Trivandrum Developmental Screening Chart (TDSC) is a simple tool to assess early developmental delay and practically requires no training.
TDSC uses major developmental milestones from birth to 2 years, which give us a fair idea whether baby’s physical and mental development is falling within the normal limits.
This chart stacks 17 common developmental milestones with respective range of age (in months) when each milestone is usually achieved.
To use this, simply hold a finger or a pencil vertically on the figure denoting the baby’s age. (For example if the baby is eight months old then hold the pencil straight on the mark denoting that age.)
The milestones that are now falling to the left of that vertical pencil/finger should be achieved by your baby. The milestones falling on the right side are still some time away to be achieved.
If your baby is not achieving the milestones as per the chart guidelines, then a specialist opinion needs to be sought immediately.
Founder of Right Parenting Lifestyle Guidance Program, and Founder-Editor of rightparenting.com, Dr. Mandar V. Bichu is a practicing pediatrician with nearly three decades of international experience. He is also an acclaimed author, journalist, blogger, innovator, community health educator and communicator.
