Assessment Tools

Used in India
Part-2

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 Assessment is the process of eliciting
information through various methods to
confirm or negate a condition as well as to
find out the current level of functioning
including strengths and limitations.

Assessment To assess a child, two major types of testing are

done-

Norm Referenced Testing Criterion Referenced Testing

(NRT) (CRT)

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  Dyslexia Screening Test (DST)
 Diagnostic Test of Learning Disabilities DTLD (S.Swarup and
D.Mehta).
 Diagnostic Test of Reading Disorder- (DTRD)
 Behavioral checklist for screening the learning disabled

Tools for assessment (Swarupand Mehta)

 Grade level Assessment Device for children with learning
of Learning problems GLAD in primary schools (J. Narayan)

Disabilities in India  Arithmetic and Diagnostic

children(Ramaa, S).
test for primary school

 NIMHANS battery diagnostic tool recommended by

government(cannot be used on children above 12 years of
age)
 Dyslexia Assessment for Languages of India (DALI),
developed by National Brain Research Centre, contains
screening tools for school teachers and assessment tools for
psychologists to identify dyslexia (grade limit till 5th)

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 1. Developmental screening tests:
o Revised Denver Pre-screening Developmental Questionnaire
o Kansas Infant Development Screen
o Bayley Scales of Infant Development
o Developmental Screening Test (DST) by Bharat Raj
o Functional Assessment Check List for Programming (FACP)
Tools for assessment o Upanayan Early Intervention Programming System (1987).

of Intellectual 2. Behavior assessment scales in Indiansetting

Disability in India
o Behavioral Assessment Scale for Indian Children with Mental
Retardation (BASIC-MR) by NIMH16
o Vineland social maturity scale by Bharat Raj
o Madras Developmental Programming System (MDPS)
o Problem Behaviour Checklist by Peshawaria
o Adaptive Behaviour Scale (Indian Revision) by Gunthey and
padhyaya

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 3. Developmental Schedules:
o Gesell Developmental Schedules
o Baroda - Bayley Scales of Infant Development
o Motor and Mental Development of IndianBabies

Tools for
(PramilaPhatak)
4. Intelligence Tests:
assessment of o Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

Intellectual o Wechsler Intelligence Scale forChildren (WISC-IV)

o Kulshrestha Infant Intelligence Scale
Disability in India o Kaufmann Assessment Battery for Children
o Leiter International Performance Scale(Leiter-R)
o Ravens Coloured Progressive Matrics 29vii. Seguin Form a
Board test
o ARAM- NIMH

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 o Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT)
o Autism Behaviour Checklist (ABC)
o Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ)
o Indian Scale for Assessment of Autism (ISAA)
o INCLEN Diagnostic Tool for Autism Spectrum Disorder (INDT-

Tools for Assessment of ASD)

o Developmental Disability- Children Global Assessment
Autism Spectrum Scale(DD-CGAS)

Disorder in India o Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)

o Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS)
o Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS)
o Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule(ADOS)
o Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised(ADI-R)

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