DISABILITY IDENTIFICATION TOOL SELECTION GUIDE:

Introduction
Last updated: July 2020
PURPOSE
This Disability Identification Tool Selection Guide is intended to help you determine which data
collection tool is most appropriate for collecting data on children with disabilities in your early grade
education activities. This is not intended to guide your research design. Prior to using this guide, you
will need to determine the key features of your design such as purpose, functional domains, age
group, data collection setting, etc. In addition, important considerations such as consent, enumerator
training needs, data dissemination, and reporting are not captured in this simple guide.

The decision tree graphic to the right provides an overview of how to move through the interactive
decision tree located on the next tab and notes questions you will be asked along the way.

INTENDED USER
This guide is intended for those who have a basic understanding of research design, data collection,
the social model of disability, and Washington Group functional domains. Users should also be
somewhat familiar with the different data collection tools that can be utilized to collect disability data. If
you would like to use this tool but do not yet have this base knowledge, please explore the resources
below.

USAID's How-To Note: Disability Inclusive Education

Washington Group on Disability Statistics Short Set of Disability Questions (WGSS)
UNICEF's Module on Child Functioning (CFM)

OUTCOMES
The interactive decision tree (tab 2) will direct you to one or more data collection tools if an
appropriate tool exists. In some cases, the tool may not yet be validated for your specific context. The
decision tree directs users down two main branches, or purposes. As guidance on individual
screening tools has not yet been finalized, the individual identification branch is truncated and
provides a place holder for yet to be determined individual screening tools. The
prevalence/disaggregation branch considers the social model functioning questionnaires that are
currently available. This is a living document that will be updated as more tools are identified, created,
and validated. The currently available social model functioning questionnaires that are included in this
decision tree are:

● WGSS
● CFM ages 2-4
● CFM ages 5-17
● CFM-Teacher Version (TV)

INSTRUCTIONS
To use this guide, please click on the decision tree tab below. A series of questions will appear in
column C. Please answer all questions using the dropdown menus in column D. When you first begin,
you will only see one question. Additional questions will appear as you work your way through the
decision tree. If you are using the macro-enabled version of the guide, you can clear your answers at
any time by hitting the "Clear All" button. If you are not using the macro-enabled version you can clear
your answers by highlighting all the answers and pressing the "delete" or "backspace" key.

Please note: The first question asks for your purpose for collecting data. If your study has dual
purposes, you will need to go through the decision tree for each purpose in order to select the
appropriate tool for that purpose.
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Instructions
Welcome to the interactive tool selection decision tree. The purpose of this guide is to help you to
decide which tool is most appropriate for your research needs. If your study has multiple purposes,
you will need to go through this once for each purpose.

A series of questions will appear below in column C. Please answer all questions using the
dropdown menus in column D. When you first begin, you will only see one question. Additional
questions will appear as you work your way through the decision tree. The questions you see will
depend on the answers you provide to the preceding questions. Click in the cells in column D beside
each question to see response options. When column C does not contain a question, column D will
appear in grey.

Once you have made a selection, you cannot change your answer to a previous question, though
you can delete the answer. To ensure the accuracy of the tool, if you choose to delete one answer,
please delete all answers and restart from the beginning. You can do so easily by highlighting all the
answers and pressing the "delete" or "backspace" key.

Read the questions below in order

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