# EARLY DETECTION OF MILD MENTAL RETARDATION

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 1994 · $191,316

## Abstract

One major long term objective is to develop and have available for
extensive use, a preschool cognitive screening test which will more
effectively identify four and five - year - old children who, absent any
educational intervention, will experience academic failure, develop
emotional and/or motivational disturbances, and be classified as either
mildly retarded or learning disabled.  The early identification of these
mildly cognitively impaired children can be expected to at least reduce
their cognitive impairment and thus eliminate or severely ameliorate the
negative impact that continuous academic failure has on their mental
state.  In this proposal, the psychometric properties of a cognitive
screening test will be evaluated by administering the screening test to
both an experimental and cross validation sample, using scores to predict
outcome (special education or not) and then validating those predictions
based on the educational classification of those students in third grade.
We will collect data which will allow us to determine the test's
concurrent validity, predictive validity, construct validity, test-retest
reliability and inter-rater reliability.  We will use special education
outcome to streamline the test to maximize its validity.  In addition,
the second goal of this project will be maintained in this proposal.
Same age normally achieving, learning disabled and mildly retarded
children will to be compared on a broad array of cognitive tasks in order
to understand better how similar or different the two impaired groups are
from each other and from the two normal groups.  In addition, a normal,
but low, achieving group will be added to help delineate the specific
cognitive deficits associated with the LD group.  These data have
implications for decisions about the best conditions under which to
provide special educational services for the mildly impaired groups.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 2198709
- **Project number:** 5R01HD022952-07
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **SAM.gov UEI:** F8THLJQSAF93
- **Principal Investigator:** MARCIA S SCOTT
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1994
- **Award amount:** $191,316
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1987-07-01 → 1998-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2198709

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 2198709, EARLY DETECTION OF MILD MENTAL RETARDATION (5R01HD022952-07). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/2198709. Licensed CC0.

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