Development of a 5-Item Parent Questionnaire to Screen Preschool Children for Reading Problems

Iyer, Sai; Sawyer, Mark Ian; Super, Dennis M.; Needlman, Robert

doi:10.1177/0009922814521285

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“…In a previously published study, we described the development and validation of a 5-item parent questionnaire to screen preschool children for later reading problems. 15,16 We also showed that use of general developmental screeners, such as the Ages and Stages Questionnaire and the Survey of Well Being in Young Children, miss preschool children who have a delay in ELS. 17 In our sample, parents of 51% of the children who passed the Ages and Stages Questionnaire and 39% of those who passed the Survey of Well Being in Young Children had concerns about their child's ELS.…”

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Development of a Brief Screening Tool for Early Literacy Skills in Preschool Children

Iyer

Akshoomoff

et al. 2019

Academic Pediatrics

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BACKGROUND: Preschool children develop early literacy skills (ELS) needed for reading acquisition. Screening for delayed ELS could trigger interventions to prevent reading problems. OBJECTIVE: To develop a brief screening test for ELS delays, the Early Literacy Skills Assessment Tool (ELSAT). METHODS: This study included 4-year-old, typically developing, English language−predominant children attending preschool. The ELSAT comprised 63 items relating to 3 main ELS domains and was piloted with 21 children. After we excluded items that were nondiscriminatory, 57 items remained and were administered to 96 children. Items were compared with reference measures of ELS (Get Ready to Read−Revised), and language (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-4 and Phonological Awareness from the Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing-2). Within-domain reliability was calculated for each of the 3 ELS domains and item correlations between all ELSAT items and the reference measures were calculated.

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Development of a Brief Screening Tool for Early Literacy Skills in Preschool Children

Iyer

Akshoomoff

et al. 2019

Academic Pediatrics

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“…However, the ELS has been validated using the Get Ready to Read Revised as the reference measure. 13,17 The current study was limited to a high-risk, low-income population. Therefore, our findings may not generalize to other settings or subpopulations.…”

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“…11,12 Screening for delays in literacy development was done using the Early Literacy Screener (ELS), a brief 5-item parent questionnaire, previously developed and validated by members of our team. 13 The characteristics of the different screening tools are detailed in Tables 1 and 2.…”

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Added Value of Early Literacy Screening in Preschool Children

Iyer

Dawson

Sawyer

et al. 2017

Clin Pediatr (Phila)

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The Early Literacy Screener (ELS) is a brief screen for emergent literacy delays in 4- and 5-year-olds. Standard developmental screens may also flag these children. What is the value of adding the ELS? Parents of children aged 4 (n = 45) and 5 (n = 26) years completed the Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 (ASQ-3), the Survey of Well-Being in Young Children (SWYC), and the ELS. Rates of positive agreement (PA), negative agreement (NA), and overall agreement (Cohen's κ) across the various screening tools were calculated. Early literacy delays were detected in 51% of those who passed the ASQ and 38% of those who passed the SWYC. For ELS versus ASQ, κ = 0.18, PA = 0.36 (95% CI = 0.23-0.51), and NA = 0.83 (95% CI = 0.66-0.92). For ELS versus SWYC, κ = 0.42, PA = 0.61 (95% CI = 0.45-0.75), and NA = 0.82 (95% CI = 0.65-0.92). The ELS adds value by flagging early literacy delays in many children who pass either the ASQ-3 or SWYC.

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“…Score of 7 or higher on 5-question version of the GRTR-R screener 24 The GRTR-R is administered verbally by nurses or medical assistants at the 4-y well visit, responses were recorded in the EHR, and summary scores were automatically calculated within the EHR. Social-emotional well-being…”

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A Framework to Measure and Improve Well-Being in Primary Care

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Pediatricians aspire to optimize overall health and development, but there are no comprehensive measures of well-being to guide pediatric primary care redesign. The objective of this article is to describe the Cincinnati Kids Thrive at 5 outcome measure, along with a set of more proximal outcome and process measures, designed to drive system improvement over several years. In this article, we describe a composite measure of "thriving" at age 66 months, using primary care data from the electronic health record. Thriving is defined as immunizations up-to-date, healthy BMI, free of dental pain, normal or corrected vision, normal or corrected hearing, and on track for communication, literacy, and social-emotional milestones. We discuss key considerations and tradeoffs in developing the measure. We then summarize insights from applying this measure to 9544 patients over 3 years. Baseline rates of thriving were 13% when including all patients and 31% when including only patients with complete data available. Interpretation of results was complicated by missing data in 50% of patients and nonindependent success rates among bundle components. There was considerable enthusiasm among other practices and sectors to learn with us and to measure system performance using time-linked trajectories. We learned to present our data in ways that balanced aspirational long-term or multidisciplinary goal-setting with more easily attainable short-term aims. On the basis of our experience with the Thrive at 5 measure, we discuss future directions and place a broader call to action for pediatricians, researchers, policy makers, and communities. The first 5 years of life are critical in establishing trajectories for lifelong health. 1,2 Cognitive, language, and social-emotional development in early childhood are foundational to entering kindergarten with skills for educational success. 3 Educational achievement, in turn, is linked with health throughout the lifecourse. 4 Health care is the only institution with near-universal access to children in the first 5 years. Accordingly, pediatrics has embraced a role in promoting overall health and well-being to ensure school readiness. 5-8 Well-child care guidelines are comprehensive, expecting pediatricians to provide immunizations; address nutrition, development, behavior, vision, and hearing; and link families with dentists. 9-11 American Academy of Pediatrics policy statements call for pediatricians to assume a larger role in kindergarten readiness, promote highquality early childhood education (ECE), and mitigate the effects of toxic stress and poverty. 6,7,12 Despite offering these wide-ranging guidelines, the literature has not included a framework for measuring pediatricians' effectiveness in efforts to comprehensively promote well-being.

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Development of a 5-Item Parent Questionnaire to Screen Preschool Children for Reading Problems

Abstract: A very brief parent questionnaire may be useful as a first-line screener for early reading problems.

Cited by 7 publications

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Development of a Brief Screening Tool for Early Literacy Skills in Preschool Children

Development of a Brief Screening Tool for Early Literacy Skills in Preschool Children

Added Value of Early Literacy Screening in Preschool Children

A Framework to Measure and Improve Well-Being in Primary Care

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