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• Choosing developmental screening instruments: Scientific and pragmatic considerations
  Dennis Drotar. (2007). Powerpoint presentation for ABCD Screening Academy Learning Session, July 2007. This presentation describes relevant scientific and pragmatic considerations in choosing developmental screening instruments. It aims to facilitate the discussion of implications for state level developmental screening.
  3-drotar Commonwealth Presentation 3.ppt

• Choosing Screening Tools to Recommend/Promote: Process and Considerations
  Julie Olson and Chuck Norlin. (2007). Powerpoint presentation for ABCD Screening Academy Learning Session, July 2007. Drawing from the Utah ABCD experience, this presentation focuses on the process for selecting screening tools.
  3-Olson Norlin UDOH-UPIQ Choosing Tools.ppt

• Pediatric Developmental Screening: Understanding and Selecting Screening Instruments
  Dennis Drotar, Ph.D., Terry Stancin, Ph.D., and Paul Dworkin, M.D. (2008) This manual helps providers choose and apply the structured screening method that is most appropriate for their practice setting. The manual is based on an extensive review of scientific research on available developmental screening instruments. Part I of the manual is designed to help practitioners define their screening needs. Part II includes a series of guides that compare screening instruments with respect to clinical utility, and sensitivity and specificity in different populations and at various ages.
  http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=614864

• Screening Children for Behavioral Developmental Problems, Brief
  NASHP. (Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, September 2004). News from the Assuring Better Child Health and Development Program: Screening Children for Developmental Disabilities and Behavioral Problems
  http://www.nashp.org/Files/Screening_tools_linked.pdf

• Screening for Behavioral Developmental Problems: Issues, Obstacles, and Opportunities for Change
  David Bergman. (Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, August 2004). This paper examines issues related to screening children for developmental disabilities and problems. It examines the ways in which screening tools differ from one another and the opportunities and challenges that are often faced by those working to integrate screening tools into medical practices. The paper also includes summary information on 17 different tools.
  http://www.nashp.org/Files/Screening_Tools_Paper_publication_draft.PDF