Pediatric Denver II
Pediatric Denver II Assessment Assignment
Complete Denver II assessment on a child between the ages of 0-6. Fill out the worksheet and document finding. Take the child’s height, weight, head circumference (if under 3 years of age), and vital signs. Write 250-500 words summarizing your assessment findings and the observations you were able to make. Remember to maintain HIPPA standards when discussing your client. Write an additional 250 words including evidence-based practice education for the parents/guardians based on what you noted. Discuss TWO interventions/ recommendations for the child to improve on. These interventions/recommendations should be from TWO separate categories (social, language, cognitive, physical). This could include education on how to catch the child up to their age range or what to expect in the coming year and how to help their child learn.
Here are some slides explaining how to complete a Denver II assessment:
| Topic | Emerging: Limited or Growing achievement | Competence: Adequate/basic achievement | Proficiency: Clear/Effective achievement | Mastery: Advanced or exceeds achievement |
| Anthropometric Measurements and Vital signs | Does not include anthropometric measurements or does not include vital signs: 1 point | Only documents one anthropometric measurement or only documents two vital signs: 3 points | Documents two of the three anthropometric measurements and/or only documents three vital signs: 5 points | Documents all three anthropometric measurements and vital signs for the child: 7 points |
| Denver II Assessment
Worksheet |
Denver II assessment worksheet is not completed or not submitted: 3 points | Denver II assessment partially completed and filled out. Very difficult to read student’s findings: 8 points | Denver II assessment completed on a child between the ages of 0-6. Worksheet mostly filled out or difficult to read. Findings not documented well: 12 points | Completed Denver II on a child between the ages of 0-6. Worksheet filled out and documentation on findings: 15 points |
| Summary of Assessment findings | Less than 100 words. Assessment findings minimally summarized: 3 points | 100-150 words. Assessment findings partially summarized and/or difficult to understand: 6 points | 175-225 words. Most assessment findings summarized and in a logical order: 10 points | 250- 500 words. Assessment finding well summarized and easy to follow: 13 points |
| Interventions/
recommendations |
Less than 100 words.
One category used for interventions/ recommendations With no Evidence-based practice research OR intervention does not match assessment findings: 3 points |
100-150 words.
One category used for interventions/ recommendations With Evidence-based practice research: 7 points |
175-225 words.
Two separate categories used for interventions/ recommendations With no Evidence-based practice research for each intervention/ recommendation OR interventions do not match assessment findings: 11 points |
250-500 words. Two separate categories used for interventions/ recommendations With Evidence-based practice research for each intervention/ recommendation: 14 points |
| APA | Citations do not follow APA Style. Quotations, paraphrases, and summaries are not cited, or there is no attempt to cite them using APA style: 0 points | Errors in APA citations are noticeable and may detract from the ability to locate the original source (for example, no title provided, year of publication is missing, no punctuation): 1 point | Errors in APA citations are less noticeable and do not detract from the ability to locate the original source (for example, a missing or misused comma or period, missing parentheses, author name not properly abbreviated, indentation is misaligned): 2 points | APA citations are free of style and formatting errors: 3 points |