Research Article
Challenges of Assessing Maltreated Children Coming into Foster Care
Table 1
Scores on the Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS).
| | No/A little | Yes |
| Concerns about how child talks and makes speech sounds | 49 (70%) | 21 (30%) | Concerns about how child understands what you say | 62 (89%) | 8 (11%) | Concerns about how child uses hand and fingers to do things | 66 (96%) | 3 (4%) | Concerns about how child uses arms and legs | 63 (90%) | 7 (10%) | Concerns about how child behaves | 50 (71%) | 20 (29%) | Concerns about how child gets along with others | 59 (84%) | 11 (16%) | Concerns about how child is learning to do things for him/herself | 68 (97%) | 2 (3%) | Concerns about how child is learning preschool skills | 60 (90%) | 7 (10%) |
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