Figure 12.3.17: Children considered to have multiple challenges based on 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.pdfChildren with scores below expectations on nine or more of the 16 subdomains are considered to have multiple challenges. In Cycle 4, 3.5% of children in Middlesex-London had multiple challenges, the same percentage as Ontario (Fig. 12.3.17). While the percent remained relatively stable in Ontario across the four cycles, a relatively large increase was observed in Middlesex-London for Cycle 4 compared to the previous two cycles.