The Capute Scales: CAT/CLAMS—A pediatric assessment tool for the early detection of mental retardation and communicative disorders
✍ Scribed by O'Connor Leppert, Mary L. ;Shank, Theresa P. ;Shapiro, Bruce K. ;Capute, Arnold J.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 87 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1080-4013
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✦ Synopsis
The early identification of communication disorders and mental retardation necessitates an assessment measure that differentiates these two disorders in infancy and early childhood. The Cognitive Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scale (CAT/CLAMS) was devised to diagnose global cognitive delay and language delay by evaluating language and problem-solving skills independently. It does so in an efficient and accurate manner that differentiates type and degree of delay. The use of CAT/CLAMS is well established in populations of children thought to be either delayed or at risk of delay. This article reports the use of the CAT/CLAMS for identifying children with language or cognitive delay (Յ75% of expected) in a cohort of asymptomatic children with no known risk for delay. When compared with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development II, the CAT/CLAMS was effective in identifying delay. In a primary care setting, the CAT/CLAMS proved to be a practical, reliable assessment tool for identifying and quantifying delays in language and cognition in children 36 months of age or younger.