@article{ref1,
title="The clinical utility of the Children's Communication Checklist-2 in children with early childhood traumatic brain injury",
journal="Clinical neuropsychologist, The",
year="2020",
author="Fisher, Allison P. and Gies, Lisa M. and Chapman, Leah and Aguilar, Jessica M. and Yeates, Keith Owen and Taylor, H. Gerry and Wade, Shari L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with long-term cognitive and behavioral deficits. Social communication impairments are common and impact  functional outcomes, such as social engagement and academic performance. There are  many barriers to identifying social communication deficits following TBI, including  the absence of a standardized parent-reported communication measure for use in this  population. The Children's Communication Checklist-Second Edition (CCC-2) has  demonstrated utility in identifying communication deficits in diagnoses other than  TBI. This study investigated the clinical utility of the CCC-2's social  communication scales in children with TBI. <br><br>METHOD: 203 children who sustained TBI or  orthopedic injuries between the ages of 36 and 83 months were recruited as part of a  larger, longitudinal study. We analyzed social communication subscale scores from  the CCC-2 an average of 3.5 years postinjury. We used binary logistic regression  analyses to examine the measure's accuracy in classifying children with and without  social communication deficits on other measures of pragmatic language and social  competence. Correlation analyses and linear mixed models were used to examine the  construct validity of the CCC-2. <br><br>RESULTS: The CCC-2 was able to accurately classify  those with and without pragmatic language impairments on the Comprehensive  Assessment of Spoken Language 92% of the time (sensitivity = 55%) and 96% of the  time on the Home and Community Social Behavior scale (sensitivity = 72%). The CCC-2  demonstrated strong correlations with and predictive validity for measures of social  communication and competence. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The findings offer support for the  clinical utility of the CCC-2 in the pediatric TBI population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1385-4046",
doi="10.1080/13854046.2020.1866675",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2020.1866675"
}