Developmental Assessments

A Developmental Assessment is a structured evaluation of your child's total development — physical, language, intellectual, social, and emotional. At Ovspring, Developmental Assessment can be carried out by our Consultant Paediatrician, and/or from a team-approach to include the Paediatrician, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist or Psychologist, among others. Depending on the concerns presented, our professionals will make recommendations based on the needs of the child and family.

What can you expect at a Developmental Assessment? 

The Developmental Assessment is tailored to your child's age and suspected problem or delay. In general, you can expect that you'll spend time answering a host of detailed questions about your child's growth, movements, behavior, play, and interactions with family members, caregivers and if appropriate, with teachers and friends.

Your child will undergo a series of tests that may include a physical exam, hearing and eye screenings, play observation, and standardized tests that present your child with certain tasks to establish areas of strength and difficulties.  Depending on the age of the child and other factors, the assessment may take more than one session to complete.

At Ovspring, our Paediatrician, together with our team of professionals, are trained to assess children through clinical observations and standardised tests. If you have a concern about your child's development, but do not know where to start, an intake consultation with our Paediatrician is recommended.

Information about Standardised Test
used in Developmental Assessment

The Griffiths Scale is used for testing the abilities of babies from 0 to 2 years is especially valuable to educational and clinical psychologists, clinical medical officers and paediatricians who need to assess the mental development of the very young. The Scale was first published in book form in 1954 under the title 'Abilities of Babies'. The extension of the Griffiths Scale for children of 2 to 8 years was completed in 1967. A book entitled 'The Abilities of Young Children' was published in 1970 and reprinted in 1984. These scales provide a standardised development profile of the child's total mental progress and not just one aspect of 'intelligence'. The Griffiths Scale is used internationally in Hong Kong and Australia, and its use is restricted to clinicians trained and registered with the ARICD.

Information about standardised tests used in speech language, occupational therapy and others can be found under the various links on the right menu.