Figure 12.3.14: Children vulnerable on the Communication Skills and General Knowledge domain of the Early Development Instrument (EDI)
Percent of children in senior kindergarten, Middlesex-London and Ontario, Cycles 1 to 4 (2003/4 to 2015)
Source:
Government of Ontario. Early Development Instrument (EDI). Toronto, ON: Queen's Printer for Ontario. [Updated: 29 Jun 2015; cited: 29 Jan 2019]. Available from: https://www.ontario.ca/data/early-development-among-children; & Offord Centre for Child Studies. (2018) EDI in Ontario: Over time report. Hamilton, ON: McMaster University. [cited: 21 Feb 2019]. Available from: https://edi.offordcentre.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/EDI-in-Ontario-full-print-report-English.pdfIn cycle 4 (2015), 9.4% of children in Middlesex-London were vulnerable on the Communication Skills and General Knowledge domain, compared to 12.1% in Ontario (Fig. 12.3.14). For Middlesex-London, the percent decreased over time between cycles 1 (10.6%) and 4 (9.4%). In each of the EDI cycles, a higher percent of males in Middlesex-London were vulnerable on this domain compared to females (figure not shown).