The Denver Developmental Screening Test, Singapore (DDST, Singapore), a Singapore version of the Denver II Developmental Screening Test, was field-tested, using trained staff nurses as testers, on 2459 children (known cases excluded), in 5 key ages of 3 months, 9 months, 17 months, 37 months and 60 months. Apr 02, 2020 Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) atau yang dikenal dengan Tabel/Tes Denver merupakan alat skrining untuk menemukan penyimpangan perkembangan pada anak usia 0-6 tahun. Tujuannya adalah menilai tingkat perkembangan anak sesuai kelompok seusianya, serta digunakan untuk memonitor dan memantau perkembangan bayi atau anak dengan resiko. See full list on cdc.gov.

Includes: ASQ (Ages and Stages Questionnaire), Denver Developmental Screening Test II (DDST-II), Early Screening Inventory-Revised (ESI-R), IDA (Infant Toddler Developmental Assessment), HELP (Hawaii Early Learning Profile), Carolina Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers, AEPS (Assessment Evaluation & Programming System), PLS (Preschool Language Scale), Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale, and Batelle Developmental Inventory.

PEDS: Developmental Milestones Measurements For Children 0-8 Years - A new measure called PEDS:Developmental Milestones (PEDS:DM) for children 0 - 8 years is now available for parents and professionals. The Screening Level version is in wide use by pediatricians but the PEDS:DM also has an Assessment Level version helpful for child-find, early intervention programs, and NICU follow-up.

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Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)
Diane Bricker, Ph.D. & Jane Squires, Ph.D.
Type: Developmental screening, 4-60 months
What is the purpose of this tool?
To screen for developmental delays in the first 5 years of life. It covers 5 developmental areas: communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving, and personal-social.

What is its appropriate use?
First-level comprehensive screening for developmental delays; monitoring the development of children considered 'at risk' for developmental disability or delay resulting from medical or environmental factors. It may also be used to communicate to parents the stages of child development and the capabilities of their child.

What are the components?
It includes 30-item questionnaires completed by the parent or caregiver at specific ages. The first questionnaire is completed when child is 4 months old and the last at 60 months of age. To each developmental item parent responds 'yes', 'sometimes', or 'not yet'. Professionals convert items to point values and compute total scores. Available in Spanish.

Who can administer the scale?
It can be completed by parent self-report or by individual interview. Administration and scoring instructions come with scale set.

How long does it take to administer?
Approximately 10-20 minutes for parent response.

Is there information on reliability and validity?
Overall agreement on children's developmental classifications was 83% between the ASQ and professionally administered developmental scales, with a range of 76% to 91% agreement. Test-retest reliability was over 90% at a 2 to 3-week interval, and agreement of parents with trained examiners also exceeded 90% [1].

Denver Developmental Screening Test Sheet

What are the advantages of this tool?
It is a low-cost method of doing periodic screening; it takes advantage of parental knowledge of the child; it can be adapted to a variety of environments.

What are the disadvantages?
It depends solely on parent report.

Where can I find more information?

Denver Developmental Screening Test II (DDST-II)
William K. Frankenburg & Josiah B. Dodds
Type: Developmental screening, 1 month - 6 years

What is the purpose of this tool?
To screen children from 1 month to 6 years of age for possible developmental problems, to confirm suspected problems with an objective measure, to monitor children at risk for developmental problems.

What is its appropriate use?
First-level screening of children's developmental status.

What are the components?
Performance-based and parent report items are used to screen children's development in four areas of functioning: fine motor-adaptive, gross motor, personal-social, and language skills. Child's exact age is calculated and marked on the score sheet. Scorer administers selected items based on where the age line intersects each functional area. The scorer can then determine if child's responses fall into or outside of the normal expected range of success on that item for the child's age. The number of items upon which the child scores below the expected age range determine whether the child is classified as within normal range, suspect, or delayed. Those with suspect scores are monitored by more frequent screening, while those with delayed scores are referred for further assessment. There is also a testing behavior observation filled out by the test administrator. Spanish version is available.

Who can administer the scale?
Trained paraprofessionals and professionals administer the test.

Is training available?
The test comes with a training video and proficiency test. Scorers should pass the proficiency test and practice testing children of different ages. A two-day workshop is offered in Denver to become a Master Instructor, who can then train others. Cost of the Master Instructor workshop is $395. The training video and item administration videos come as a training kit for $255. Contact the publisher for details.

How long does it take to administer?
Testing takes 10 to 20 minutes, on average.

Is there information on reliability and validity?
Test was normed on a sample of children who were full term and had no obvious developmental disabilities. The sample was diverse in terms of age, place of residence, ethnicity/cultural background and maternal education. The norms indicate when 25%, 50%, 75%, and 90% of children passed each item. The test has good inter-rater and test-retest reliability (correlations .90 or higher for most tests). Test has been found to have somewhat low sensitivity in predicting later developmental status and school readiness [2].

What are the advantages of this tool?
It is a standardized measure that has been normed on a diverse sample. It can be quickly administered by trained professional and paraprofessional staff.

What are the disadvantages?
Test has been criticized for lacking sensitivity in screening children who may have problems in later developmental status or school readiness.

How much does it cost?
The complete testing set is $75; training manual alone is $23. Training videos are available; see information under training.

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