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by Frances Page Glascoe, PhD, 157 pp, $69.99, ISBN 0-9664323-1-2, Nashville, Tenn, Ellsworth & Vandermeer Press Ltd, 1998.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:627-628.

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Although there seems to be general agreement that developmental and behavioral screening in primary care practice is desirable, cost and time constraints are significant obstacles to the widespread adoption of this practice. Carey¹ states that screening involves applying a quick and simple but reasonably accurate test to an asymptomatic population to find those individuals who are likely to have the problem in question. He recommends making brief observations and asking a few questions at each well-child visit. He highlights the important distinction between a brief office screen and an assessment that should be done if the brief office screen identifies an area of concern.

This is precisely what Glascoe offers with her Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) assessment tool. The PEDS test is designed to be administered during a well-child visit and takes an average of approximately 2 minutes to administer at a cost of less than 50 cents. . . . [Full Text of this Article]