Denver Developmental Screening Test Essay

The Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST), which has also, been referred to as the Denver Scale. This test was initially developed by Dr. William Franken to be used as a tool for screening cognitive and behavioral problems in children for birth to the age of six. In 1992 a revision of the DDST and now is referred to as the Denver II. The Denver II has been use by clinician, teachers and other early childhood professionals to monitor and gage the development of children through their pre-school years. In addition, the Denver II allows clinicians among others to identify children whose development may differ significantly from other children in their age range, which may warrant additional testing, to determine whether if there is a problem that would require treatment (Wikipedia, 2016).
The Denver II was been designed to compare children of the same age with a variety of performance tasks. This test is consisting of 125 different tasks or items, which have been arranged in four different categories; personal-social (getting along with other people and caring for personal needs) Fine Motor-Adaptive (eye-hand coordination, manipulation of small object, and problem-solving) Language (hearing, understanding, and using language) Gross Motor (sitting, walking, jumps and overall large muscle movement) (Denver II Training Manual). During the DDST analysis paper, it has been requested that, three Denver II assessments be