INFORMAL
ASSESSMENT
FOR CHILDREN’S
DEVELOPMENT
CHILD FIND
GENERAL INFORMATION
I.PERSONAL DATA
Name: Dashy Apit
Age:11
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: July 17, 2010
Place of Birth: Cebu City
Address: Tisa Cebu City
Religion: Roman Catholic
Nationality: Filipino
School: Labangon Elementary School
II.FAMILY DATA
Name:
Date of Birth /Age
Place of Birth
Occupation
Educational Attainment
Father
Romeo Apit
June 23, 1985
Cebu City
Mother
Maricar Balderobar
May 26, 1988
Cebu City
Internet shop owner
College level
None
College level
B. Number of brothers and sisters:
B:
2
S: 2 Rank First
C. Is there any member of the family who has
disability? Yes ( cousin with autism )
D. Person/s who is/ are directly taking care of
the child. Father and stepmother
III. EDUCATIONAL DATA
A. What was the age of first
B. How was the performance?
I.
schooling? 5 yrs old
Below average
RECREATORY and SOCIAL PARTICIPATION
A.
Does he / she play outside the home? At the age of 4 play only his
toys at home and speak only the words (walowlo). At the age of 5 he
started to play with peers.
B. With whom? With his cousins
C. Were there trouble? sometimes
D. Why? He can not control his anger sometimes
IV. MEDICAL HISTORY (from conception to present)
A.
Was it a “wanted birth” yes if not, why?
B. Was mom sick during pregnancy? No
C. Was medication given? No
D. Was there stress / trauma/ accident during pregnancy?
No
E. Was delivery normal? yes
SCREENING
OBSERVED BEHAVIOR:
Cognitive Development:
> He reads very slow and has little comprehension.
> He has very limited sight words.
> He has short attention span and easily gets
distracted.
> He has difficulty in following the directions directly.
Communication , Language and Speech
Development
> He often stutters when speaking.
> He uses incomplete words and
ungrammatical phrasing.
> He is unable to summarize or tell a story in
sequence.
> He can keep an eye contact but easily gets
distracted when speaking.
Self- Care Development:
 He does not brush his teeth regularly
because he often forgets to do so.
 He sometimes forget to put back the
things he used.
 He did not take a bath everyday and
sometimes did not change his clothes
regularly.
AFFECTIVE DOMAIN:
He is curious and explore the environment.
He plays with adults ( cousins) and peers.
He initiates interaction through calling.
CHILD’S SKILLS:
He can able to spell words like cat and two.
He can answer the question who.
He has little comprehension.
He can only read CVC and CVCC words.
FINDINGS
Dashy is found to be having difficulties
and delays in terms of his Cognitive ,
( learning difficulties )
Communication , language
and Speech Development
and even his Self-Care or his adaptive behavior
Diagnosis
IMAGES during ASSESSMENT
IMAGES during ASSESSMENT
The Child manifested the characteristics of a learner who
has developmental delay such as:
>Late talking ( He is already 5 years old that he
learned to talk or speak. He has limited vocabulary.
>Difficulty in reading long words.
> Difficulty in answering basic WH- questions.
> Difficulty in remembering the sequence of events.
> Having hard time in caring himself like changing his
clothes regularly.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
The child needs constant guidance and supervision of the
parents.
Talk to him a lot.
Continue to have social interaction.
The child showed / manifested the characteristics may be
developmentally delayed and should be observed further.
He also be given formal assessment or speech language
assessment to address his problem in communication.
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