1. Gesell Developmental Schedules By Zeyad Chreim

2. Author Arnold Gesell Professor at Yale University
Established the Yale Clinic of Child Development
He believed that a child’s behavior develops in a patterned predictable way.

3. “Giselle's early work involved the study of mental retardation in children, but he soon became convinced that an understanding of normal development is necessary for the understanding of abnormal development.”

4. Gesell Tests
Gesell Preschool Test – For children between the ages of 2 ½ and 6.
School Readiness Test – For children between the ages of 4 and 8.

5. What does it measure?
The Gesell Developmental Schedules cover four fields : Motor, Adaptive, Language and Personal-Social
The Gesell Developmental schedules yields the Developmental Quotient (DQ) rather than an Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

6. Four Fields
Motor - Kick large balls, Walks on tiptoe, Skips, Jumps in place, Jumps down, Stands on one foot, Standing board jump, Hops on one foot and Throwing and catching beanbags
Adaptive – Cube, Paper and pencil and incomplete man

7. Gesell Developmental Schedules
The Gesell Tests are not scored numerically
Scores are placed on the Gesell Developmental Schedules
The schedules are divided into intervals of six months
Gives an examiner a quick and clear view of a child’s behavior level

8. Critics
The Gesell Tests do not take into account other problems that a child might have.
A child may be given a lower Developmental Quotient
In order to prevent a skewed test result a child should be given a vision and hearing test.

9. Validity, Reliability and Guidelines
Are largely comprised of subjective interpretations
The guidelines for qualifying the examiner vary from one program to another. - Results may vary
Criteria and guidelines for qualifying the examiners uniform and standardized.
Children perform differently under different stimuli

10. Four Fields
Language – Interview, discriminates prepositions, digit repetition, picture vocabulary and comprehension questions
Personal-Social – Feeding, dressing, play, communicative and temperament

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