{"id":235,"date":"2020-08-12T11:31:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T10:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/stream\/?page_id=235"},"modified":"2020-10-26T09:50:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T09:50:52","slug":"mdat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/stream\/mdat\/","title":{"rendered":"MDAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside id=\"siteorigin-panels-builder-26\" style=\"display:block;\" class=\"widget widget_siteorigin-panels-builder amr_widget\"><div id=\"pl-w6040fbd95e2cb\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w6040fbd95e2cb-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w6040fbd95e2cb-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w6040fbd95e2cb-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdat.org.uk\/\">MDAT (Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool)<\/a> is a culturally relevant tool, reliably identifying children with delayed development and neurodisability in low- and middle-income countries.\u00a0 The tool assesses development in the domains of gross motor, fine motor, social and language in children 0-6 years, and was developed by the teams at the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/stream\/university-of-liverpool\/\">University of Liverpool<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/stream\/keele-university\/\">Keele University<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/stream\/university-of-malawi\/\">Malawi College of Medicine.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tool takes around 30-40 minutes to administer, and can be administered by anyone with a high school education after training. 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