Reports and articles

Janus, M., Brinkman, S.A. (2008). International applicability of a measurement of child development: implications for a global indicator.
Poster presented at the 20th meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) in Würzburg, Germany, July 2008.

The Early Development Instrument: A Population-based Measure for Communities (PDF 1MB)

Brinkman, S.A, Silburn, S.R. (2007). Investigating the validity of the Australian Early Development Index.
Paper presented at the 2007 Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Research Conference, 3 Dec 2007, Melbourne, Victoria.

Silburn S.R. Brinkman S.A. Lawrence D, Sayers M, Goldfeld S, Oberklaid F. (2007) Establishing the construct and predictive validity of the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI).
Abstract published in Early Human Development 83. (Suppl 1) Oct ISSN 0378-3782, and poster presented at the 5th International Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 6-10 Nov 2007, Perth, Western Australia.

Sally Brinkman, Sven Silburn, David Lawrence and the Australian Early Development Index Partnership.
This paper adds to the ongoing evaluation of the AEDI by reporting its construct and concurrent validity with a sub-sample of 642 children assessed as part of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) in Western Australia, Victoria and Queensland for whom AEDI data were also collected as a supplementary measure.

Centre for Community Child Health.
The Centre for Community Child Health facilitated the evaluation of the Australian Early Development Index: Building Better Communities for Children project between 2004 and 2006. 

Centre for Community Child Health and the Telethon Institute of Child Health Research.
This report provides a summary of the results from the first three years of community implementation of the AEDI.

Centre for Community Child Health.
This report provides an overview of the community feedback provided at the AEDI Community Workshop, held in Melbourne, July 6, 2006.

Sally Brinkman, Dr Magdalnea Janus, Rob Raos, Dr Bret Hart, Sally Blackmore.
Poster presented at the 19th Biennial Meeting - International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development ISSBD Conference, Melbourne 2-6 July, 2006.

Professor David Andrich and Dr Irene Styles, School of Education, Murdoch University.
This paper reports on the validity and reliability of each of the five scales of the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) after modification (as recommended from the initial analysis of the 2003 WA data).

Mary Sayers, Dr Sharon Goldfeld, Ms Melissa Coutts, Prof Sven Silburn and the Australian Early Development Index Partnership.
Paper presented at the 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, "Families Matter", held in Melbourne 9-11 February 2005.

Professor David Andrich and Dr Irene Styles, Murdoch University, December 2004.
This report provides a number of recommendations for the development of the Australian Early Development Index and highlights the strong psychometric properties of the instrument.

Janet N Mort, University of Victoria, October 1, 2004.
This paper reports on the experience of the EDI in British Columbia in Canada, including how communities valued the process, any problems or issues that arose and what projects or initiatives were implemented as a result of the data.