MacArthur Inventarios del Desarrollo de Habilidades Comunicativas (Inventarios) User's Guide and Technical Manual

ISBN-13: 9781557666178 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 192 str.

Larry Fenson; Philip S. Dale; J. Steven Reznick

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This easy-to-read manual provides professionals with a thorough introduction to the "Inventarios, " the Spanish adaptation of the "MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs), " standardized, parent-completed report forms designed by top language researchers to assess language and communication skills in young children ages 8 30 months. Along with an extensive overview of the two "Inventario" forms "Primeras Palabras y Gestos" and "Palabras y Enunciados" the manual includes

• detailed guidelines on using the forms, including information on administration, scoring, interpreting a child's score, and using the norms with with older children, second-language learners, and children from families of low socioeconomic status
• clinical applications, such as screening for language delay, creating intervention strategies, and evaluating treatment effects
• research applications, such as matching children on language skills and examining the influence of other variables on language development
• technical data, including complete information on the development of the "Inventarios, " the norming data supporting them (including percentile tables and figures), and validity and reliability of the forms

With this comprehensive guide, speech-language pathologists, child development specialists, and other professionals who work with young children and their families will use the "Inventarios" with confidence.

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