Specificity and Sensitivity Ratios of the Pediatric Language Acquisition Screening Tool for Early Referral-Revised.
- Resource Type
- Journal Articles
Reports - Research
- Authors
- Sherman, Tracy; Shulman, Brian B.
- Source
- Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal. Dec 1999 9(4):315-330.
- Subject
- Disability Identification
Early Intervention
Infants
Language Acquisition
Language Impairments
Psychometrics
Referral
Screening Tests
Test Reliability
Test Validity
Toddlers
Young Children
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1053-5586
This study examined test characteristics of the Pediatric Language Acquisition Screening Tool for Early Referral-Revised (PLASTER-R), a set of developmental questionnaires for children 3 to 60 months of age. The PLASTER-R was moderately to highly successful in identifying children within normal limits for language development. Test-retest reliability was high. However, results suggest the sensitivity of the PLASTER-R is poor. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)