DEVELOPMENTAL TEST ---------> is used to assess developmental stages in babies and children. Basically, there are some particular things/acts which babies and kids do at a particular time and 90% of them follow this pattern. for examples:
- most babies start smiling at the age of 6 weeks.
- at the age of 6 months, you would expect them to sit with or without support and by 9 months, they can independently sit on their own.
- they will then start walking between 12-18 months.
- by 1 year of age, they usually can recognize objects and make single words like 'mama' and 'dada'.
- by 2 years old, kids will usually develop their social skills and mix around with other people. at this age, they will start sharing things like toys and food with other kids/people.
the above points are just a few examples of what kids can do at a particular age. indeed, they are many other things which they can do apart from these things. a delay in a certain aspect of development may suggest an underlying problems of illnesses such as cerebral palsy, autism, ADHD or etc. nevertheless, the delay may just be a normal thing since a small proportion of kids do deviate from the normal distribution.
so...
in this test, i was given a boy with an unknown age (the examiner would of course know his age though ;-0). the boy was accompanied by his mother and i had to play with him while assessing his language ability, social skills, gross and fine motor functions at the same time. at the end of the session, i had to guess the boy's age by considering various aspects of his developmental wise. i told the examiner that the boy was 18months old when he was actually 23 months old. but hey, i passed anyway since i assessed every aspects of development and my guessing was within the 6 months range which was the requirement to pass the test hehehe..
