Parents as key actors to screen early childhood development disorders: Validation of a culturally sensitive, parent-administered screening instrument using Delphi technique

Abstract

The lack of culturally sensitive screening instruments that can be administered by parents is one of the major barriers to incorporating them in the monitoring of their child’s developmental progress and incorporating them in the early identification of early childhood development disorders (ECDDs). The paper presents the methods and outcomes of the validation process using the Delphi technique to develop a culturally congruent instrument appropriate to be used by the parents of infants in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu to assess their child’s developmental progress.