Child development assessment: Practitioner input in the revision for Griffiths III

Abstract

Introduction: The input from practitioners in developmental assessment test revision is a crucial and leading component of the project. This paper highlights six key phases of the Griffiths III revision process and the value of having a guiding plan that includes test practitioner input. Methods: The revision of the Griffiths III consisted of six separate phases that were supported by practitioner and user input and feedback. These six phases and practitioner views ensured that the necessary core constructs and new areas for item development were included in the revised version. These processes also underscored the construct development and task review, item design, piloting and standardization of the revised version, as well as its production, release and subsequent training methods. Results: The six guiding phases provided a methodologically robust frame to the revision process. Practitioners valued an overall developmental measure with discrete data about and within the 'avenues of learning' allowing them to analyse a child's strengths and weaknesses. Communication with practitioners across the world demonstrated the wide disparity of culture and environments that the Griffiths Scales are deployed in. It is not possible to design a revised scale that is appropriate for all areas of use, so in this revision process, it was decided to design the scales as culturally fair as possible and support practitioners in other countries to translate and validate the scales for use. Conclusions: The revision of the Griffiths III found test users to be valuable sources of information on the basis of their experiences with the test and professional knowledge. Creating a continuous feedback mechanism within a phased process provided opportunities for the revision team to engage meaningfully with the data being obtained as well as test users to advance the scope and quality of the test. Revision teams are encouraged to consider the process and engagement methods explored in this study during their projects.

Early Parenting Intervention – Biobehavioral Outcomes in infants with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (EPI-BOND): study protocol for an Italian multicentre randomised controlled trial

“…The DQ of the infants will be available before the enrolment of the mother-child dyad and will be taken into consideration to balance the two groups (control and intervention) during the research. Infants with a DQ ≤70 on the Griffiths Mental Development Scales, third edition, 85 will be included in the research.…”

“…Each item is rated on a 7-point Likert scale. The Griffiths Mental Development Scales–Third Edition (GMDS-III 85 ) provides the DQ of the infants on five areas: (1) Foundations of learning, that assesses critical aspects of learning during the early childhood years; (2) Language and communication, which measures overall language development, including expressive language, receptive language and use of language to communicate socially with others; (3) Eye and hand coordination, that considers fine motor skills, manual dexterity and visual perception skills; (4) Personal–social–emotional, a construct relating to the child’s developing sense of self and growing independence, interactions with others, plus many aspects of emotional development; and (5) Gross motor, that assesses postural control, balance and gross body coordination, among other abilities.…”

Parenting Stress in Mothers of Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome

“…Cognitive development was tested by the Leiter-3 [ 76 ], which provides a nonverbal measure of intelligence and assesses the ability to reason by analogy, matching, and perceptual reasoning, irrespective of language and formal schooling for individuals aged 3–70. The Griffiths III [ 77 ] was administered only in few cases (eight participants) when the child failed to complete the Leiter-3 because of their reduced attentional resources.…”

Multiple Genetic Rare Variants in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Single-Center Targeted NGS Study

“…The cognitive functioning was assessed using the Wechsler Intelligence Scales [18], according to the age of the patients and the Griffiths Mental Developmental Scale for children with chronological or mental age under 4 years [19,20], considering the correlation between Wechsler Preschool Scale Full IQ and General quotient obtained by Griffiths Scales [21].…”

“…The generated reads were aligned to the human genome assembly, hg19 (Human February 2009 GRCh37), using BWA (v0.7.9a), and a variant call was performed using GATK (v1. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. The variants identified were annotated and filtered (Variant-Studio3.0, Illumina).…”