Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j2BMG1C23789; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:16:01 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:16:01 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <BE577401.5C79%varshna@grandecom.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Varshna Narumanchi-Jackson <varshna@grandecom.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:4634] RE: Spanish Screen - request for help X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1384 Lines: 35 Glenn, I'm still puzzled on one point, so please be patient with me... What is the value, to you or others, of knowing how many people are 'at-risk' for LD in the Spanish-speaking population, based on a screening instrument such as the Empire State screen? It seems to me that you accomplished a major feat by simply nursing it to completion. It's available, and unlike the Washington State screen, is valid for the universal population. If you're trying to fund research to create more/better diagnostic materials for Spanish-speakers, surely there's an easier method. If you're trying to create some political backpressure to fund diagnostic assessments for adults (Spanish-speaking or others) -- I don't know that this is the way either. I think your project would be easier to understand for me if you could explain how the results will be used -- more research or politics. Thanks, Varshna. PS. The report is sitting on my desk at work (who has time to read any more?!), so I don't know off-hand the reliability of the Empire State screen. on 3/11/05 7:55 AM, Glenn Young at gyoungxlt@comcast.net wrote: > > Report would be in gross numbers -- x number of screens given ... Y > number of people scored "at" risk .. > > No other demographic or such break down ... Just trying to get some gross > numbers to start ... So we can draw attention more to the issue.
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