Saturday, June 17, 2017

The parents of a preschool child have been given instructions about the Denver II.. This test will tell me what developmental tasks my child can do today



The parents of a preschool child have been given instructions about the Denver II. Which of these statements, if made by the parents, would indicate that they correctly understood the teaching?
a. This test will tell me whether or not my child’s IQ is normal
b. This test will tell me what developmental tasks my child can do today
c. This test will measure my child’s development
d. This will let me know if my child’s development is normal or not

Answer B. The Denver II is a screening test, not diagnostic.
The results indicate what tasks the child was able to perform the day of the test only.
It is not an intelligence test so no IQ score is obtained, it does not measure development.
The word measure implies a diagnostic result.
The test does not determine whether a child’s development is not normal.
It screens only. If a child has a result other than normal that child either needs to be rescreened or evaluated by a developmental specialist to determine if the development is normal or not.