Validation of the Nipissing District Developmental Screen for use with infants and toddlers

Dahinten, V. Susan; Ford, Laurie; Lapointe, Vanessa; Merkel, Carla; Moraes, Sabrina

doi:10.1037/e508992013-154

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“…Although there are considerable differences between our examination and real validation studies (notably, we considered only a single subscale), age banding may therefore help to explain the often modest agreement reported in comparisons of the BSID-III and ASQ17–20 and of the BSID-III and NDDS 10 11 21. Although sensitivities above 70% have been reported in comparisons between the ASQ and BSID-III, these are often from studies that do not include broad age ranges.…”

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confidence: 95%

Misclassification due to age grouping in measures of child development

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“…Previous research emphasizes the importance of the selected cut-off point in assessing the validity of a screening instrument [22,23]. We compared how the short MSCA was performing at -2SD, -1.5 SD and -1SD below the mean.…”

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Validation of a culturally modified short form of the McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities in 6 to 8 year old Zimbabwean school children: a cross section study

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BackgroundThe burden of cognitive impairment among school children from developing communities is under reported due to lack of culturally appropriate screening tools. The objective of this study was to validate a culturally modified short form of the McCarthy Scales of Children Abilities (MSCA) in school children aged 6–8 years from varied backgrounds.MethodsOne hundred and one children aged 6–8 years attending mainstream classes were enrolled cross-sectionally from three schools: one rural and two urban. Two assessments were conducted on each child and the Short form MSCA was compared to an independent assessment by the educational psychologist.ResultsWhen comparing the results of the MSCA to local standard at -2SD, -1.5 SD and -1SD the sensitivity rates ranged from 17 to 50% with lower sensitivity at -2SD cut-off point. Specificity rates had less variation ranging from 95% to 100%. The number of children identified with cognitive impairment using -2SD, -1.5SD and -1SD below the mean for MSCA as a cut-off point were 3(3%), 7(7%) and 13(13%) respectively while the psychologist identified 18 (18%). The overall mean score on MSCA was 103 (SD 15). The rural children tended to score significantly lower marks compared to their peers from urban areas, mean (SD) 98(15) and 107(15) respectively, p=0.006. There was no difference in the mean (SD) scores between boys and girls, 103(17) and 103(15) respectively, p=0.995.ConclusionThe culturally modified short form MSCA showed high specificity but low sensitivity. Prevalence of cognitive impairment among 6 to 8 year children was 3%. This figure is high when compared to developed communities.

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“…Beyond referrals, specifics of these interventions are not described. Validity tests show that the NDDS is ‘effective at identifying children with severe delays, but is less effective at identifying children with milder delays’ (Dahinten & Ford, , p. 12). This is contentious, as the purpose of screening is to facilitate identification and early intervention for children with milder delays; children with severe delays are already easily identified (Dahinten & Ford, ).…”

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“…The second function of the NDDS is that each version ‘features a detachable sheet of activities for enhancing a child's development’ (NDDS, 2011f). The designers of the NDDS ‘speculated that participating in parent‐completed screening may have positive effects on parents' knowledge … and the ways in which they support their child's development’ (Dahinten & Ford, , p. 12). Thus, parents' knowledge of their own real child is replaced by an image of the normal or ideal child, with the abnormal child as a shadowy frame of reference.…”

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Image, measure, figure: a critical discourse analysis of nursing practices that develop children

2013

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Motivated by discourses that link early child development and health, nurses engage in seemingly benign surveillance of children. These practices are based on knowledge claims and technologies of developmental science, which remain anchored in assumptions of the child body as an incomplete form with a universal developmental trajectory and inherent potentiality. This paper engages in a critical discursive analysis, drawing on Donna Haraway's conceptualizations of technoscience and figuration. Using a contemporary developmental screening tool from nursing practice, this analysis traces the effects of this tool through production, transformation, distribution, and consumption. It reveals how the techniques of imaging, abstraction, and measurement collide to fix the open, transformative child body in a figuration of the developing child. This analysis also demonstrates how technobiopower infuses nurses' understandings of children and structures developmentally appropriate expectations for children, parents, and nurses. Furthermore, it describes how practices that claim to facilitate healthy child development may inversely deprive children of agency and foster the production of normal or ideal children. An alternative ontological perspective is offered as a challenge to the individualism of developmental models and other dominant ideologies of development, as well as practices associated with these ideologies. In summary, this analysis argues that nurses must pay closer attention to how technobiopower infuses practices that monitor and promote child development. Fostering a critical understanding of the harmful implications of these practices is warranted and offers the space to conceive of human development in alternate and exciting ways.

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Validation of the Nipissing District Developmental Screen for use with infants and toddlers

Cited by 9 publications

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Misclassification due to age grouping in measures of child development

Misclassification due to age grouping in measures of child development

Validation of a culturally modified short form of the McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities in 6 to 8 year old Zimbabwean school children: a cross section study

Image, measure, figure: a critical discourse analysis of nursing practices that develop children

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