Developmental Screening Tools Commonly Used To Assess Child Development

Developmental screening tools commonly used to assess child development. Data from references: Behrman et al. (2004) [4] and Wong et al. (2000) [35]

Tool name	Revised Denver developmental screening test (Denver II)	Prescreening developmental questionnaire R-PDQ)	Developmental profile II	Draw a person (DAP) test
Author	Frankenburg [13]	Frankenburg et al. [14]	Alpern et al. [1]	Goodenough [15]
Items scored	Gross motor Fine motor Language Personal-social	Parent answered prescreen of items on Denver II	Physical Self-help Social Academic Communication	Score for body parts
Age range	Birth–6 years	Birth–6 years	Birth–7 years	5–17 years
Interview	Parent/child	Parent only	Parent/child	Child only
Testing time	30–40 minutes	15–20 min	20–40 min	As needed
Training/certified	Yes	Self-instruction	Self-instruction	Self-instruction
Pros/cons	Range of items Identify child’s strengths/weakness Validity tested Cultural bias Teaching tool	Parent report Can rescreen If delays administer Denver II	Range of items Low rate of sensitivity	Nonverbal Nonthreatening Cultural unbias Few items to score Gives IQ score