Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between measures of cognition, socialization, motor ability, and language ability obtained through the use of two approaches to the assessment of low-functioning multisensorily handicapped children: administration of standardized developmental scales and a systematic behavior observation instrument (the Telediagnostic Protocol). Subjects were 24 ambulatory deaf-blind children who were candidates for admission to educational programs at seven institutions for the handicapped. Results revealed that, as a set, systematic observation measures were highly correlated with the significantly predicted group performance on the standardized developmental scales.
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