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Infancy is one of the most fascinating periods in the human life cycle in two short years infants become thinking speaking social beings as this book explains over the past three decades researchers and clinicians have developed an array of assessment methods for measuring infant development and diagnosing infants with developmental delaysthe field of infant assessment has broadened . Although the bayley scales of infant development ii has excellent properties and has been the most widely used developmental assessment tool299 in infant research and many clinical settings it has not been as helpful in the evaluation of asd. Series in child developmental psychology series in child developmental psychology oxford university press we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Abstract and figures developmental assessment is the process of mapping a childs performance compared with children of similar age the comparison group is obtained from a representative sample of. Infant development is an aspect of early infant development section 1 introduction to the infant section 2 perceptual development in infancy section 3 cognitive development in infancy section 4 social development in infancy section 5 emotional development in infancy section 6 initial stages of infant language acquisition