@conference{
author = "Videnović, Marina and Rajić, Milana and Stepanović Ilić, Ivana and Mihić, Ivana and Lozanović, Dragana and Sokal Jovanović, Ljiljana",
year = "2019",
abstract = "It is scientifically proven that developmental screening improves care quality of an infant in early childhood (Macy, 2012). The aim of this research was to identify the number of children in Serbia who are developing typicaly, the number of children who need monitoring and the number of children who need further referral to the assessment. The total sample consisted of 1388 parents of children from 2 to 60 months. The Ages and Stages Questionnaire was used. The questionnaire covers 13 ages - from 2 months to 60 months, and each describes the skills in the following domains: communications, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving and personal/ social abilities. Each domain consists of six activities. For each activity, the parent assessed whether the child is performing regularly (10 points), sometimes (5 points) or not yet (0 points). The child's profile is obtained by summarizing points for each domain. Total number of points in each domain, indicates the typical development, the need for monitoring or the need for further referral to the assessment. The results obtained in the communication domain showed that 8.45% of the children in the total sample are those who need monitoring, while 4.95% of the children belong to the group that needs further referral. The highest percentage of children who need further monitoring in the communication domain was at the age of 24 months, where there are activities related to showing and naming objects in the environment, responding to simple tasks and using pronouns, while the highest percentage of children who need referral to was at the age of 2 months. In the domain of gross motor, 9.8% of children have need for monitoring, while 4.87% of children have need for further referral. The highest percentages of children who need monitoring were at the age of 6 months (17%), 30 months (15.4%) and 48 months (16.5%). In the domain of fine motor, 12.78% of children have a need for monitoring, and 4.68% of children have a need for further referral. The highest percentage of children who need monitoring was at the age of 24 months (17%), where there are activities such as stringing of pearls or macaroni on the rope, which is a potential activity that does not have every child in the experience, and at the age of 30 months (18.4%), where activities are related to drawing and pulling lines with a pen. When it comes to problem solving, 11.78% of children belong to the monitoring group, and 4.65% of children in the group for further referral. Finally, in the domain of personal/social abilities, 11.52% of children have a need for monitoring, and 4.35% have the need for further referral. The highest percentage of children in the monitoring group was at the age of 30 months, where there are activities related to independence - feeding, dressing, etc. According to the obtained results, the guidelines for strengthening the capacities of parents to encourage child development in these domains were discussed.",
publisher = "Filozofski fakultet u Novom Sadu",
journal = "Book of abstarcts of Current Trends in Psychology",
title = "Early childhood development screening in Serbia. How much is environment supportive for early childhood development in Serbia?",
pages = "38-36",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4407"
}
