Age Appropriate Health Maintenance Screening and Associated Tools
This Assignment includes ten different pediatric cases that require further evaluation with a developmental testing tool. Selecting the correct tool is vitally important in getting accurate data that promotes early identification and intervention. A template is available to you as an Excel spreadsheet in Course Documents, and is specifically designed for this Assignment.
After you have selected the standardized developmental testing tool that is appropriate for each of the following cases, address Does the tool measure the domain(s) of concern?
Pediatric Case
1. A two-month-old child that does
not respond to loud noises
A four-month-old child that does
follow movement with his eyes
A six-month-old child that does not
return affection to caregiver
A nine-month-old child that does not
respond to her names
A one-year-old who is unable to crawl
Selected testing tool (cite
source)
A two-year-old who is unable to
follow simple directions
A three-year-old who is unable to
walk up stairs
A four-year-old Spanish-speaking child
who knows only approximately 20
words. Family is from Cuba and is nonEnglish speaking.
A five-year-old who is unable to focus
on one activity for more than five
minutes; easily distracted
A seven-year-old who was very
sociable and interactive with peers at
six years old is now isolative does not
show interest in interacting with
others
What domains are Measured? Suitable age groups?
Is culture addressed?
Who should administer this
test?
What is the reliability and
validity?
How much time is involved to
administer the test?
Is it available in other
languages?
How are results interpreted?
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