Screening Tool Publications

CAIDS-Q: Published Articles

McKenzie, K., Tanfield, Y., Murray, G.C., & Sandhu, R. (2023). Facilitating the identification of intellectual disability in schools: A qualitative study of stakeholder views Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. Early view: https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.13175

McKenzie, K., Murray, K.R., Thompson, J., & Horridge, K. (2023). Determining the accuracy of an online screening tool in identifying learning disability in autistic people? Learning Disability Practice. doi: 10.7748/ldp.2023.e2220

McKenzie, K., Murray, A.L., Thompson, J., Horridge, K., & McCarty, K.  (2020). An evaluation of an evidence-based online screening tool to help identify learning disability. Learning Disability Practice. Early view doi: 10.7748/ldp.2020.e2106

McKenzie, K., Murray, G.C., Murray, A.L., Martin, R., Tanfield, Y., Delahunty, L., Murray, K., Hutton, L., & O’Hare, A. (2018). Screening for intellectual disability with the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Screening Questionnaire: a modified Delphi approach. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. Early view: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dmcn.14139

McKenzie, K., Murray, G.C., Murray, A.L., Delahunty, L., Hutton, L., Murray, K., O’Hare, A. (2018). Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire to identify children with intellectual disability. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Early view. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.13998

McKenzie, K. & Murray, A.L. (2014). Evaluating the use of the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire (CAIDS-Q) to estimate IQ in children with low intellectual ability. Research in Developmental Disabilities. Early viewdoi:10.1016/j.ridd.2014.11.001

Murray, A.L. & McKenzie, K. (2014)  The accuracy of the  Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire (CAIDS-Q) in classifying severity of impairment: A brief report. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. Early View, DOI: 10.1111/jir.12115

Murray, A.L.,, McKenzie, K., Booth, T., & Murray, G.C.  (2013) Estimating the level of functional ability of children identified as likely to have an intellectual disability. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 4009–4016.

McKenzie, K., Murray, G.C., Murray, A.L. (2013). The Validity of the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire (CAIDS-Q) with children aged 6-7 years 11 months: A brief report. Psychiatry Research, 210(2), 75-677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2013.06.014

McKenzie, K. & Murray, A.L. (2013) The Convergent validity of the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire with a measure of adaptive functioning: A brief report. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.  Early View: DOI:10.3109/13668250.2013.854321

McKenzie, K., Murray, A.L., Murray, K.R., & Murray, G.C. (2013). Assessing the accuracy of the WISC-IV seven subtest short form and the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire in identifying intellectual disability in children. Child Neuropsychology: A Journal on Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence. Early view: DOI:10.1080/09297049.2013.799642

McKenzie, K., Paxton, D., Murray, G.C., Milanesi, P., & Murray, A.L . (2012). The evaluation of a screening tool for children with an intellectual disability: The Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33, 1068-1075.

McKenzie, K., Paxton, D., Michie, A., Murray, G.C., Murray, A.L. & Curtis, J. (2012) Screening with young offenders with an intellectual disability. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 23(5-6), 676-688. DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2012.7.33723

McKenzie, K. & Megson, P. (2011) Screening for Intellectual Disability in Children: A Review of the Literature. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 25(1), 80–87 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2011.00650.x

McKenzie, K., Megson, P. & Paxton, D. (2008) The development of a Child Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire. Learning Disability Practice, 11(5), 18-22

LDSQ: Published articles

McKenzie, K., Murray, G.C., Metcalfe, D., Robson, R., Shirley, A., & Kaczmar, M. (2024). Exploring the short-term impact of using the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire in services for people experiencing homelessness. Learning Disability Practice. doi: 10.7748/ldp.2024.e2239

McKenzie, K., Robson, R., Murray, G.C., Kaczmar, M., Metcalfe, D., & Shirley, A. (2023). The views of people using homeless services about learning disability. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. Early view https://doi.org/10.1177/17446295231215412

McKenzie, K., Murray, G.C., Metcalfe, D., Robson, R., Kaczmar, M., & Shirley, A. (2023). Using the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire to help identify people with an intellectual disability in homeless services. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. Early view: https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.13150

McKenzie, K., Murray, G.C., Murray, A.L., & Martin, R. (2019). The impact of an adult intellectual disability screening questionnaire on service providers and users. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. Early view. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12687

McKenzie, K., Murray, G.C., Wilson, H., & Delahunty, L. (2019). Homelessness – ‘It will crumble men’: the views of staff and service users about facilitating the identification and support of people with an intellectual disability in homeless services. Health and Social Care in the Community. Early view: DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12750

McKenzie, K., Murray, G.C., Wilson, H., Delahunty, L. (2019). A tool to help identify learning disabilities in homeless people. Nursing Times, 115 (8), 26-28.

McKenzie, K., Sharples, P., & Murray, A.L. (2015) Validating the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire against the WAIS IV. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 53(4), 301-307. Doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-53.4.3

Murray, A.L., Booth, T. & McKenzie, K. (2015) An analysis of differential item functioning by gender in the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire (LDSQ). Research in Developmental Disabilities, 39, 76-82.

Murray, A.L. & McKenzie, K. (2014).The accuracy of the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire (LDSQ) in classifying severity of impairment: A brief report. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability. DOI:10.3109/13668250.2014.936836

Murray, A.L. & McKenzie, K. (2013) Estimating the Severity of Intellectual Disability in Adults: A Mokken Scaling Analysis of the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire’. Psychological Assessment, 25(3), 1002-1006. doi: 10.1037/a0032369

McKenzie, K., Michie, A., Murray, A.L. & Hales, C. (2012) Screening for offenders with an intellectual disability: the validity of the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33, 791-795.

McKenzie, K. (2012) Searching for a Diagnosis. Learning Disability Today. Oct/Nov, 13-15.

Paxton, D., McKenzie, K., & Murray, G.C.  (2008) Putting screening tools to the test.  Learning Disability Practice, 11(8), 14-18.

McKenzie, K. & Paxton, D. (2006). Promoting access to services: the development of a new screening tool. Learning Disability Practice, 9(6), 17-21.