For the gross motor category the following aspects should be assessed: motor control such as sitting, walking, jumping and other movements.For the language category the following areas are assessed: production of sounds, ability to recognize, understand and use a language and the ability to combine words.For fine motor-adaptive category the following aspects are assessed: hand-eye coordination, handling small objects such as grasping or drawing.For personal-social category the following aspects are assessed: socialization inside and outside the home for example smiling of the child.The test consists of up to 125 items which is divided into four parts:.Finally, the test is conducted again when the child is 3 years old.The same test if repeated when the child is 10 months old.Ideally, DDST is completed when a child is approximately 3 or 4 month of age.This test is not a test of intelligence but of the child’s level of development.Ĭategories of Development that are rated in DDST are the following: The name “Denver” reflects the fact that this screening test was created at the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver.
DDST can detect developmental delays during the infancy and preschool years. It is the most widely used tool to assess childhood development. The Denver developmental screening test (DDST) is a test for screening cognitive and behavioral problems in children 0 to 6 years of age as to their development progress.
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