The guides below were designed to facilitate practitioners' abilities to compare developmental screening instruments with respect to clinical utility in practice settings and validity, or sensitivity and specificity in different populations and at various ages.
The guides include recommendations for the following instruments, among others:
- Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS), a parent-report instrument used to identify general developmental delay in the general primary care population
- Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ), a parent-report instrument used to identify general developmental delay in the general primary care population and/or broad high-risk population
- Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screen (BINS), a practitioner-administered instrument used to identify general developmental delay in the high-risk population
- Cognitive Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic Auditory Milestone Scale Expressive and Receptive Language Scale (CAT/CLAMS), a practitioner-administered instrument used to identify general developmental delay in the high-risk population
- Language Development Survey (LDS), a parent-report instrument used to identify language delay in the general primary care population
- Clinical Linguistic Auditory Milestone Scale Expressive and Receptive Language Scale (CLAMS), a practitioner-administered instrument used to identify language delay in the high-risk population
- Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT), a parent-administered instrument used to screen for autism and developmental delay in the general primary care population
Each guide is divided into the following categories: general developmental problems, language problems, and autism and pervasive developmental disorders. The instruments are listed in alphabetical order within each category.
The guides are:
- Guide 1: Screening Instruments—Recommendations for Use
- Guide 2: Screening Instruments—General Information
- Guide 3: Screening Instruments—Standardization Samples and Clinical Applications
- Guide 4: Screening Instruments—Scientific Validity Based on Test Manuals
- Guide 5: Screening Instruments—Scientific Validity Based on Published Studies