ERIC Number: ED308679
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Aug
Pages: 22
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Early Diagnosis by Parental Developmental Screening.
Sonnander, Karin
A longitudinal study was designed to develop and evaluate a screening instrument of developmental delay based on parental assessment of 18-month-old children. The reliability and validity of a parental screening instrument based on the Griffiths Mental Developmental Scale was investigated with a sample of 2,783 Swedish children out of a population of 3,245. In order to establish concurrent validity, the children with scores in the lowest two percent were tested with the Griffiths Mental Developmental Scale; correlation with parental assessment was .87. To determine the predictive validity of the assessment, children were screened for mental retardation and other learning disabilities at 8 and 14 years. A comparison of parental assessment scores and test scores of low-scorers at 18 months with follow-up results showed that the two assessment methods yielded a similar prediction rate of 65 percent. However, follow-up studies also revealed false positives among low-scoring children identified at 18 months; reasons for this are discussed. It is concluded that parents are able assessors of development if they are provided with an instrument developed for that purpose. (JDD)
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Developmental Disabilities, Early Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Handicap Identification, High Risk Persons, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Participation, Predictive Validity, Preschool Education, Screening Tests, Test Validity
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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