Developmental Screening and Assessment: What Are We Thinking?

A comparison of the performance of healthy Australian 3-year-olds with the standardised norms of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (version-III)

“…While there is no ideal assessment of development,7 8 the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID)9 and its revisions10 11 are the most widely reported measures. The second version has been extensively used in assessing the developmental outcome of children,12 13 especially in the preterm cohort 14–17.…”

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Future for Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

“…11 David Schonfeld reflected that "the varied perspectives of the different disciplines inform how we come to understand our collective field" but regretted that "reviewers of research grants too often look to see what fact you left out from the proposal that is part of the knowledge base from their specific discipline." 12 Glen Aylward emphasized the important role of caretakers in developmental screening 13 and Robin Hansen exhorted us to "embrace integration as healers." 14 Leonard Rappaport 2 years ago warned of the risks ahead related to sustainability, and Pam High last year presented a wonderful update on interdisciplinary approaches in support of early child development.…”

Magical History Tour of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics: Reflections on Deletions, Slashes, Hyphens, and Developmental Context

“…In the context of a magical history tour, he asked us to "look back…when our founding members and initial faculty had the courage to define a field based on what it had the potential to be and the potential to understand, rather than what it had already demonstrated and carved out as its domain." Glen Aylward 16 is possibly the most photographed of all our past presidents, at least in the archival pictures of past social events. He bravely addressed the science and pragmatics of developmental screening and assessment, issues that have plagued research and practice in both general and developmental-behavioral pediatrics.…”