Developmental assessment

This refers to the assessment of the development of children.

 

The key questions to answer

Gross motor skills

• Can they sit? 
• Can they walk? 
• Can they run?
• Can they balance?
• Can they hop?
• Can they use stairs?

Fine motor skills

• Can they build structures with bricks?
• Can they draw? 
• Can they turn pages in a book?

Speech / language skills

• How many words can they string together?
• Can they follow instructions?

Social skills

• Can they recognise social cues?
• Can they play imaginative games?

 

Developmental age: 6 months 

Gross motor skills

• Can sit without support. Rounded back.
• Can roll from tummy (prone) to back (supine).

Fine motor skills

• Can transfer objects from hand to hand.

Speech / language skills

• Can babble.

 

Developmental age: 12 months 

Gross motor skills

• Can walk alone.

Fine motor skills

• Can stack 2 blocks.

Speech / language skills

• 3 words.

 

Developmental age: 18 months 

Gross motor skills

• Can run.
• Can jump.

Fine motor skills

• Can stack 4 blocks.

Speech / language skills

• 1-6 words.
• Can understand nouns.

 

Developmental age: 2 Years 

Gross motor skills

• Can run tiptoe.

Fine motor skills

• Can stack 8 blocks.
• Can draw a verticle line.

Speech / language skills

• 50+ words
• Can string 2 words together. 
• Can understand verbs.

Social skills

• Should be beyond stranger fear.

 

Developmental age: 3 Years 

Gross motor skills

• Can kick a ball.
• Can hop on one foot for 3 steps. Capable with each foot. 
• Can walk upstairs, one foot per step. Can walk downstairs, two feet per step.

Fine motor skills

• Can stack 8 blocks.
• Can draw a verticle line, horizontal line, a circle.

Speech / language skills

• Can string 3-4 words together.
• Can understand prepositions.
• Can understand negatives.
• Can understand adjectives.

Social skills

• May share with friends.

 

Developmental age: 4 Years

Gross motor skills

• Can kick a ball. 
• Can hop on one foot for 3 steps. Capable with each foot.
• Can walk upstairs / downstairs like an adult.

Fine motor skills

• Can stack 12 blocks.
• Can draw a circle, a cross.

Speech / language skills

• Can understand comparatives.
• Can understand complex instructions.
• Can describe complex narratives or sequences.

Social skills

• Can play imaginative games and follow rules.
• Can show concern and sympathy.