Observing and Documenting Developmental Milestones

 

What are developmental milestones?

Milestones occur in each developmental domain: physical, cognitive, language and

social/emotional.

1. Assess the four areas of development

2. Use the developmental milestone checklist provided to conduct an assessment of the

child’s developmental levels.

3. Select two milestones per developmental domain to observe and analyze.

4. Next, choose 1 of the 2 milestones per domain to study further.

a. Research logical and developmentally appropriate activities that would further the

development of the respective milestone.