Developmental Assessment: Theory, practice and application to neurodisability

This book presents a new approach to the developmental assessment of preschool children that can be applied to both typical children and those with disabilities. It shifts away from vaguely defined ‘milestones’ to what the author calls ‘thinking developmentally’, i.e. consideration of the developmental content of spontaneous behaviour, test items and test responses. While traditional tests are retained in this approach, the rationale behind what is being tested is carefully explained. The r...