Description
This surveillance and monitoring instrument is employed by professionals or trained paraprofessionals to determine if a child’s development is within the normal range. It is a useful instrument for EPSDT and identifying children at risk. The results are not diagnostic. The DENVER II is designed to reflect the development of a broad range of heterogeneous skills in a minimum amount of time. As such it is not designed to measure any single, or even a few hypothetical constructs such as intelligence, motor functioning, or social skills. Its validity, therefore, is based upon its standardization. The sample of over 2,000 children, representing a broad spectrum of children, was representative of the Colorado population (1980 census). This sample has relatively minor demographic differences between it and the U.S.
