Week 2- Pediatric Assessment (just some important information) Flashcards
Understanding the normal, orderly sequence of developmental achievement and patterns of integration the basis upon which significant deviation in maturation is gauged
ASSESSING AND TESTING OF INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
PURPOSES OF DEVELOPMENT TESTING
Identifying risk of developmental delay
● Determining eligibility for services
● Intervention planning
● Documenting change over time
● Determining efficacy of treatment over time, or for research purposes
BASIC METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
Examination
Evaluation
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Intervention
● Obtaining patient/client history
● Performing a systems review
● Selecting and administering tests and measures
Examination
● Information about the family and its genetic history, the pregnancy, labor, and delivery of the child, and
the perinatal and neonatal events should be obtained
● Developing a rapport with the family and child, assuring comfort in the environment, and being flexible
and accommodating to the child’s temperament, behavior, or special needs is a necessary skill for the
pediatric physical therapist
Obtaining patient/client history
In order to choose an appropriate test, some guidelines by which to evaluate a test are needed. Stangler and associates have proposed six criteria for evaluating a screening test that can be applied to any
assessment test:
Tools for assessment
defined as acceptance to all who will be affected by the test, including the children and families
screened, the professionals who receive resulting referrals, and the community.
Acceptability
the ease by which a test can be taught, learned, and administered.
Simplicity
screening tests are based on the prevalence of the problem to be screened and on the
applicability of the test to the particular population.
Appropriateness
Includes the actual cost of equipment, preparation, and payment of personnel, the cost of
inaccurate results, personal costs to the person being screened, and the total cost of the test in
relation to the benefits of early detection
Cost
○ Consistency between measurements
○ as well as validity, or the extent
○ to which a test measures what it purports to measure
Reliability
○ the extent to which a test measures what it purports to measure
Validity
The target population of HINT
2.5 months-12.5 months of age
1, It is used as an early screening tool for potential developmental disorders in both high- and low-risk infants
2. Administration?
3. Scoring?
- Harris Infant Neuromotor Test
- 15-30 minutes
- 21 motor behavior items
- It contains an observed scale of 13 dichotomously scored items used to examine an infant’s
spontaneous movements such as head in midline and individual finger and ankle movements. - Administration?
- Scoring?
- Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP)
- 25 to 40 mins
- Total raw scores range from 0-142