Paed Child Healt Can
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Paed Child Healt Can · Dec 2012
ReviewEvidence-based milestone ages as a framework for developmental surveillance.
Developmental surveillance is the process of monitoring child development over time to promote healthy development and to identify possible problems. Standardized developmental screeners have greater sensitivity than milestone-based history taking. ⋯ A novel, five-sector milestone framework with upper limits, referenced to the best available level of evidence, is presented. This framework may be used in teaching and may help physicians to better recognize failed milestones to facilitate early identification of children at risk for developmental disorders.