PEDIATRICS Vol. 75 No. 4 April 1985, pp. 697-702
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Relationships Between Neurodevelopmental and Educational Findings in Children Aged 6 to 12 Years

Virginia Wise Berninger PhD1 and Sarah O. Colwell MD1

1 From The Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston

Relationships between neurodevelopmental and educational findings were investigated in a clinic sample of 241 successive patients (aged 6 to 12 years) over a period of 6 months. Ratings of "definite," "possible," and "no problem" were compared between seven neurodevelopmental areas or three language functions and seven academic skills. Of the 40 associations tested in each of seven age groups, only one association (Boston Naming Test and reading comprehension) was statistically significant in a majority of the ages tested. Of the 280 comparisons (40 associations x seven age groups), only 37 (13%) were significant at P le .05. The findings of this study do not support the use of the neurodevelopmental and educational measures employed in diagnosis of specific learning disabilities in a referred population. Health care professionals, however, may find neurodevelopmental assessment useful as a format for systematic observations of the child with performance disabilities.

Key Words: child development • neurodevelopmental examination • learning disorder • school problems • developmental disabilities

Submitted on December 27, 1983
Accepted on June 20, 1984




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