HSPMC: Training Guide-Individualizing: A Plan for Success (Appendix C)

Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community:
Individualizing: A Plan for Success
Appendix C

This chart summarizes the characteristics of screening instruments that are designed for use with children from birth through the preschool years. You can contact the publisher for a sample copy of the instrument and use the checklist on page C-3 as you review the instrument.

Instrument	Publisher	Ages	Categories	Administration
Ages and Stages Questionnaire	Paul Brookes Publishing, Co.	4 to 48 months	Communication Gross motor Fine motor Problem solving Social development	Parent-completed child monitoring system
Battelle Developmental Inventory Screening Test (part of the Battelle Developmental Inventory, a diagnostic evaluation tool)	DLM Teaching Resources	Birth to 8 years	Motor Communication Personal-social Adaptive Cognitive	Assessment methods include administration of test items to children, observation of a child in a natural context, and a parent report
Birth to Three Developmental Scale	DLM Teaching Resources	Birth to 36 months	Oral language Problem solving Social-personal Motor	Assessment takes place through observation or parent report
Brigance Early Preschool Screen	Curriculum Associates	2 to 2½ years		Directions are printed on two-sided easels for use as a reference during the screening process
Brigance Preschool Screen	Curriculum Associates	3 to 4 years		Directions are printed on two-sided easels for use as a reference during the screening process
Denver Developmental Screening-II	Denver Developmental Materials, Inc.	2 weeks to 6 years	Gross motor Fine motor/adaptive Personal-social Language	Designed for use in clinical settings
Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning--Revised (DIAL-R)	American Guidance Services	2 to 6 years	Motor Concepts Language behaviors	Administered by a team of adults as children rotate through screening stations
Minnesota Child Development Inventory	Behavior Science Systems, Inc.	1 to 6 years	General Gross motor Fine motor Expressive language Comprehension-conceptual Situation comprehension Self-help Personal-social	Designed to supplement a parent interview when questions are raised regarding a child's possible developmental delays