GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT SCREENING IN PRESCHOOL- AGE CHILDREN BASED ON DENVER DEVELOPMENT SCREENING TEST II

Abstract

Early detection of child growth and development deviations is a major global theme in
modern child health services in the first 5 years of life. Detection activities are intended to assess
whether there are deviations in child growth and development, and influencing risk factors, so that
intervention actions can be carried out as early as possible. This study aims to determine the results of
growth and development screening in the kindergarten A group at Darma Wanita Persatuan Medalem
Kindergarten. This study used a type of descriptive research that used total sampling with respondents
as many as 25 kindergarten A students by using the DDST II observation sheet research instrument
which then the screening results were processed in the form of data tabulation. From the research
conducted, it was found that in the four sectors of growth and development tasks, the results of
caution and delay were the most in the language sector, namely caution 12% and delayed 4%, while
personal social 1 delayed 8% and 2 delayed 4%, and in the gross motor and fine motor sectors the
results were 100% normal. The success of stimulation is influenced by when the initial time is given,
how long, and how to do it. Some factors that can cause caution or delayed results are,