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Parent Report of Child’s Abilities (PARCA-R)
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Purpose
Assessment/screening of cognitive and language development . Also useful as an outcome measure
Children aged 24-27 months, born prematurely.
Assesment Type
Patient Group
Other
Age Group
Children (3-12 years)
ICF domain
Activity & Participation
Area of assessment
Fine Motor
Key description
Description
Parent completed questionnaire
Reliability / validity
Good concurrent validity and diagnostic utility for identifying cognitive delay in very-preterm infants at 2 years of age. Good concurrent validity between the Bayley-III and the Parent Report of Children's Abilities-Revised,
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.02010.x
Strengths / weaknesses
Parent report measures can reduce the need for clinical assessment of preterm infants
A low-cost alternative allowing for extended follow-up.
Cost
Free resources including manual Free online calculator
Equipment required
Questionnaire and pen/pencil or Tablet / Laptop
Can be done online. has a calculator that converts raw scores to standard scores with results in percentiles
Training required
N/A
Considerations & references
Cost
Free resources including manual
Free online calculator
References/ Links
https://le.ac.uk/parca-r
https://le.ac.uk/-/media/uol/docs/microsites/parca-r/parcar-manual-final.pdf
https://hubble-live-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/bapm/redactor2_assets/files/462/PARCA-R_Manual_FINAL.pdf
Time to complete
15 – 20 mins
Comments
Also available in Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
If you spot any errors or wish to suggest any amendments to this summary, please contact paediatricmeasures@apcp.org.uk