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Child Development Inventory, CDI Questionnaire

  • Indications
  1. Developmental Screening in ages 15 months to 6 years
  • Background
  1. Developed at University of Minnesota in 1994 by Harold Ireton, PhD
  2. With the Infant Development Inventory, this replaces the Minnesota Child Development Inventory (MCDI)
  3. A shorter screening version is available as the Child Development Review
  • Disadvantages
  1. Long survey: 300 questions
  • Description
  1. Available in English and Spanish
  2. Parents complete in 30-50 minutes (written at 7th-8th grade level)
  • Efficacy
  1. Test Sensitivity: 80%
  2. Test Specificity: 70%
  3. Initial testing with 568 white children, from working-class families in St. Paul
  4. Validated
  • Resources
  1. CDR/IDI Website
    1. http://www.childdevrev.com