The Reading House: A Children's Book for Emergent Literacy Screening During Well-Child Visits.
Pediatrics
; 143(6)2019 06.
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| ID: mdl-31147486
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends literacy promotion and developmental assessment during well-child visits. Emergent literacy skills are well defined, and the use of early screening has the potential to identify children at risk for reading difficulties and guide intervention before kindergarten.METHODS:
The Reading House (TRH) is a children's book designed to screen emergent literacy skills. These are assessed by sharing the book with the child and using a 9-item, scripted scoring form. Get Ready to Read! (GRTR) is a validated measure shown to predict reading outcomes. TRH and GRTR were administered in random order to 278 children (mean 43.1 ± 5.6 months; 125 boys, 153 girls) during well-child visits at 7 primary care sites. Parent, child, and provider impressions of TRH were also assessed. Analyses included Rasch methods, Spearman-ρ correlations, and logistic regression, including covariates age, sex, and clinic type.RESULTS:
Psychometric properties were strong, including item difficulty and reliability. Internal consistency was good for new measures (rCo- α = 0.68). The mean TRH score was 4.2 (±2.9; range 0-14), and mean GRTR was 11.1 (±4.4; range 1-25). TRH scores were positively correlated with GRTR scores (r s = 0.66; high), female sex, private practice, and child age (P < .001). The relationship remained significant controlling for these covariates (P < .05). The mean TRH administration time was 525 minutes (±055; range 334-832). Parent, child, and provider impressions of TRH were favorable.CONCLUSIONS:
TRH is a feasible, valid, and enjoyable means by which emergent literacy skills in 3- and 4-year-old children can be directly assessed during primary care.
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Assunto principal:
Exame Físico
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Atenção Primária à Saúde
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Leitura
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Livros
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Alfabetização
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article