Which assessment is designed for infants and toddlers and has six major developmental domains including personal connections and movement?

• A. Bayley Scales of Infant Development
• B. Denver Developmental Screening Test
• C. Ounce Scale
• D. Ages & Stages Questionnaire

Answer: (C)

This question is about an assessment built specifically for infants and toddlers that measures development across multiple areas, not just one skill. The clue is the set of six major developmental domains, with explicit references to personal connections and movement. The tool that fits this description is the Ounce Scale. It was designed for very young children and uses a holistic approach across six domains, including a social-emotional/personal connections domain and a movement-related domain. It often combines observation with input from caregivers to capture development in everyday activities and interactions.

Other prominent tools differ in the number of domains or how they gather information. For example, the Bayley Scales of Infant Development cover several areas but are organized differently and don’t map to six domains in the same way. The Denver Developmental Screening Test screens across four areas and is mainly a quick screening tool, not a six-domain, infant-t toddler-focused measure. The Ages & Stages Questionnaire is a parent-completed screen that covers five areas, not six. So the six-domain structure with personal connections and movement is distinctive to the Ounce Scale.