Developmental Assessments

Question 1

PURPOSE OF DEVELOPMENTAL
ASSESSMENTS

Answer 1

Determine progress
Make placement/promotion decisions
Diagnose learning/teaching difficulties
Guide instruction & curriculum design
Report to parents
Assist child to self-assess
Identify at-risk children
Confirm presence and extent of
disability
Determine appropriate treatment
Find child’s known skills
Demonstrate child’s previous
successes

Question 2

ASSESSMENT PROCESS

Answer 2

1st: develop occupational profile of the
child
2nd: analyze occupational performance
 Observe performance
 Complete selected evaluations as needed
 Consider context, activity demands &
client factors
 Identify child’s strengths & weaknesses

Question 3

PROFESSIONALS WHO MAY BE
INVOLVED IN ASSESSMENT

Answer 3

Audiologist
Child psychologist
Child development specialist
Early childhood special educator
Early interventionist
OT
PT
Peds Nurse Practitioner
Pediatrician
Public Health Nurse
SLP

Question 4

ROLE OF OT & OTA

Answer 4

OT will analyze occupational
performance through observation
OT will choose standardized
assessment
OT/OTA will give assessment (service
competency)