Assessment and Testing of the Infant and Child

Question 1

For developmental testing: What is the purpose of developmental testing, and how does it guide interventions?

Answer 1

Purpose: Identifies risk of developmental delays, eligibility for services (EI or school), helps plan interventions, re-assesses progress over time, and supports research.

Question 2

For pediatric assessment: What are the basic methods of pediatric assessment?

Answer 2

Parent/patient interview (perinatal history, family history, caregiver concerns), clinical observations (neurological, musculoskeletal, sensory, function, communication), and standardized tests.

Question 3

For selecting a test: What are the guidelines for selecting a developmental test?

Answer 3

Consider the purpose (identify delays, eligibility, research), the child’s age and functional abilities, the area of concern (gross/fine motor, speech), the environment (natural, outpatient, inpatient), and constraints (time, training, space, costs).

Question 4

For the Harris Infant Neuromotor Test (HINT): What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 4

• Assesses: Locomotion, posture, movement, stereotypical behaviors, behavioral state, and head circumference.
• Age: 2.5-12.5 months.
• Early screening tool for potential developmental disorders

Question 5

For the Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screener (BINS): What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 5

• Assesses: Neuro functions, expressive/receptive functions, and cognitive processes.
• Age: 3-24 months.

Question 6

For the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP):

• What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 6

• Assesses: Posture, movement, response to sights and sounds.
• Age: 34 weeks premature to 4 months corrected age.

Question 7

For the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS): What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 7

• Assesses: Weight-bearing, posture, anti-gravity strength in supine, prone, sitting, and standing.
• Age: Term infants to 18 months.

Question 8

For the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM): What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 8

• Assesses: Gross motor function in children with CP; motor skills at or below a 5-year-old level.
• Measures: Lying/rolling, sitting, crawling/kneeling, standing, walking/running/jumping.

Question 9

For the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS-2): What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 9

• Assesses: Gross motor and fine motor skills:
  reflexes (birth to 11 months), stationary skills, locomotion, object manipulation (12+ months)

Age: Birth to 6 years.

Question 10

For the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOT-2):

• What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 10

• Assesses: Gross and fine motor skills (fine motor control, body coordination, strength, agility).
• Age: 4-21 years.

Question 11

For the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development:

• What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 11

• Assesses: Cognitive, language, motor, social-emotional, and adaptive behavior.
• Age: 16 days to 42 months.

Question 12

For the Battelle Developmental Inventory:

• What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 12

• Assesses: Adaptive, personal-social, communication, motor, and cognitive skills.
• Age: Birth to 7 years, 11 months.

Question 13

For the Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP):

• What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 13

• Assesses: Cognitive, language, fine motor, gross motor, social-emotional, and self-help skills.
• Age: 0-6 years.

Question 14

For the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI-CAT):

• What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 14

• Assesses: Functional deficits in four domains.
• Age: Birth to 20 years.

Question 15

For the WeeFIM: What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 15

• Assesses: Self-care, mobility, and cognition.
• Age: 6 months to 7 years (or older children with developmental disabilities).

Question 16

For the School Function Assessment (SFA): What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 16

• Assesses: Functional performance in school tasks (physical and cognitive).
• Age: Kindergarten to 6th grade.

Question 17

For the Pediatric Quality of Life (Peds-QL):

• What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 17

• Assesses: Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with acute or chronic illness.
• Age: 2-18 years.

Question 18

For the Pediatric Outcomes Data-Collection Instrument (POSNA):

• What does it assess, and what is the age range?

Answer 18

• Assesses: Musculoskeletal outcomes.
• Age: 2-10 years (parent report) and 11-18 years (self-report or parent).

Question 19

For the PDMS-2 scoring:

• How is the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale (PDMS-2) scored, and what are the basal and ceiling levels?

Answer 19

Scored on a scale of 0-2:

• 0 = cannot perform,
• 1 = emerging skill,
• 2 = mastery.

Basal Level:

• 3 consecutive scores of 2.

Ceiling Level:

• 3 consecutive scores of 0.