screening for developmental delay

Screening for Developmental Delay

Developmental milestones;

1. Motor skills

a. Gross motor skill

b. Fine motor skill

2. Social and emotional development

3. Language development

4. Behaviour warning sign

5. Vision warning sign

6. Hearing warning sign

7. Gross motor warning sign

Screening 

1. Battelle Development inventory screening test 

(12-96 months) age children.

Direct assessment

Observation

Parental interview

2.  Baley infant Neurodevelopmental test

Design for high risk infant aged 3-24 months.

3. Child Development Inventories (CDI) milestones;

Child development inventory

Systematic standardized method for parent to report on their children;

Strength's

Problem's

Present development

Covers 8 areas;

Social, 

self help, 

Gross motor,

Fine motor, 

Expressive language,

Language,

Comprehension, 

Letter's and numbers

(Consist of 300 item booklet and answer sheet for the parent to complete and profile sheet for recording the results).

Assessment needed to determine what area or areas are affected.

4. Denver Development Screening test (DDST)

Direct observation and parental report

Tool consists of 125 items, organize into 4 developmental domains namely;

1. Gross motor

2. Fine motor

3. Adaptive language

4. Personal and social

Interventions

1. Educational programs

2. Medical services

3. Nursing services

4. Nutritional services

5. Occupational therapy

6. Physical therapy

7. Psychological services