Denver II Developmental Screening Paper

Denver II Developmental Screening Paper

A case of Audrey B., 3 years and 1 month old, female, Caucasian. The girl has no history of major illnesses or surgery, with no current health concerns. Her family has no history of diabetes or heart disease.
Introduction
She was born full term through vaginal childbirth and was breastfed for only the first month before she was discontinued and started taking formula feedings.

The girl is not taking any medications. and she is currently enrolled in a day-care program where she gets to play with other children of her age. The girl is to undergo a Denver II Developmental Screening test to check if she is growing properly for her age.

The ages between toddler and preschool is a sensitive time to assess the child for developmental problems such as mental retardation, which is detected at 2 years old if the child is not able to achieve any language milestones (Hazen, Abrams, Muriel, & Danforth, 2008).

Developmental Milestones The Denver II Developmental Screening test was developed as a tool to detect developmental disorders in children early on. It tests the child in various areas with developmental milestones.

The developmental milestones from the Denver II Developmental Screening Test include cognitive and language/communication skills, fine and gross motor skills and social/emotional skills.

Every year of a child’s life from birth to the age of five has a set of expectations for each category (Shahshahani, Vameghi, Azari, Sajedi, & Kazemnejad, 2010). ……………………………