The Early Language Milestone Scale (The ELM Scale) is one of the tools for detecting and measuring language delays in children. It is one of the first lines in the investigation process in diagnosing the delay, and also one of the tools for monitoring the progression. Because of the high sensitivity, it is used as a language-specific screener in the primary care setting in regard to development and growth. It provides a quick screening-evaluation approach and gives promise for meeting the criticisms directed at most of the other screeners.[1][2][3][4]
| The Early Language Milestone | |
|---|---|
| Purpose | measure language delays in children |
Other tests such as Clinical Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scale (CAT/CLAMS) or MCHAT (available in different languages[5]) are also performed if the results of The ELM Scale become positive or equivocal.[6]
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- ^ Behrman, Richard E. (1994). Nelson essentials of pediatrics. W.B. Saunders. ISBN 9780721637754.
- ^ Capute, Arnold J.; Accardo, Pasquale J. (1991). Developmental disabilities in infancy and childhood. P.H. Brookes Publishing Company. ISBN 9781557660503.
- ^ Martin, Richard J.; Fanaroff, Avroy A.; Walsh, Michele C. (2010-10-04). Fanaroff and Martin's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine E-Book: Diseases of the Fetus and Infant. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 978-0323081115.
- ^ Impara, James C.; Conoley, Jane Close; Murphy, Linda L. (1996-01-01). The Supplement to the Twelfth Mental Measurements Yearbook. Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. ISBN 9780910674430.
- ^ "Translations of M-CHAT".
- ^ Rossman, M. J.; Hyman, S. L.; Rorabaugh, M. L.; Berlin, L. E.; Allen, M. C.; Modlin, J. F. (1994). "The CAT/CLAMS assessment for early intervention services. Clinical Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scale". Clinical Pediatrics. 33 (7): 404–9. doi:10.1177/000992289403300705. PMID 7525137. S2CID 29244114.
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