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Question: What is the Infant-Toddler Developmental Assessment ?
Answer: The Infant-Toddler Developmental Assessment identifies children who are developmentally at-risk. The test is designed for children ages birth to 3.6 years.
The IDA is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary. Family-centered six-phase process that takes into account the complexity and interdependence of health, family and emotional/social factors influencing a child's development. IDA is an integrated process to determine the need for monitoring, consultation, intervention, or other services for the child or family. It may also be used to develop an initial Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP).
1. Referral and Pre-interview Data Gathering - to confirm the referral, gather and assimilate preliminary information about the family and child, and make initial contact with the family.
2. Initial Parent Interview - to elicit parental concerns during the assessment, obtain information about the child's history, health and development, and gather information about the family that has relevance to the child's development.
3. Health Review - to gather and organize health information from the parents, primary care provider, medical records and sources; to conduct the health review, and complete the Health Recording Guide, and consider the role of health factors on the child's development.
4. Developmental Observation and Assessment - to create a profile of the child's development, along multiple lines, based on obtained information.
5. Integration and Synthesis - to review the information gathered throughout the course of the assessment, consider the need for consultation, integrate and summarize findings, identify program options and prepare for a parent conference.
6. Share Findings, Completion and Report - to bring the assessment to completion, share findings, develop a plan, and facilitate entry into services.
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