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Developmental Screening Parent Report Tools
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Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) 1998 |
Infant Development Inventory (IDI) 1994 |
Child Development Review Parent Questionnaire (CDR-PQ) 1990 |
Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) 1999 |
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| Purpose | “To determine if a child has an undiagnosed developmental disability that requires further evaluation” | A brief parent questionnaire to assess child development in five areas | “A research-based system designed to obtain information from parents, making your own observations of the child and integrating these two sources of information in order to appreciate the child’s functioning and needs.” | A parent questionnaire designed to assist professionals with the screening and identification of young children with developmental delays. |
Developmental Areas or Methods |
Tests on 8 different developmental areas: Global/cognitive, expressive language and articulation, receptive language, fine motor, gross motor, behavior, social-emotional, self-help, school and other |
Asks parents to describe their baby, report the infant’s activities, their questions or concerns, and how they are doing as parents. Development chart on back measures social, self-help, gross motor, fine motor, and language skills |
6 open-ended parent questions; 25 items on a problem checklist cover health, hearing, vision, development, behavior, and parents’ functioning. Child development charts cover social, self-help, gross motor, fine motor, language. |
Communication, Gross Motor, Fine Motor, Problem Solving, Personal-Social |
| Population and age span targeted by tool | 0-8 | 0-18 months | 18 mo - Kdg. | 0-60 months |
| Cultural, ethnic, linguistic sensitivity | Normed on a sample conforming to proportions in the US Census Bureau. Available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. |
Test population was 95% white. | Test population was 95% white. | English, Spanish, French, and Korean versions are available; will be available in Mandarin, Russian, and Arabic |
| Reliability | Interrater: .95 Test-retest: .88 |
>.70 | >.70 | Internal consistency: .73-.83 Test-retest: .94 Interobserver: .94 |
| Validity | Concurrent: .60-.86 Discriminant validity data available in manual |
Concurrent validity: .69 | Discriminant validity: .81-.89 |
Concurrent: .88 |
Sensitivity/Specificity |
0-1.5 years: Sensitivity: 75% Specificity: 80% 1.5-3 years: Sensitivity: 79% Specificity: 80% Overall: Sensitivity: 75% Specificity: 74% |
Sensitivity: 85% Specificity: 77% |
Sensitivity: 68% Specificity: 88% |
Sensitivity: 70-90% Specificity: 76-91% |
| Practicality (time to administer and score, ease of administration) | 2 – 5 minutes, 10 items There is a technical manual available online, along with guidance for health care professionals for integrating PEDS into office visits. |
One double-sided page, takes about 10 minutes to complete Reported to be easy to use by parents |
One double-sided page, takes 5 minutes to complete Six questions and a 25-item checklist Reported to be easy to use by parents |
Takes 10-20 minutes to complete Scoring takes 1-5 minutes Manual and videos are available |
| Minimum expertise for screeners and scorers | PEDS can be completed be completed either independently by parents at home or in clinic setting or by interview in person of over the phone | May be administered and scored by paraprofessionals. Takes 5 minutes to score. Written at a 6th grade reading level. |
Parents complete the questionnaire, which is followed by an interview to review answers on the questionnaire. Takes 5 minutes to score. Written at a 6th grade reading level. |
Scoring can be done by clerical staff or paraprofessionals who have been instructed by professional staff Written at a 4 th-6 th grade reading level |
| Cost | $30 for kit; $15 for pack of 50 response forms, $69.95 for manual | $65 for starter kit, $11 for pad of 25 forms | $30 for manual, $11 for pad of 25 parent questionnaires | $199 for complete kit (forms are reproducible) |
| Publisher | Ellsworth and Vandermeer Press |
Behavior Science Systems Email: |
Behavior Science Systems Box 19512 Email: |
Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. http://www.brookespublishing.com |
