Hi. The Griffiths is an excellent developmental assessment tool for the age group 0 to 8.

Hello, I usually use The Developmental Profile as it provides information not just on cognitive domain, but also physical, adaptive-behavior, social-emotional and communication. It is also a great tool for creating intervention programs for children with developmental delays. 

Thanks Haris im seeking for information regarding the Development Profile to see how it is and if its better than the age of stages. Thanks Renate havent found much information regarding the Griffiths but im seeking for it.

Bayley scales - the complete version - are yet my choice but there is also the Mullen Scales.

Thanks i was wondering even thought that there are so many scales but i havent found information regarding which one would be better on sensitivity or if theres one superior to the other. But thanks for your information.

hai...Morban sir ... For cognitiv development screening test der r several tool among dose popular one according to age wise... From birth to 3yrs u can use beyley scale from3-6 yrs u can use Crpm revens scale .. From 5-9 u can us wippsi scale ... As per my experience I hav suggested .. Along with screening u can judge d IQ of child. If any developmental delay also.... If any more information u plz welcm to suggest me... And dese tool comfertably use for indian conditions..

Hi Demian

I used the Griiffiths for my study tacking infants 2-18 months old.

Griffiths Mental Development 0-2 year Scales, (GMDS; Griffiths, 1954; revised1996) to each baby in the study. This measure has been validated using a British sample (n= 571; Griffith, 1954) and revised with a more recent sample (n= 665; Huntely, 1996). Clinical use of the scales is restricted to trained psychologists and developmental paediatricians (I was trained by the Association for Research in Infant and Child Development). The scale uses a range of standardised items to test the infants’ developmental profile based on five subscales: Locomotor, Personal-Social, Language, Hand and Eye coordination and Performance. The total scores are also used to calculate the child’s age equivalent and ‘general quotient’.

http://www.hogrefe.co.uk/search-results?q=griffiths

Best wishes

Catrin

Hi Catrin

Thanks for your information. Im a general pediatrician and i have done some online courses on childhood development mostly because i havent found where to do development pediatrics or more courses to do about childhood development. Im seeking what tool would be best for a research proposal im doing and im having some problems deciding which tool to use? also if you would know some places to do more courses regarding childhood development/developmental pediatrics i would appreciate it.

Thanks again and best wishes for you too.

Demian

Hi Shweta Naik

Thanks for your opinion, it seems bayley scores are the one most used. And my population to study would be from birth until the age of 3 or maybe the age of 5, so i would need one tool that screens that range of age, with a good cognoscitive evaluation for the purpose of my research and behavior, even thought for behavior im going to use a Thomas Chess scale.

Regards,

Demian Herrera

fine... Morban sir..... In beyle tool der is 3 tool and beyley -3 consist of cognitive, socio-emotional, launguage devt , behaviour devt

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I would surely recommend the Bayley-3 since it has recently been validated, which is not the case for the Griffiths; otherwise you can use the ASQ as well or combine the two since the ASQ is a parent-report.

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Thanks for the information Bregje A Houtzager, do you know by chance if the development profile 3 is also validated?

Thanks in advance.

I think that another good developmental test is the Merrill-Palmer-revised, it works from birth to 6 years of age.

http://www.wpspublish.com/store/p/2854/merrill-palmer-revised-m-p-r

Thanks Gonzalo, now my debate would be between MPR-WPS, Bayley 3, A&G 3 that i know are revised and DP3 (i dont know if its revised) what pair or individual test should i choose.

Garden (HAKONIWA) therapy might be helpful , innovated by Hayao Kawai.

A new version of the Griffiths- Griffiths III - is due out in spring 2016. It is a modern and continuous scale from birth to 5years 11 months. New areas included are emotional development and communication. The cognitive tasks are together in a subscale Foundations of Learning.

The Griffiths has been available to allied health professionals for some years now.

First,  i am so glad you are able to use the Denver. However, the Denver is not a psychometric  assessment tool. It is a screening tool that can tell you whether a  very  young child needs a more in- depth assessment.  The tools recommended above  by other responders are all fine. I  personally do love the Psyche Cattell   test. It can be  used with tiny infants  from a month  through 4 years of age  and the Standard Deviation   (SD) of the score dovetails with the  SD of the Stanford  Binet test, that remains  my all time preference for preschool psychometric cognitive assessment.. The Cattell  test sheet  can and should  be given to a parent or caregiver who brings the little one!. Thus, unlike with the Bayley, which requires computations later, after the child has left the office, the Cattell  permits the adults to see for themselves  as you are  doing the assessment, just where the basal is  for this child ( basal =  where all items at a given age level have been passed) and where the ceiling is (  ceiling =   where every item at  that  given age level has been failed.)

 Thus the parent or care provider is empowered to understand more  clearly  just  at what levels this infant/toddler or preschooler is functioning. I also like that for each month / age level set of items, there are two extra items  provided. Thus, in case a tiny one simply refuses to engage with one particular item as a particular age,  there is always an alternative you can present.. In addition, if there is a lot of scatter, so there is a great distance between basal and ceiling, then one realizes there may be extra difficulties cognitively for this young one.

Thanks Alice for the information but when i google Psyche Cattell test i found a biography or a personality test can you give me a link to find it.

The majority of studies use the Bayley scale. In This case you could use the third version, recently validated.

Thanks Miguel ill try the bayley scale 3 but i would like to find more about the PSyche Cattell Test

 Some days ago I suggested a French scale. I don't know if that scale is validated in terms of English, Why don' t you think about the Uzgiris and Hunt's six scales: See, for this Assessment in infancy: Ordinal scales of psychological development: Urbana: University of Illinois Press. These scales are based on Piaget's theory. Their problem may be that theses scales are only applicable from infants to 2.year-olds

Thanks Orlando but it needs to be from newborns  until they reach the age of 3 or maybe even 5 years old.

I too use the Denver.  Why do you want to screen only cognitive skills?  It is hard to measure cognitive skills alone as infants respond with their whole bodies to stimuli.  It's how they're wired.  Development is difficult to segment that way. Each child is unique and develops in their own pattern.  

In my hospital we used the Bayley scale since newborn until 3 years old. Between 3 and 5 years old, i think that nothing is very good.

We are not experience in the The Cattell  test sheet . Now In my country, evaluations were initiated with thee ASQ:SE y el Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) for parents, is easier that Bayley

Some one has experiencia with this test?

In Puerto Rico, we assess them with the Bayley III and also use the ASQ's social-emotional scale. 

Diagnosis: Battelle developmental inventory, Bayley scale.

Screening in general population: ASQ 3

Screening in risk population: probably, STAT (>2yo)