%0 Journal Article
%T CONFIABILIDAD DE UN CUESTIONARIO PARA RASTREO DE TRASTORNO DE APRENDIZAJE (CEPA) EN NI OS EN EDAD ESCOLAR
%A Luz Angela Gomez Betancur
%A Mar¨ªa Gladys Romero
%A Vilma Merchan
%A Daniel Camilo Aguirre Acevedo
%J El Agora USB
%D 2010
%I Universidad de San Buenaventura Medell¨ªn
%X The assessment questionnaires are basic toolsused in research or in programs geared to theearly, simple, and fast detection of a sicknessin the general population, with a high level ofaccepted reliability and validity. Objective: todetermine the reliability of an assessmentquestionnaire dealing with learningdisabilities; which makes easy the detection ofchildren who are more likely to have learningdisabilities. Patients and Methods: a randomsample of 681 children was chosen; theybelonged to the 3rd and 4th socio-economicstrata, aged 8 and 11, of primary basicschooling education, from 4 educationalinstitutions of a neighboring village of theMetropolitan Area of Medellin and whowillingly decided to participate in the study.From this population, a non-random sample of80 individuals was taken who met theinclusion criteria to carry out a pilot test. Thequestionnaire comprises 39 items comprising8 frequent areas of difficulties. It is designed toassess the cognitive and language processes.
%K learning disabilities
%K CEPA
%K and reliability.
%U http://web.usbmed.edu.co/usbmed/elagora/htm/v10nro1/pdf/3.pdf