The purpose and definition of the Denver II Developmental Screening is defined as followed form the Denver II training manual: “The Principal value of the DENVER II is to provide an organized clinical impression of the child’s overall development and alert the user to potential developmental difficulties. The DENVER II should be used primarily to determine how a child compares to other children, it is not a recommended predictor of late development.” (Frankenburg et al.,1970, p. 2) For this report, I received consent to perform the DDII screen on AGF, AGF is a two-year-old female who when tested passed the test with flying colors, AGF is on track for normal development. AGF is in the “Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt” stage of Erikson’s stages of
The Battelle Developmental Inventory – 2nd Edition (BDI-2) is psychoeducational testing instrument used in special education to assess developmental disorders in infants and young children. This paper looks into how the validity, reliability and norms for the BDI-2 were originally developed.
I reached out to Melissa for the questionnaire, and explained it was a developmental screening for one of my education classes. Melissa was new to the screening because Owen has not had a developmental screening before. I decided to ask Melissa if I could observe Owen, not only because she is a family friend, but because she is a teacher, and I felt that she could relate to the class I was in. Since Chicago, IL is far away from La Crosse, Melissa is busy with her family and career, we decided to do the screening via FaceTime. Melissa and I decided to fill out the screening questionnaire together.
One of the greatest tragedies in Australia happened over 50 years ago, it was the disappearance of the Beaumont children. Nine year old Jane Nartare Beaumont, seven year old Arnna Kathleen Beaumont and four year old Grant Ellis Beaumont took a trip to Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, in South Australia, on January 26, 1966 unsupervised, for a day of fun. Little did they, and others know that the day would end in a tragedy. Taking a bus to their destination at 10am is when everything began. The children’s mother, Nancy, was worried when her children did not arrive home at the time she hoped. She waited for every bus and when her husband Jim came home they searched the beach themselves. After a long search they went to the authorities and they went
A child’s development can be measured through physical and language milestones, intellectual, emotional and social development.
Terr, L. C. (1991). Childhood traumas: an outline and overview. Am J Psychiatry, 1, 48.
The milestones achieved follow a pattern, however the rate differs as each child is unique. This information becomes important to early childhood educators to track and trace and intervene so that additional help and support can be provided benefitting the child. Lack of information regarding the rate and sequence of development will not enable us to provide intervention. Delayed intervention can lead to complication and irreversible defects.
1.1. When assessing development some factors need to be taken into account one of these is confidentiality, this means that you will need permission from a child’s parents/carers before doing observations, also when information is wrote down about a child is important that it is kept in a safe place were only the relevant people can access it. Also making sure that information about a child is only shared with parents/carers or colleagues and professionals that have the right to know. Another factor to take into account is a child’s wishes and feelings, this means to take into account the child’s wishes when doing an observation or assessment. The child may not want to be assessed at
Give atleast 6 example for each age group in each development stage. The ages under each section are;
Objective: to observe and record “A” using scissors, glue, hole puncher, colouring pencils and glitter.
It is an important part of a practitioner’s job to observe and assess children in order to establish where a child is at with regards to their development, health and well being and if they require extra support. The factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development are:
The film Precious is an emotional movie that deals with the unfortunate realities of everyday life for some individuals. The film that stares Gabourey Sidibe who plays the main character Clarice “Precious” Jones is based out of Harlem in the year of 1987. Precious is a sixteen year-old obese and uneducated teenager whom has had to grow up in a severely dysfunctional family environment. Her mother verbally and physically abuses her, often times using her as a personal servant. Her father has been sexually abusing her since childhood, and has impregnated her twice. Precious has lived with the ugly truth that because of her weight, skin color, and sexual abuse, she does not fit in
List two potential problems that a nurse may discover in an assessment of each age group.
Texas children's hospital isn't that a place for kids with cancer? I can remember asking my mom that question when she told me what Doctor I was being sent to next. When I was in seventh grade I had noticed for the first time a pain like no other pain I had ever felt in my left calf. After two ER trips, multiple MRIs and X-rays, and countless trips to my pediatrician, my doctor decided I needed to be seen by a specialists. So off to Texas children's hospital my mom and I went. Little did I know my life was about tt take a drastic change and would never be the same again.
Williams, A. A., Cormack, C. L., Chike-Harris, K., Durham, C. O., Fowler, T. O., & Jensen, E. A. (2015). Pediatric developmental screenings:
The zone of proximal development has implications for assessment, especially concerning children with learning and behavior problems. Two children can