Communication Skills and General Knowledge

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Communication Skills and General Knowledge

• This subscale measures
• ability to clearly communicate ones own needs
  and understand others,
• clear articulation,
• active participation in story telling,
• interest in general knowledge about the world.

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Communication Skills and General Knowledge
Subscale

• The majority of neighbourhoods had less than 3.5
  of children vulnerable on this subscale based on
  Vancouver cutoffs. Five neighbourhoods showed no
  children considered at risk.
• The highest proportions (above 6.1) of children
  within the vulnerable range were in the Chief
  Tomat, South Rutland and Black Mountain
  neighbourhoods.
• The range of difference between neighbourhoods
  was smallest on this subscale.
• The range of children vulnerable on this subscale
  within Vancouver (2001) was 0 to 16.

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Emotional Maturity

• This subscale measures
• pro social behaviour helping, tolerance,
  empathy
• as opposed to aggressive behaviour, anxiety,
  hyperactivity, inattention, impulsiveness.

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Emotional Maturity Subscale

• Nine neighbourhoods had fewer than 2.5 of
  children within the vulnerable range on this
  subscale.
• Higher proportions of vulnerability (above 12.8)
  were seen in the Matheson, Pearson and South
  Rutland neighbourhoods.
• This range of difference (2 to 12.8) is similar
  to Vancouver (2 to 16) on this subscale.

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Language and Cognitive Development

• This subscale measures
• interest in books, reading, and language
• literacy issues
• interest in simple math activities
• numeracy issues.

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Language and Cognitive Development Subscale

• Nineteen of the twenty five neighbourhoods had
  less than 10 of children vulnerable on this
  subscale based on Vancouver cut-offs.
• In the Shannon Lake, Rose Valley, Watson Rd. and
  South Kelowna areas there were no children
  considered at risk.
• Above 17.4 of children in the Chief Tomat,
  Matheson, Raymer and Casorso neighbourhoods were
  vulnerable on this subscale.
• The neighbourhood to neighbourhood difference on
  is greatest on this subscale.