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Developmental and Behavioral Screening

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Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Part of the book series: Issues on Clinical Child Psychology ((ICCP))

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Early intervention for children with disabilities and those at psychosocial risk is facilitated by screening–a brief method for sorting those who probably have difficulties from those who probably do not (Frankenburg, 1974). Most screening tests do not make discrete identification among types of conditions but are instead designed to detect a range of common disabilities, i.e., intellectual disability (ID), learning disabilities, and language impairment. Such tools are referred to as broadband measures. Narrow-band screens (e.g., those for ADHD or autism) are typically developed on and used with referred samples and are beyond the scope of this chapter.

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  1. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37205

    Frances Page Glascoe

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  1. NYS Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Albany, New York

    John W. Jacobson

  2. Department of Pediatrics and Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43205, USA

    James A. Mulick

  3. Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA

    Johannes Rojahn

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Glascoe, F.P. (2007). Developmental and Behavioral Screening. In: Jacobson, J.W., Mulick, J.A., Rojahn, J. (eds) Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Issues on Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32931-5_19

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