title: A behavioural screening questionnaire for use with three-year-old children. Preliminary findings.
abstract: The development of a questionnaire to be completed by parents for use in screening preschool children is described. Ninety per cent of children attending a psychiatric clinic were identified when the criteria were a score of 11 or more points on the behaviour scale and/or inability to speak in 3-word phrases, and/or speech which was very difficult to understand. The questionnaire could be used as a basis for collecting information systematically about preschool children, and as a screening device for identifying children with behaviour difficulties and developmental delay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, England.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Richman
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*