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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