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Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS)
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| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Type of Instrument | Parent report |
| Date of Publication | 1998 |
| Age Span | Birth – 8 years |
| Available Languages | English, Spanish, Vietnamese |
| Reliability | Inter-rater = .95 Test-retest = .88 Internal consistency = .81 |
| Validity | Concurrent = .60 - .86 |
| Sensitivity | 75% |
| Specificity | 74% |
| Administration Information | |
| Time to administer | 5 minutes |
| Time to score | 2 minutes |
| Minimum reading level | 4th to 5th grade |
| Minimum scoring skills | Can be administered and scored by paraprofessionals, including clinic office staff |
| Ordering Information | |
| Name of Test | Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) |
| Website Address | www.pedstest.com |
| Publisher’s Address | Ellsworth & Vandemeer Press, LLC, P.O. Box 68164, Nashville, TN 37206 |
| Publisher’s Phone | 1-615-776-4121 |
| Publisher’s Fax | 1-615-776-4119 |
| Publisher’s Email | See Website |
| Cost | Yes, contact publisher |
| Educational/Training Resources | |
| Manual available | Yes |
| Video available | No |
| Training Method | It is only essential to read the 12 page Brief Guide to Scoring and Interpretation. There is also a slide show at www.pedstest.com. Go to downloads and click on “How to Administer PEDS.” |
| Outside Literature | Glascoe, FP. The Validation and Standardization of Parents’ Evaluations of Developmental Status. Diagnostique, 1999;23: 185-203. Prahbhjot MALHI1, and Pratibha SINGHI1. Role of Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status in detecting developmental delay in young children. Indian Pediatrics 2002; 39:271-275. Glascoe FP. Toward a Model for An Evidenced-Based Approach to |


