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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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19-01-2019 | OriginalPaper

Inter-Rater Agreement for the Milestones and Barriers Assessments of the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP)

Auteurs: Khrystle L. Montallana, Brendan M. Gard, Amin D. Lotfizadeh, Alan Poling

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 5/2019

Abstract

We determined inter-rater agreement for the VB-MAPP, an instrument sometimes used in planning educational goals and evaluating intervention effects for young people with autism. A pair of raters independently rated each of 32 children diagnosed with autism. Intraclass correlation coefficients for the total Milestones and Barrier scores were 0.876 and 0.629, respectively, indicating good and moderate reliability. There was variability in reliability in the different domains of the Milestones Assessment, with most indicating moderate reliability, and most of the individual Barriers Assessment domains indicating poor reliability. These are the first data relevant to the reliability of the VB-MAPP, they suggest that further evaluation of its reliability is merited and that a high reliability for individual domains should not be assumed.

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Titel: Inter-Rater Agreement for the Milestones and Barriers Assessments of the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP)
Auteurs: Khrystle L. Montallana
Brendan M. Gard
Amin D. Lotfizadeh
Alan Poling
Publicatiedatum: 19-01-2019
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 5/2019
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-03879-4

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