Manual provides professionals with an introduction to the Inventories, from background information to step-by-step administration instructions. Includes detailed guidelines on using the forms, clinical applications, research applications, and technical data. For speech-language pathologists and child development specialists. Softcover.

List of Tables and Figures

vii

The CDI Advisory Board

xi

About the Authors

xiii

Acknowledgments

xvii

Introduction

1

(14)

Overview

1

(2)

Organization of This Manual

Methods of Assessing Early Language Skills in Spanish-Speaking Children

3

(5)

Structured Tests

Language Samples

Parent Report

Scope and Description of the Inventarios

8

(7)

Primeras Palabras y Gestos (Inventario I)

Palabras y Enunciados (Inventario II)

Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation

15

(16)

Administering the Inventarios

15

(4)

General Instructions

Other Administration Considerations

Scoring the Inventarios

19

(5)

Automating the Scoring Process

Choosing a Scoring Option

Using the Norms

24

(7)

Interpreting a Child's Score

Interpreting Inventario I

Interpreting Inventario II

Using the Norms with Children from Families of Low Socioeconomic Status

Using the Norms with Children Who Are Learning More than One Language

Using the Norms for the Evaluation of Older Children

Clinical and Research Applications

31

(6)

Clinical Applications

31

(4)

Screening for Language Delay

Evaluation of Older Children with Language Delay

Formulation of Intervention Strategies

Evaluation of Intervention Effects

Research Applications

35

(2)

Screening and Preselection of Children at Different Levels of Language Development

Screening and Preselection of Children with Particular Language

Characteristics or Children with Unusual Profiles

Matching Children on Language Skills

Examination of the Influence of Other Variables on Language Development

Technical Information

37

(52)

Phases of Development of the Inventarios

37

(2)

Origins of the Instruments

Early Development of the Inventarios

Development of the Present Instruments

The Norming Study

39

(3)

Data Collection

Sampling Procedure

Medical Exclusion Criteria

Demographic Distribution of the Sample

Developmental Trends in Communicative Development

42

(27)

Statistical Methods

Inventario I Components

Inventario II Components

Impact of Demographic Factors on Language Outcomes

69

(9)

Maternal Education

Birth Order

Relations Among the Subscales of the Inventarios

78

(2)

Reliability of the Inventarios

80

(1)

Internal Consistency

Test-Retest Reliability

Validity of the Inventarios

81

(6)

Face Validity

Content Validity

Convergent Validity

Concurrent Validity

Predictive Validity

Conclusions

87

(2)

Percentile Tables and Figures for the Inventarios

89

(38)

References

127

(48)

Appendices

A Basic Information Form/Forma de Information Basica

137

(6)

B General Instructions/Instrucciones Generales

143

(4)

C Further Instructions and Examples

147

(8)

D Scoring Examples for Inventario I

155

(4)

E Scoring Examples for Inventario II and Scoring Guidelines for M3L-Palabras [*M3L-Words]

159

(8)

F Description of Complejidad de Frases [Complexity]

167

(2)

G Child Report Forms/Informes del Nino/a

169

(6)

Index

175

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