title: Use of the child development inventory to screen high-risk populations.
abstract: This study examined the validity of a parent-report inventory, the Child Development Inventory (CDI), as a developmental screening instrument in high-risk toddlers and preschoolers. Seventy-six children, aged 15-70 months, were assessed in a neonatal high-risk developmental follow-up clinic. The data included the completion of CDIs by parents/caregivers and developmental evaluations by a physician using either the Clinical Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic Auditory Milestone Scale (CAT/CLAMS) (15-35 months) or Slosson Intelligence Test (36-70 months). Analysis revealed a good level of sensitivity (true "abnormals"--73%) and specificity (true "normals"--87%) for the CDI General Development score. The findings suggested that the CDI is a valid and useful screening instrument for high-risk infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina 29409, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Saylor
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Macias
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Katikaneni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014787:Vision Tests