Reliability of parental recall of developmental milestones

Majnemer, Annette; Rosenblatt, Bernard

doi:10.1016/0887-8994(94)90126-0

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“…A strong, positive correlation was found between the age recalled and the actual age for independent walking. In contrast, only a weak correlation emerged between recalled age and actual age of first word (Majnemer and Rosenblatt 1994). Another study found that mothers' knowledge about language development, although not perfect, was stronger than and unrelated to their knowledge about play.…”

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Use of Home Videotapes to Confirm Parental Reports of Regression in Autism

Goldberg

Thorsen

Osann

et al. 2007

J Autism Dev Disord

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The current study examined consistency between parental reports on early language development and behaviors in non-language domains and observer-coded videotapes of young children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autistic regression. Data are reported on 56 children (84% male) with ASD (early onset or autistic regression) and 14 typically developing children (57% male) who had home videotapes. Unique to the current study is the independent identification of loss/no loss for each child by both parental report and observer-coded home videotapes and the examination of agreement between these two methods. Results indicate substantial concordance between parental report and observer codes for onset and loss of expressive language, but minimal concordance for loss in non-language domains, suggesting a need for supplementation of parental reports in these areas.

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Use of Home Videotapes to Confirm Parental Reports of Regression in Autism

Goldberg

Thorsen

Osann

et al. 2007

J Autism Dev Disord

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“…It eliminates parent recall of past events relating to child health or development, which has been shown to be of variable reliability (Majenemer and Rosenblatt 1994;McCormick and Brooks-Gunn 1999). By using a construct such as SLI measured at or after 6 years of age, valid, reliable and widely available psychometric tests such as the TOLD may be used to address diagnostic accuracy on a case-by-case basis.…”

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Differentiating Autism and Asperger Syndrome on the Basis of Language Delay or Impairment

Bennett

Szatmári

Bryson

et al. 2007

J Autism Dev Disord

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Asperger syndrome (AS) is differentiated from high-functioning autism (HFA) largely on a history of "language delay." This study examined "specific language impairment" as a predictor of outcome. Language skills of 19 children with AS and 45 with HFA were assessed at 4-6 years of age (Time 1) and 2 years later (Time 2). Children's symptoms and functional outcome scores were assessed every 2 years (Times 3, 4, and 5) until ages 15-17 years old. Regression analysis revealed that specific language impairment at time 2 more often accounted for the greatest variation in outcome scores in adolescence than the standard diagnosis of AS versus HFA based on history of language delay. Diagnostic implications are discussed.

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“…For children with a 'normal' development there is a tendency to slightly underestimate their motor achievements. In contrast, for slow developers, the attainment of motor milestones is more often overestimated and far less accurate than for 'normal' developers (Majnemer & Rosenblatt, 1994). These findings are based on developmental studies in singletons.…”

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“…However, over time, the ability to accurately recall the month in which a child meets a milestone may become more difficult. Most parents remember their child's first step well; however, other landmarks such as sitting without support, and age at the time of the child's first word, are more difficult for parents to recall (Hart et al, 1978;Majnemer & Rosenblatt, 1994). There are interesting trends in the reporting of milestone achievement, for instance, there is a tendency to report that milestones were met on even months more often than odd months (Neligan & Prudham, 1969).…”

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Assessment of Motor Milestones in Twins

Langendonk

Beijsterveldt²,

Brouwer

et al. 2007

Twin Res Hum Genet

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The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability of obtaining through mailed surveys maternal reports of specific major motor milestones achievement. To accomplish this aim we compared and contrasted mailed survey data and telephone interview data on a series of questions about age at which motor milestones were achieved. We used monthly telephone interviews with mothers of 238 twin pairs, beginning at age 6 months, which ascertained the age at which each specific milestone was met. The contrasting ‘through the mail’ survey was sent after the second birthday of an independent group of children, and included 463 twin pairs. All twins were born between March 2003 and March 2004. Comparisons were made for the following 5 milestones: sitting without support, hands and knees crawling, turning from back to belly, standing without support, and walking without support. There was no difference between the concurrent telephone interviews and the retrospective through the mail survey on any of the landmarks, except ‘standing without support’. From this work we conclude that data on achieving milestones can be reliably obtained through the mail using retrospective surveys when the children are 2 years of age.

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Reliability of parental recall of developmental milestones

Cited by 78 publications

References 13 publications

Use of Home Videotapes to Confirm Parental Reports of Regression in Autism

Use of Home Videotapes to Confirm Parental Reports of Regression in Autism

Differentiating Autism and Asperger Syndrome on the Basis of Language Delay or Impairment

Assessment of Motor Milestones in Twins

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