Pearson Developing 4th Edition of DIAL and Looking for Centers to Provide Feedback

Pearson is developing a fourth edition of the popular Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning (DIAL) screening tool and is looking for sites such as preschools, day care centers or Head Start programs, as well as individual examiners to participate in the DIAL-4 Standardization. Your professional feedback is critical to our successful development of the DIAL-4.

Important Project Details

• We are seeking examiners with access to assess children ages 2 ½ through 5 years old who are English, Spanish, or bilingual (English and Spanish) speaking. Because we will be using this data to develop Norms, most of the children assessed should be typically developing (not diagnosed with a disability/disorder). However, we are conducting clinical studies where we are looking for children with one of the following primary diagnoses: Speech and Language Disorder, Developmental Delay, Autism or Physical/Motor Impairment. 
• Project timeframe is October 2009 through May 2010. Early participation is encouraged.  
• Administration time is approximately 45 minutes for the entire assessment, and 15 minutes per area (Motor, Language, Concepts). 
• Examiners will conduct assessments using either an individual examiner approach where one examiner administers all three sections (motor, concepts, and language), or the stations approach where children move from one station or table to another. The stations approach requires 3 participating examiners from one site.  
• A Parent and a Teacher Questionnaire will be collected as part of the project. 
• Compensation is provided to participating examiners, examinees, teachers, parents and schools/organizations.
• All information is completely confidential. Scores will NOT be available as this assessment tool is still in the development process.  

Please click here to reach an information sheet containing specific details regarding the project and assessment process.  After you have read the information sheet, you will have the option to apply for the project. If link doesn’t work, please type the following in your URL address https://www.surveymk.com/DIAL4ProjectInfo.  It is important that we hear from you as soon as possible so that we can reserve a DIAL-4 kit for you and make sure that we have all of your information in order before testing begins in October.  If you have further questions please contact Priscilla Villanueva at Priscilla.Villanueva@pearson.com.