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According to the literature, 12 to 16 percent of children in the United States have at least one
developmental delay, yet as many as one-half of affected children will not be identified by …

An estimated 15% of children in the United States have at least one developmental delay,
yet less than one-fifth of those children receive early intervention services before three years …

Developmental delays and conditions are common in early childhood, and are predictive of
later learning and behavioral difficulties. Early treatment improves outcomes. For this report …

One child out of 6 in your practice probably has a developmental disability.(1) However,
identifying disability will be erratic if you rely solely on clinical judgment and informal …

OBJECTIVES. Our goal for this study was to prospectively test whether parent-completed
questionnaires can be effectively used in the setting of a busy ambulatory pediatric clinic to …

Background: Existing guidelines on screening children less than 5 years of age for
developmental delay vary. In this systematic review, we synthesized the literature on the …

Many screening tools are available to the pediatrician; the ones described here are just a
sample of some that are used commonly. Understanding the purpose and limitations of each …

Context Developmental concerns voiced by parents need to be responded to by structured
developmental screening. Screening is the use of validated developmental screening tools …

The importance of surveillance and screening for developmental problems in primary care
has been well recognized in scholarly reviews and practice guidelines.(1) The need for early …