Childhood Developmental Screening (CDS) is conducted as part of preventive care for all children, with the aim of identifying children at risk of developmental delay for early intervention.
There are seven recommended touchpoints spread across the first 6 years. Each screening visit includes a combination of growth monitoring, physical examination and developmental check on the four domains: personal-social, fine motor, gross motor and language. These screenings are typically conducted together with the recommended childhood vaccinations.
The recommended touchpoints for CDS and National Childhood Immunisation Schedule (NCIS) vaccination visits are listed in Figure 1 below.
Figure 1: Recommended touch points for CDS and NCIS vaccination visits:
FOOTNOTES:
- D1, D2, D3: Dose 1, Dose 2, Dose 3
- B1, B2: Booster 1, Booster 2
- 10-11, 12-13, 13-14 years: Primary 5, Secondary 1, Secondary 2 (Tdap, IPV, HPV (for females) and MMR (as catch-up) vaccines are provided as part of Health Promotion Board's school-based vaccination programme)
- MMR: Only the dose 2 is recommended to be given as part of the MMRV vaccine
- Hep B: Doses 2 and 3 are recommended to be given as part of the 6-in-1 vaccine at 2 and 6 months, respectively
- Please visit Primary Care Pages (www.primarycarepages.sg) for the NCIS.
- 1 Clinicians may wish to conduct the CDS together with vaccinations at 3 months old for children starting on 5-in-1 (DTaP/IPV/Hib) schedule, and at 4 months for children starting onthe 6-in-1 schedule.
