Nasty Children Assessments

Question 1

Assessment for children aged 1 month-6 years for early identification of delays for children at risk

Answer 1

Denver Development Screening Tool

Question 2

Denver Development Screening Tool

Answer 2

• 1 month-6 years
• Remember Denver, CO is baby boomer capital of America
• Purpose: early ID of delays for children at risk
• Personal-social, FM/Adaptive, Language, GM
• Standardized task and observation
• Includes numbers indicating at what age child should perform
• Interp. of scores: normal, abnormal, questionable, unstable

Question 3

Assessment for children from 1 month-3.5 years that takes a baseline for intervention by assessing developmental functioning

Answer 3

Bayley Scales of Infant Development

• 5 areas: cognitive, language, motor, social emotional, adaptive behavior
• Comprehensive
• Can obtain from nonverbal child

Question 4

A quick 15 min screening tool for preschoolers to determine a need for a complete eval for at risk children

Answer 4

FirstSTEP Screening Tool

• 2.9 years to 6.2 years
• Used in addition to other preschool assessments e.g., Miller
• Cognition, communication, physical, social and emotional, adaptive
• Table top activities and GM activities
• Standardized

Question 5

Similarities between FirstSTEP Screening Test and Miller Assessment for preschoolers

Answer 5

-Both standardized, begin at 2 years 9 months, preschool assessments

Question 6

Standardized assessment for preschoolers that evaluates mild-mod developmental delays and compares results with norms

Answer 6

Miller Assessment for Preschoolers (MAP)

• Lucy Miller wanted to MAP out plan to predict school-related problems
• Sensory, motor, cognitive
• Task performance screening
• For 2.9-5.8 years

Question 7

Assessment in natural environment for children 0-3/3-6 with areas of focus: cognition, Language, GM, FM social/emotional, Self-help

Answer 7

Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP)

• Hawaii-think natural, family centered, during typical routine
• Free style: non-standardized, flexible assessment, play-based, encourage participation, snack time recommended!
• Curriculum referenced test
• Purpose: monitors growth and development and identifies needs

Question 8

-Standardized assessment for children 6 months-7.5 years with 3 areas: self care, mobility, social skills

Answer 8

Pediatric Eval of Disability (PEDI)

• Detects functional deficits
• Assesses capabilities to detect functional levels
• Standardized behavioral checklist
• Purpose: to I.D. functional capabilities and deficits, caregiver assistance, and modifications

Question 9

Quick 15 mins pediatric sensory assessment that is judgment and observation based and assesses how infants and toddlers respond to sensory input in daily life, includes caregiver/parent Q

Answer 9

Infant and toddler Sensory profile

-Also is an adolescent and adult assessment that is self administered questionnaire

Question 10

Sensory test for 4-8.11 years that includes 17 tests covering visual perception, somatosensory, praxis and sensorimotor. Must have extensive training and certification in to administer

Answer 10

SIPT

Question 11

School based sensory assessment that looks at 3 different settings: classroom, home, school

Answer 11

Sensory Processing Measure (SPM)

-Focus areas include: social participation, praxis and sensory processing

Question 12

Standardized peds assessment for birth to 5 years that includes areas: reflexes, sustained control, locomotion, object manipulation, grasping

Answer 12

Peabody Development Motor Scales (PDMS)

• Pea sized infant
• Early motor and reflexes
• Includes assessment and training tool for planning assessments and intervention

Question 13

Peds assessment for ages 2.6-7.11 years that measures functional tasks needed to participate in classroom (VM, FM, GM, participation)

Answer 13

M-FUN. It’s fun!

-Engaging! Hopping, jumping skipping

Question 14

Peds assessment for 4-21 years that assesses FM and GM

Answer 14

BOT-2

• BOT-ROBOT DANCE
• Speed and accuracy of performance, standardized, norm reference
• Includes preference of hand and foot

Question 15

Peds age for creative play

Answer 15

4-7 years

Question 16

Standardized peds assessment where you copy geometric shapes. Looks at VM integration, visual perception, and motor coordination

Answer 16

• Beery VMI for 2-100 years
• Too much beer –> can’t coordinate VM skills
• Purpose: integration of motor and visual skills
• Non verbal and cultural free! Beer for everyone!

Question 17

Standardized peds assessment for children 4-10 years where child points to shapes and forms to assess figure ground, visual-closure, form consistency

Answer 17

• DTVP-2: Developmental test of visual perception
• DTVP, ET GO HOME-point
• Copy shapes and forms
• Focus on visual perception: figure ground, spatial relations
• Standardized, norm reference

Question 18

Assessment designed for preschoolers that assesses visual motor integration, color and shapes

Answer 18

Preschool Visual Motor Integration Assessment (PVMI)

• 3.5 to 5.5 years
• Behavioral observation checklist for interpretation of results

Question 19

Assessment for 4 years-70 years that tests visual perception but doesn’t require a motor response

Answer 19

Motor Free Visual Perception Test

• Spatial relations, visual discrimination, figure ground, visual closure, visual memory
• standardized, norm referenced
• The Test of visual perceptual skills (TVPS) for 4-18 years is also motor free

Question 20

VM test that is cultural free, only looking at shapes for replication

Answer 20

Beery VMI

• Quick and easy 10-15 min assessment
• Looks at how well motor integrates with what you see
• Ordered by increasing difficulty
• Widely used in school settings to determine eligibility for school services
• Used as outcome measure for handwriting intervention