SAVE when you order this item as part of a set.This easy-to-read manual provides professionals with a thorough introduction to the Inventarios, the Spanish adaptation of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs), standardized, parent-completed report forms designed by top language researchers to assess language and communication skills in young children ages 8–30 months. Along with an extensive overview of the two Inventario forms—Primeras Palabras y Gestos and Palabras y Enunciados—the manual includesdetailed guidelines on using the forms, including information on administration, scoring, interpreting a child"s score, and using the norms with with older children, second-language learners, and children from families of low socioeconomic status clinical applications, such as screening for language delay, creating intervention strategies, and evaluating treatment effects research applications, such as matching children on language skills and examining the influence of other variables on language development technical data, including complete information on the development of the Inventarios, the norming data supporting them (including percentile tables and figures), and validity and reliability of the forms With this comprehensive guide, speech-language pathologists, child development specialists, and other professionals who work with young children and their families will use the Inventarios with confidence. Learn more about the CDIs and the Inventarios.