The challenge of creating culturally appropriate assessment tools for child development
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 17:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Of the approximately 200million children under 5 years old who are thought to be at risk of not fulfilling their developmental potential, the majority live in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. However, little work has been done to establish, and evaluate, the reliability of tools for assessing developmental progress of young children in such settings.