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Table B. Percentage of Infants / Toddlers Increasing in Each Domain of the DRDP-R Percent of Children
Developmental Domain
Increasing in Ability
100.0% 78.6% 89.3% 89.3%
100.0% 96.4% 92.9% 53.6% 85.7% 78.6%
Children are Personally and Socially Competent
Self Concept
Self Regulation
Language
Children are Effective Learners
Cognitive
Math
Literacy
Children Show Physical and Motor Competence
Children are Safe and Healthy
Young children’s healthy social and emotional development is critical to school readiness and positive long-term outcomes.xxii, xxiii, xxiv The existence of early childhood behavior problems predicts well beyond the school years as well and is linked to social and mental functioning in adulthood.xxv, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, xxix Figures 1 through 5 show gains from pretest to posttest in domains of social and emotional development: personal and social competence, self concept, social interpersonal skills, self regulation, and language. Greater than 85% of children attained the top 3 developmental levels in Personal and Social Competence, Self Concept, Social Interpersonal Skills, and Self Regulation. Greater than 80% of children attained the top 3 developmental levels in Language by posttest.
Figure 1. Developmental Change in “Children are Personally and Socially Competent”
100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%
7.1%
7.1% 7.1%
42.9%
35.7%
17.9%
57.1%
14.3%
10.7%
Pretest
Posttest
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Figure 2. Developmental Change in “Self Concept”
100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%
10.7%
25.0%
50.0%
53.6%
25.0%
17.9% 3.6%
10.7% 3.6%
Pretest
Posttest
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
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