Caregiver-identified strengths in children attending their first neurodevelopmental assessment: Findings from the Sydney child development research registry and development of a child strengths checklist There has been a growing focus on the importance of understanding strengths in children with neurodevelopmental conditions, but there is little research exploring caregiver-reported strengths at the time of diagnostic assessment. In this study, we explored caregiver-identified strengths in...

Our goal was to develop a checklist that could be completed by caregivers at the time of diagnostic assessment and reviewed by clinicians as part of the diagnostic assessment and observation. This checklist can be used to contribute to an integrated strengths-based approach for the diagnostic narrative that meets caregivers’, clinicians’, and children’s needs. You can download a copy of the CANS Checklist below.

Recent years have seen remarkable progress in our scientific understanding of early childhood social, emotional, and cognitive development, as well as our capacity to widely disseminate health information by using digital technologies. Together, these scientific and technological advances offer exciting opportunities to deliver high-quality information about early childhood development (ECD) to parents and families globally, which may ultimately lead to greater knowledge and confidence among...