The Denver Developmental Screening Test*

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The Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) was devised to provide a simple method of screening for evidences of slow development in infants and preschool children. The test covers four functions: gross motor, language, fine motor-adaptive, and personal-social. It has been standardized on 1,036 presumably normal children (two weeks to six years of age) whose families reflect the occupational and ethnic characteristics of the population of Denver.

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    Supported in part by National Institutes of Health General Research Support Grant FR 5357.

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    Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Medical Center, 4200 E. Ninth Ave., Denver Colo. 80220.

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