The Capute Scales Test Kit contains all the standardized materials needed to conduct a Capute Scales assessment—conveniently packed into one tote bag. The kit includes:
- one laminated card of images
- one notepad
- two jumbo crayons
- one cloth
- one form board with triangle, circle, and square shape
- one Plexiglas pane
- one pegboard with six pegs
- one dowel
- one cup
- one plastic jar
- 10 1-inch blocks
- one plastic ring
- one bell
- tote bag
This kit is part of The Capute Scales, a norm-referenced, 100-item screening and assessment tool that helps experienced practitioners identify developmental delays in children from 1–36 months of age. Developed by Arnold J. Capute, the founding father of neurodevelopmental pediatrics, this reliable, easy-to-administer tool was tested and refined at the Kennedy Krieger Institute for more than 30 years.
Learn more about The Capute Scales.
Pasquale J. Accardo, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He received his medical degree from Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York; completed his pediatric residency at James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, and obtained his developmental pediatrics training at the John F. Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children (now called the Kennedy Krieger Institute), an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. He is subcertified in neurodevelopmental disabilities in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Accardo is the author and editor of several books including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: The Clinical Spectrum (York Press, 2001); Austim: Clinical and Research Issues (York Press, 2000), and Developmental Disabilities in Infancy and Childhood, Second Edition, Volumes I and II (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 1996).
The late Arnold J. Capute, M.D., M.P.H., was Professor of Pediatrics at the Kennedy Krieger Institute of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.