PEDIATRICS Vol. 86 No. 1 July 1990, pp. 148-149
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Denver Developmental Test Problems

LEONARD HERSHER MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York

To the Editor.—

Although 80% of pediatricians feel that their training in assessing a child's development was inadequate,1 it is estimated that between 20 million to 30 million children have been screened worldwide with the Denver Developmental Screening Test.2

With ith so many children tested by so many inadequately trained physicians or their assistants, it is virtually unavoidable that the test sometimes will be used incorrectly. One effect of improper testing may be the not inconsiderable raising of anxiety among parents who are told that their children are developmentally delayed when in fact they are entirely normal.