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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Screening Measure"”.
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Validation of a Preschool Screening Measure: The Dial-R
… total group scores than the WPPSIR. Within measure analyses for mean differences for race, gender, age, and risk factors were not significant. Overall, results support the use of the DIAL-R as an accurate and valid screening instrument for preschool children. However, preschool programs …
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Development of a Brief Screening Measure for Depression and Problem Drinking
… characteristics of a brief assessment measure for screening for depression and alcohol use on a college campus prior to primary care medical office visits. The measure was adapted from two widely used measures: the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-4) and the Alcohol Use Disorder …
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Predicting exceptionality, student achievement, and ISTEP scores using pre-school screening scores of Amish and English children
… state laws have mandated preschool educational screenings. However, these laws only specify that a screening measure must be incorporated in the school's procedures. The laws do not state what this screening measure should be or how it should be used. For example, Public Law 94-142 established …
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Assessing Learning Disabilities: Effectiveness of the Symbol Language and Communication Battery (SLCB)
… Language and Communication Battery (SLCB), a measure of learning disabilities (Lds), could identify children with Lds. In addition, possible behavioral differences were examined between unidentified and identified children. Eighty-five students (26 with school identified Lds; 59 unidentified) …
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Migraine Screening Among A Non-Clinical Sample
… The US Headache Consortium recommended validated screening measures as one way to improve headache diagnosis. Previous studies have sought to determine optimal symptom algorithms for differentiating migraine from other types of headache or to validate migraine screening measures, but few studies …
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Linking Developmental Working Memory and Early Academic Skills
… effort to analyze kindergarten developmental screening results in conjunction with early academic reading and math probes, and may aid in identifying patterns on strengths and weaknesses for future educational planning and intervention. Such information may lead to further development of more …
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Executive Function Variance in a School-Based Behavioral Screener
… school-wide behavior support is the systematic screening for behavioral and emotional problems. Students' ability to utilize executive functions greatly affects both academic and social success and it is associated with behavior and emotional problems (Lehto, Juujarvi, Kooistra, & Pulkkinen, …
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The Utility of Depression Screening Measures After Traumatic Brain Injury
… of this study is to validate depression screening measures with a criterion-based structured interview among people with TBI. The final outcome will identify which measure is the best indicator of depression diagnosis in this population. Methods: 112 participants with TBI were …
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Depression Screening and Early Intervention on the Post-Stroke Patient
… neuropsychiatric sequelae protocol or screening measure that leaves PSD undetected and untreated. This project aimed to implement the inclusion of a depression screening measure and (pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic) intervention in the current stroke care processes of a 395-licensed …
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The Occupational Engagement Scale for Employed Adults - Revised (OES-EA-R): Further validation and correlations with personality and Holland code type
… instrument, specifically examining whether the measure factored out in a similar manner as the initial line of research. A screening measure was used to briefly assess participants' levels of job satisfaction, as gauged by the Job Satisfaction Blank (Hoppock, 1935). The OES-EA-R was also …
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The Development of a Social Anxiety Measure for Adolescents and Adults with ASD
… this study was to create an empirically derived screening instrument to measure subjective feelings of social anxiety in adolescents and adults with HFASD. Based on a thorough review of the literature in this area, items from all measures (k = 15) used to assess social anxiety in adolescents and …
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Prevalence of Undiagnosed Dissociative Disorders in an Inpatient Setting
… United States, over an eight-month period. A screening measure, two blind structured interviews, and a blind clinical interview were employed. The lifetime prevalence of dissociate disorders among the interviewed subjects was 40.8%. More specifically, 7.5% were diagnosed with dissociative …
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The neuropsychology of autism and Asperger's disorder : evidence for or against a shared spectrum
… evidence of the use of the DWSMB as a potential measure to include within the two-stage diagnostic process for ASD. Use of the DWSMB as a screening measure may facilitate access to early intervention services given the primitive nature of sensory-motor tasks. In addition, the availability of the …
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Screening with FAST earlyReading measures: An examination of individual measures and composite scores
… accuracy of single (N = 12) and combined measures. earlyReadingTM measures was administered to kindergarten (N=223) and first grade students (N=180) in the fall, winter and spring of one school year. The Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GRADE) was administered at the end …
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An Imagery Rescripting Intervention for Internalized Weight Stigma in Women with Elevated Weight Concerns
… (N = 171, 18-30 years of age) completed a screening measure and baseline assessment, and then all participants underwent a body dissatisfaction induction to re-experience their first body shame memory. Participants were then randomly assigned to either an imagery rescripting intervention …
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A Comparison Of Three Phonological Awareness Tools Used To Identify Phonemic Awareness Deficits In Kindergarten-age Children.
… & Salter, 1997), and the Pre-Literacy Skills Screening (PLSS) (Crumrine & Lonegan, 1999) measure the same phonological awareness skills (content) in the same manner (procedures) and, whether typically-developing kindergarten-age students perform similarly on each of the tests. Twenty-five …
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Examining the Classification Accuracy of the Social, Academic, Emotional Behavior Risk Screener and Its Relationship with Writing Performance
… the relationship between two school-wide screening measures, one examining classroom behaviors (the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener; SAEBRS; Kilgus, Chafouleas, & Riley-Tillman, 2013) and another evaluating writing fluency (Curriculum-Based Measurement in Written …
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Clinical differentiation of mental disorders in the eldery : validation of the CAMDEX
… in diagnostic accuracy over a widely used screening instrument (i.e., the Mini-Mental Status Examination, MMSE) when attempting to differentially diagnose dementing patients and normal cohorts.A review of the literature was presented with an emphasis on the difficulties in establishing …
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The Influence of Universal Screening Measures on the Diversity of Students Found Eligible for Gifted Education Program Services
… economically disadvantaged students. Universal screening has emerged as a possible strategy to increase referrals of students from underrepresented populations and to produce gifted population demographics more reflective of total student enrollment. The purpose of this study was to investigate …
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Validity of the Developmental Checklist of the Developmental Observation Checklist System
… Hresko, Miguel, Sherbenou, & Burton, 1994) as a screening measure for children birth to three years of age. Kentucky regulations require the use of the DC for screening in the KEIS-First Steps program, yet there is little information regarding the effectiveness of the measure as a screening tool. …
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