Development of a preschool developmental assessment scale for assessment of developmental disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1358-1365

  Leung, Cynthia ^a   Mak, Rose ^b   Lau, Vanessa ^b   Cheung, Jasmine ^b   Lam, Catherine ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognitive; Developmental disability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77957121775     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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