The Capute Scales
Cognitive Adaptive Test and Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scale (CAT/CLAMS)
By Pasquale J. Accardo, M.D., and Arnold J. Capute, M.D., M.P.H., with Anna Bennett, M.P.H., Elena S. Keshishian, M.D., Ph.D., Mary L. O'Connor Leppert, M.D., Thomas R. Montgomery, M.D., Michael E. Msall, M.D., Brian T. Rogers, M.D., Paul F. Visintainer, Ph.D., Robert G. Voigt, M.D., and Barbara Y. Whitman, Ph.D.



Developed by Arnold J. Capute, the founding father of neurodevelopmental pediatrics, The Capute Scales is a norm-referenced, 100-item screening and assessment tool that helps experienced practitioners identify developmental delays in children from 1–36 months of age. Tested and refined at the Kennedy Krieger Institute for more than 30 years, this easy -to-administer tool consists of two tests on separate "streams" of development: visual-motor functioning and expressive and receptive language development.  These tests help pinpoint any instances of delay (a slower rate of milestone acquisition), deviancy (any unusual development within a specific stream), and dissociation (an uneven rate of milestone acquisition). Fast and easy to complete, The Capute Scales require minimal equipment and can be administered in just 6 to 20 minutes. Because the tests measure functioning across two streams of development, The Capute Scales help clinicians distinguish between global developmental delays and specific areas of concern.

Created for use in clinical settings, The Capute Scales are effective both as a screener for general practitioners and as an assessment tool for specialists such as developmental pediatricians, speech- language pathologists, and occupational therapists. With its high correlation with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, this standardized instrument will assist clinicians in making developmental diagnoses, counseling families, and guiding them to appropriate intervention services.

The complete system includes:

• Cognitive Adaptive Test (CAT), 58 items focused on visual-motor functioning
  
  
• Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scale (CLAMS), 42 items focused on expressive and receptive language development
  
  
• 4-page scoring sheets
  
  
• Manual with an explanation of the scales’ development, guidelines on administration and scoring, an overview of clinical and research use, and information on standardization of the scales and their use in other languages
  
  
• Test Kit, packed in a tote bag, with the standardized materials required to conduct the assessment
  

Save on The Capute Scales Complete System! (Manual, Scoring Sheets, and Kit)

Complete System
ISBN 1-55766-816-7
2005 / $350.00
Stock# 8167

• one laminated card of images
  
• one notepad
  
• two jumbo crayons
  
• one cloth
  
• one form board with triangle, circle, and square shape
  
• one Plexiglas pane
  
• one pegboard with six pegs
  
• one dowel
  
• one cup
  
• one plastic jar
  
• 10 1-inch blocks
  
• one plastic ring
  
• one bell
  
• tote bag

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