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Metro Manila Development Screening Test (MMDST)
Definition * Simple and clinically useful tool * To determine early serious developmental delays * Dr. William K. Frankenburg * Modified and standardized by Dr. Phoebe D. Williams DDST to MMDST * Developed for health professionals (MDs, RNs, etc) • It is not an intelligence test * It is a screening instrument to determine if child’s development is within normal * Children 6 ½ years and below
Purposes
* Measures developmental delays * Evaluates 4 aspects of development
Aspects of development
In the care of pediatric clients, growth and development are not in isolation. Nurses being competent in the aspects of growth and development particularly principles, theories and milestones are in best position to counsel clients on these aspects. Having background knowledge on growth and development, nurses are equipped with assessment skills to determine developmental delays through the aid of screening tests. The Metro Manila Developmental Screening Test (MMDST) is a screening test to note for normalcy of the the child’s development and to determine any delays as well in children 6 ½ years old and below. Modified and standardized by Dr. Phoebe Williams from the originalDenver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) by Dr. William K. Frankenburg, MMDST evaluates 4 sectors of development: * Personal-Social – tasks which indicate the child’s ability to get along with people and to take care of himself * Fine-Motor Adaptive – tasks which indicate the child’s ability to see and use his hands to pick up objects and to draw * Language – tasks which indicate the child’s ability to hear, follow directions and to speak * Gross-Motor – tasks which indicate the child’s ability to sit, walk and jump
In the care of pediatric clients, growth and development are not in isolation. Nurses being competent in the aspects of growth and development particularly principles, theories
Definition * Simple and clinically useful tool * To determine early serious developmental delays * Dr. William K. Frankenburg * Modified and standardized by Dr. Phoebe D. Williams DDST to MMDST * Developed for health professionals (MDs, RNs, etc) • It is not an intelligence test * It is a screening instrument to determine if child’s development is within normal * Children 6 ½ years and below
Purposes
* Measures developmental delays * Evaluates 4 aspects of development
Aspects of development
In the care of pediatric clients, growth and development are not in isolation. Nurses being competent in the aspects of growth and development particularly principles, theories and milestones are in best position to counsel clients on these aspects. Having background knowledge on growth and development, nurses are equipped with assessment skills to determine developmental delays through the aid of screening tests. The Metro Manila Developmental Screening Test (MMDST) is a screening test to note for normalcy of the the child’s development and to determine any delays as well in children 6 ½ years old and below. Modified and standardized by Dr. Phoebe Williams from the originalDenver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) by Dr. William K. Frankenburg, MMDST evaluates 4 sectors of development: * Personal-Social – tasks which indicate the child’s ability to get along with people and to take care of himself * Fine-Motor Adaptive – tasks which indicate the child’s ability to see and use his hands to pick up objects and to draw * Language – tasks which indicate the child’s ability to hear, follow directions and to speak * Gross-Motor – tasks which indicate the child’s ability to sit, walk and jump
In the care of pediatric clients, growth and development are not in isolation. Nurses being competent in the aspects of growth and development particularly principles, theories