Developmental assessment: Developmental assessment involves knowing how your child grows and changes over time and whether your child meets the typical developmental milestones in playing, learning, speaking, behaving, and also in moving. You can use a brief checklist of milestones to find out how your child is developing. If you notice that your child is not meeting milestones, talk with your pediatrician or developmental pediatrician about your concerns. A missed milestone could be a sign of a problem, so the developmental pediatrician will take a closer look by using a more thorough test or exam.
The developmental screening takes a closer look at how your child is developing. Your child will get an brief test, or you will complete the questionnaire about your child. The tools used for developmental and behavioral screening are formal questionnaires or checklists based on research that ask questions about a child’s development, including language, movement, thinking, behavior, and emotions. Your child should be screened if you or your doctor have any kind of concern. However, developmental screening is a regular part of some of the well-child visits for all children even if there is not a known concern.
Developmental evaluation :
A brief test using a screening tool does not provide a diagnosis, but it use to indicates if a child is on the right development track or if a specialist should take a closer look. If the screening tool identifies an area of a concern, child may require a formal developmental evaluation . This formal evaluation is a more in-depth look at a child’s development, usually done by a trained specialist, such as a developmental pediatrician, child psychologist, speech-language pathologist, occupational therapist, or any another specialist. He or She may observe the child, give the child a structured test, ask the parents or caregivers questions, or ask them to fill out the questionnaires. The results of this formal evaluation use to determine whether a child needs special treatments or early intervention services or both.