CRITICAL-EVALUATION OF DENVER TEST ACCORD ING TO CHILDRENS SAMPLE OF MILAN

Developmental differences in the Denver Developmental Screening Test i tems were demonstrated between Denver and Milan samples of children. T he Milan children were generally more advanced than Denver children, e specially for items acquired during the first two years of life, while they were slower in some items especially after three and half years of age. However, a statistical comparison between the Denver and the M ilan samples of children is impossible, because for evaluation of the results in the Denver children no logistic statistical method was used . Furthermore, in the Milan children a smaller variability in the age of achievement of items was found.