Developmental screening in context: adaptation and standardization of the Denver Developmental Screening Test-II (DDST-II) for Sri Lankan children

Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST), DENVER II

Wijedasa, D. N. (2012). Developmental screening in context: adaptation and standardization of the Denver Developmental Screening Test-II (DDST-II) for Sri Lankan children. Child: Care, Health and Development, 38(6), 889-

Background Developmental problems in children can be alleviated to a great extent with early detection and intervention through periodic screening for developmental delays during pre-school ages. Currently, there is no established system for developmental screening of children in Sri Lanka. Although some developmental norms, which are similar to those of Denver Developmental Screening Test-II (...

Performance of children with phenylketonuria in the Developmental Screening Test--Denver II.

BACKGROUND phenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive disorder resulting from the mutation of a gene located in chromosome 12q22-24.1. AIM to describe the performance of children with classic phenylketonuria, who were diagnosed and treated early, in the Development Screening Test Denver - II. METHOD participants were 20 children with phenylketonuria, ranging in age from 3 and 6 years, and 10...

Denver developmental screening test and preterm infants.

The results of Denver developmental screening test and Griffiths mental development scales examination performed on 198 preterm children during the first three years of life and compared. Using real age the former identified children with developmental delay, but labelled up to 42% of babies as having questionable or abnormal development. Using corrected age very few children showed less than n...

the comparison of motor development in 3-6-year-old children from ahvaz with denver developmental screening test ii

the aim of the current research was to compare motor development in 3–6-year-old children from ahvaz with denver developmental screening test ii. themethodology of this research was descriptive – survey. the statistical populationconsisted of children from ahvaz and 1044 children aged between 3 and 6 wereselected from ahvaz kindergartens by cluster random sampling method. denverdevelopmental sc...