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DENVER II TRAINING VIDEO
LISTENING GUIDE
I.
What is the Denver II?
II.
What is needed for Denver II?
III.
What does each box indicate?
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IV.
Four areas covered on the Denver II:
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3.
4.
V.
Steps in administration of Denver II
1.
_____________ child and caregiver
2.
_____________ purpose of the test
3.
Calculate _____________________
4.
Draw age line
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5.
Guidelines for ________ of testing
6.
______________ test items
7.
________________ of test items to administer
VI.
Preparing child and caregiver
VII.
Explain purpose of the test
VIII. Calculate child’s age
(1 month = _____ days, 1 year = _____ months)
Date of testing
Date of birth
90 – 5 – 10
90 – 1 – 04
4m 26d
Example:
90 – 5 – 10
89 – 6 – 14
Date of testing
Date of birth
For prematurity:
If child is born more than ______________ early:
*Divide weeks premature into months and days
*Use 4 weeks to a month and 7 days to a week
Adjusting for prematurity only applies to children born more than
_____________ prematurely and less than _______________ old.
Example:
Child was born 6 weeks prematurely
90 – 10 – 20
Date of testing
89 – 01 – 04
Date of birth
1y 9m 16d
1m 14d
Adjustment for prematurity
1y 8m
2d
Age of child
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IX.
Drawing the age line
X.
Order of testing
1.
Talk with parent about ____________ items in personal-social area
2.
3.
4.
*In each section, begin with ______ items that are completely to the
_______ of the age line.
XI.
Scoring test items
1.
Write the score at the ________ hash mark
P = ______________________
F = ______________________
R = ______________________
NO = _____________________
XII.
2.
At the end of the exam, check boxes on the front of the form that
relate to child’s behavior then ask ___________ if child’s behavior
was typical for child.
3.
Additional observations are recorded _______________________.
Number of items to administer (varies depending on the age and purpose
of the screening)
Goal: ______________________________________________________
Items to administer:
1.
_______________ items to the ________ of the age line.
2.
If the child fails one of these items, ________________________
_____________________________________________________.
3.
Administer ___________ items that the age line passes through.
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4.
Continue testing to the right of the age line until ____________
____________________________________________________.
XIII.
Demonstration of selected items
XIV.
Interpretation of Denver II
1. Delays
2. Shading the box for delays
3. Cautions
4. Marking for cautions
5. Normal =
__________________ delays
maximum of ___________ caution
Screen ______________________
6. Suspect =
_________________ cautions and/or
_________________ delays
rescreen ______________________
7. Untestable =
______________________________
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