, Correctional Institutions, Evaluation Methods
Steurer, Stephen J. – 1977
In a pilot study conducted at a correctional training center, it was determined that a score of 70% or better on an informal reading inventory, based on the textbook used in a vocational shop program, was an accurate predictor of an applicant's success in the program. On the basis of the pilot study, inventories were administered to applicants for…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Mathematics, Predictive Measurement
PDF pending restorationWebster, Raymond E. – 1978
Currently, the reliance on intelligence tests as the primary criterion for the placement of children in school programs has been challenged. Much of the controversy focuses on the insensitivity of these instruments to individual cognitive styles for different subgroups of children. While the issue of whether intelligence tests measure skill…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Diagnostic Tests
Grever, Elizabeth – 1977
This paper describes a preschool health screening service in which nurses, contracted through the Visiting Nurse Association, are assigned to day care centers receiving Title XX funds. The program focuses on health, safety and nutrition education. Screening includes history and physical assessment, developmental assessment, assessment or updating…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Federal Aid, Health Programs
Hayes, Daniel T. – 1978
The procedures by which students at John Wood Community College (JWCC) can demonstrate communication abilities and receive credit for Introduction to Speech are detailed. The student desiring credit for the course, initiates the procedure by discussing it with a JWCC staff member who may refer the student to the Dean of Academic Affairs or the…
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Degree Requirements, Equivalency Tests
Lansford, L. M.; Asmussen, J. M. – 1978
Differences in the normative data presented in the Koppitz Scoring System for the Bender Gestalt Test (a measure for diagnosing learning and neurological disorders) were compared for 838 elementary age children of the Sioux, Chippewa, Navajo, and Apache tribes and a Koppitz normative group. Considered were mean error differences and mean time…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
