Why are there separate cutpoints for boys vs girls for the vocabulary score but not for average length of phrases? 24. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Interpreting LDS Questions (0) Answer: In our normative sample, vocabulary scores were significantly lower for boys than [More]
What is the earliest age at which expressive language delays can be identified? 24. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Interpreting LDS Questions (0) Answer: There is great variation in vocabulary development before 24 months. Many c [More]
How accurate are parents' reports of vocabulary? 24. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Interpreting LDS Questions, Scoring LDS Questions (0) Answer: As reported in Chapter 9, correlations between LDS vocabulary scores and other me [More]
What if the parent writes that the child produces phrases or sentences but does not give any examples? 24. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring LDS Questions (0) Answer: If no examples of phrases or sentences are provided, the average length of phrase [More]
What if the parent writes down words that are not among the 310 on the vocabulary list? 24. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring LDS Questions (0) Answer: For purposes of calculating the vocabulary score, add a maximum of 5 additional words t [More]
Can the LDS be used for children older than 35 months? 18. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Questions about LDS (0) Answer: Children with normal language development "outgrow" the LDS by age 3, because the [More]
What if the child uses a word such as "brush" to indicate an action, but the word is listed under the category of "Personal" words? 18. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Questions about LDS (0) Answer: Many words in early vocabularies can be used as either nouns (object labels) or v [More]
Can the parent include words the child says imitatively? 18. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Questions about LDS (0) No, the LDS is intended to reflect the child's spontaneous vocabulary, not words the child understan [More]
Should the LDS be used if a language other than English is spoken in the home? 18. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Questions about LDS (0) Answer: Parents who can read English can complete the LDS by circling any word the child [More]
Can daycare providers fill out the LDS? 18. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Questions about LDS (0) Answer: The LDS is designed to be filled out by parents and parent surrogates. Howe [More]
For longitudinal research, how can deviance on the preschool scales be analyzed in relation to deviance on the school-age scales scored later for the same children? 18. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Relations of the CBCL/1.5-5 and C-TRF Preschool Forms to the School-Age CBCL and TRF (0) Answer: The profiles for all the instruments provide criteria for classifying scores as b [More]
How much of a change in a child's score on a scale should be considered "real" change? 18. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0)
What is the difference between a profile and a template? 18. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0) Answer: A hand-scored profile is an 8.5 x 14" sheet of paper on which the problem it [More]
What are the "DSM-oriented" scales? 18. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0) Answer: Questions are often raised about relations between empirically-based assessment and the [More]
Is there a "lie" scale for the profiles? 18. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0)
How are clinical interpretations of the profiles made? 15. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0) Answer: The profiles are intended as standardized descriptions of behavior, as seen by th [More]
Why are there gaps between successive raw scores on some scales of the profiles? 15. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0) Answer: Most gaps directly reflect the distributions of scores in the normative samples, [More]
Should there be separate norms for mothers' and fathers' CBCL/1.5-5 ratings or for different ethnic groups? 15. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0) Answer: As detailed in Chapter 8, differences between the mean scale scores obtained from [More]
Should extremely low scores be considered deviant? 15. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0) Answer: Extremely low scores merely reflect the absence of reported problems. The p [More]
Should raw scores or T scores be used to report results? 15. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0) Answer: For evaluating a particular child, T scores are helpful for indicating the degree [More]
Why are there no norms for the "Other Problems" listed on the profile? 15. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0) Answer: The "Other Problems" on the profile do not constitute a scale. They ar [More]
Why are there no norms for the "Other Problems" listed on the profile? 15. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0) Answer: The "Other Problems" on the profile do not constitute a scale. They ar [More]
Can hand-scoring be made quicker and easier? 15. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0) Answer: We offer scoring templates that fit over the forms to indicate the syndrome and DSM-ori [More]
How do the profiles differ from the previous additions? 9. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Preschool Profile Questions (0) Answer: Chapter 2 describes the current profile scales in detail. Briefly, the main [More]
How is the Total Problems score used? 9. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Questions about CBCL/ 1.5-5 and C-TRF (0) Answer: The Total Problems score provides a global index of the child's problems, as seen [More]
How is item 100 figured in the total score? 9. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Questions about CBCL/ 1.5-5 and C-TRF (0) Answer: If the respondent enters on item 100 a problem that is not clearly covered by ano [More]
On item 100. Please write in any problems the child has that were not listed above, what should be done if a respondent describes behavior that is specified elsewhere on the problem list? 9. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Questions about CBCL/ 1.5-5 and C-TRF (0) Answer: Score the item only where it is most precisely specified on the problem list, whet [More]
What if the respondent circles two scores for a particular item or otherwise indicates that the item is true of the child but does not clearly indicate a score of 1 or 2? 9. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Questions about CBCL/ 1.5-5 and C-TRF (0) Answer: Score the item 1. [More]
What if the respondent scores two different items when his/her comments indicate that they refer to exactly the same problem? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Questions about CBCL/ 1.5-5 and C-TRF (0) Answer: Score only the item that most specifically describes the behavior. For example, i [More]
Can other assessment procedures - such as play sessions, tests, behavioral observations, and family assessment - be used with the ASEBA forms? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: The ASEBA forms can be used in conjunction with any other assessment procedures. [More]