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>Dear all:
>
>No one has yet come up with a convincing and evidence-based reason 
>to NOT use the
>scale!


I don't understand this...isn't the use of the scale the intervention??

>
>
>But, to abandon the scale in the false belief that it is "imprecise" 
>or "inaccurate" from a
>poorly designed study that really looked at neither is not 
>appropriate either.  That is NOT
>the issue that is important.


I don't think anyone has argued for abandoning the scale, Susan. As 
you say, it can be useful and its information can be part of a 
holistic assessment of an individual baby's progress (or not).

I do think we need some decent research to guide us on when and how 
scales can be used, even if this might mean challenging practice.

Scales certainly can be inaccurate; the recording of results from 
scales can be inaccurate. Haven't we all seen examples of both 
phenomena?

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc,tutor, UK

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