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Conners' Teacher Rating Scale (CTRS) and the Childhood Autism
Rating Scale (CARS), were used based on their abilities to
differentiate the characteristics descriptive of the
population of prenatally substance exposed children.
The subjects for the study (N=30) were drawn from the
population of young children who had met eligibility criteria
for enrollment in early childhood special education classes
in a large urban school district in north central Texas.
Subjects for the prenatally substance exposed sample (n=15)
were identified by district personnel and student records
were reviewed for verifying documentation. A control sample
of non-substance exposed children (n=15) was selected by
matching variables of age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic
status and developmental level.
Discriminant analysis procedures indicated that the two
groups differed significantly according to rating scale
scores. An item analysis was conducted to identify the
characteristics which were most indicative of group
membership. Although both scales were able to classify
subjects with a high degree of accuracy, the instruments
should not be used for this purpose.
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Heflin, Juane. Behavioral characteristics of young children who were prenatally substance exposed, dissertation, December 1991; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332802/m1/3/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .