CDI
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User’s Guide, Words and Gestures, Words and Sentences, CDI III
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User’s Guide and Technical Manual
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Words and Gestures
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Words and Sentences
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CDI III
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Capture parents’ knowledge of their child’s emerging language skills
Use the CDI to get a reliable view of a child’s communicative development
The MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs), and the corresponding Spanish-language Inventarios, provide a systematic way for professionals to use parents as informants regarding their child’s language. They enable professionals to tap into parents knowledge about their young children’s communicative development for use in screening and developing a prognosis for children with language delays. It also ensures they are meeting mandates for including parent input in child evaluation procedures.
The goal of the CDIs is to yield reliable information on the course of language development from children’s early signs of comprehension, to their first nonverbal gestural signals, to the expansion of early vocabulary and the beginnings of grammar.
Step 1
Select the correct form for the child’s age and mail to the parents to have them complete and send back
Step 2
Upon receipt, review the form for completeness, and follow up with the parent to ask about any missing or inconsistent-appearing sections
Step 3
Hand score the CDI or Inventario following instructions in the User’s Guides. Scoring takes about 20–30 minutes
Step 4
For multiple forms, hand enter or scan the forms into one of the available software programs such as the free CDI Utilities Scoring Program, which tabulates summary scores, generates report forms, and tracks client information for you!
Step 5
Use the results to help develop a profile of the child’s communicative skills and to tailor interventions
At a glance
What is it?
Standardized parent-completed forms that help professionals screen young children’s emerging language and communication skills
Which developmental areas does it screen?
Language and communication skills
What age range does it cover?
8–37 months (may also be used with older children who have developmental delays)
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User’s Guide, Inventario I: Primeras Palabras y Gestos, Inventario II: Palabras y Enunciados
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Inventario I: Primeras Palabras y Gestos
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Inventarios II: Palabras y Enunciados
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What components are there?
CDI includes
- CDI: Words and Gestures (for use with children 8–18 months)
- CDI: Words and Sentences (for use with children 16–30 months)
- CDI-III (for use with children 30–37 months)
- User’s Guide and Technical Manual
Inventarios include
- Inventario I: Primeras Palabras y Gestos
- Inventario II: Palabras y Enunciados
- User’s Guide and Technical Manual
Who completes it?
Parents or caregivers (or as interview by professional); professionals score
How long does it take?
Each form generally takes takes 20–40 minutes to complete and 10–15 minutes to score
Is it valid and reliable?
Numerous studies document the reliability and the validity of the instruments. The CDIs were normed on approximately 1,800 children in 3 locations, and the Inventarios were normed on more than 2,000 children