Prediction of school performance using the Miller Assessment for Preschoolers (MAP): A validity study

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 547-555

  Parush, Shula ^a   Winokur, Monica ^b   Goldstand, Sarina ^a   Miller, Lucy Jane ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Israeli Ministry of Education   (Israel)

^c University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational performance; Occupational therapy; Screening assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STUDENT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 0036726316     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.56.5.547     Document Type: Article

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