Stanley Greenspan, M.D., one of the world’s leading experts in child development, has developed a screening tool to measure social-emotional milestones in young children ages 0 to 42 months. Early identification of social-emotional deficits and compromises leads to more successful interventions.
Greenspan Developmental Milestones by Age Groups - 0-3 months: Exhibits growing self-regulation and interest in the world
- 4-5 months: Engages in relationships
- 6-9 months: Uses emotions in an interactive, purposeful manner
- 10-14 months: Uses a series of interactive and emotional gestures to communicate
- 15-18 months: Uses a series of interactive and emotional gestures to solve problems
- 19-30 months: Uses ideas to convey feelings, wishes, or intentions
- 31-42 months: Creates logical bridges between emotions and ideas
Greenspan Social-Emotional Growth Chart offers a brief and reliable tool to meet your needs:
- Determine the mastery of early capacities of social-emotional growth
- Monitor healthy social and emotional functioning
- Establish goals for early intervention planning
- Monitor progress in early intervention programs
- Detect deficits or problems with developmental social-emotional capacities
Parent/Caregiver Questionnaires Greenspan Social-Emotional Growth Chart is a questionnaire completed by the child’s parent, educator, or other caregiver to understand how the child uses all capacities to meet needs, deal with feelings, think, and communicate. The questionnaire has the following characteristics:
- Contains 35 items
- Items are ordered developmentally, according to age at which each item is typically mastered
- Prior to mastering a more developmentally advanced behavior, the child is expected to show mastery in the less advanced behaviors that occur at a younger age
- Items are rated using a 5-point scale
- Reported as cut scores
Clinical Utility The
Greenspan Social-Emotional Growth Chart should be given as a preliminary step in childcare screenings, early identification screenings, and pediatric screenings. It should be used to determine whether further assessment/referral is warranted and can assist in monitoring growth and planning intervention.