Provider uses a developmental screening tool that is valid and reliable.

Required Evidence
[ Points: 1 ]

To meet this Standard: If submitting copies of one of the valid and reliable developmental screening tools from the list below, submit:

  • One copy of a completed developmental screening form from the list of the valid and reliable developmental screening tools for 1 child.
OR
If selecting "Other", submit ALL of the following:
  • ONE copy of a completed developmental screening form(s) for 1 child.
  • Show evidence that the tool is designed for the purpose of screening (not assessment).
  • Show evidence that the screening tool is appropriate for use with children between birth and age five.
  • Show evidence that the screening tool covers multiple developmental domains (e.g., physical, social and emotional, cognitive, and language).
  • Show evidence that the screening tool is valid and reliable (information must be provided about the screening tool\'s reliability AND validity).

Attention:

  • MUST be a child screening tool (not child assessment tool).
  • Redact/remove identifying information (name, address, etc.).
  • All pages of the developmental screening form MUST be uploaded; no partial copies.

List of accepted valid AND reliable developmental screening tools:

  • Ages and Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition (ASQ-3).
  • Ages and Stages Questionnaires Social Emotional.
  • Battelle Developmental Inventory Screening Test.
  • Brigance Inventories System II.
  • Brigance Self-Help and Social-Emotional Scales.
  • Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST).
  • Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Early Learning 3rd Edition (DIAL 3).
  • Early Screening Inventory - Revised (ESIR).
  • Learning Accomplishment ProfileDiagnostic Screens.
  • Parents\' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS).
  • Parents\' Evaluation of Developmental Status Developmental Milestones (PEDS:DM).
  • Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales, Second Edition (PKBS-2).
  • Other - Additional documentation is required, see details above.

Intention

When providers use a developmental screening tool that has been researched, tested and shown to measure appropriate developmental milestones, they are assured that the results can be used for curriculum planning, as well as a basis to refer families for special educational services.

Valid: A screening tool is valid when it measures what we want to measure and not something else.

Reliable: A screening tool is reliable when the screening procedure is conducted accurately and consistently over time. The procedure would yield similar results if repeated or if done by a different person.