Evaluation of psychomotor development of a child of early age: what should the pediatrician know

Abstract

The authors raise the question of the problems of diagnosis of developmental disorders in young children. The article provides a review of domestic and foreign methods of diagnostics of psychomotor development. The «Algorithm for diagnosing the child’s psychomotor development» is proposed, based on a step-by-step approach to assessing the dynamics of the child’s neuropsychological development.

Keywords

• psychomotor development
• primary care pediatrician
• young children
• screening-diagnostics
• line of development