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Developing meaningful measures for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities

October 9, 2026 from 9:30 am to 10:50 am

Date/time: Friday, October 9, 9:30–10:50 AM
Room: Meridian Ballroom 3&4

Chair: Caroline Richards, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham

Discussant: Cristan Farmer, Boston Children’s Hospital

Papers

1. Refining and Building the Psychometric Case for the Developmental Assessment of Social Communication Ability (DASCA)
First author: Cristan Farmer, Boston Children’s Hospital

2. Updating the Psychometric Properties of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning Authors: Shuting Zheng , Sijia Huang ,
First author: Shuting Zheng, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin

3. Developing an accessible informant-report measure of everyday functioning for people with intellectual disabilities
First author: Rory O’Sullivan, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham

4. Development and Feasibility of a Novel Remotely Delivered Executive Functioning Battery for Children with Intellectual Disability
First author: Catherine Laverty, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham
Presenter: Kayla Smith