Child evaluation system and method of use
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of developmental delay and/or disorders in children for the purpose of early diagnosis and treatment of children to promote the development of at least one of fine motor skills, gross motor skills, sound articulation and sound discrimination skills, receptive language, expressive language, phonological awareness, phonological processing to prevent reading failure, academic underachievement, color blindness, attention issues and social emotional dysregulation. The systems and methods resulting in the generation of a referral of the individual for services in areas where the evaluation results were deficient to promote at least one of fine motor skills, gross motor skills, sound articulation, and sound discrimination skills.
1 . A computer-implemented method for monitoring neurodevelopment of an individual, the method comprising: executing a processor to perform the steps of
(a) causing the processor to instruct an individual to perform speech, language, fine and receptive and expressive language skills tasks in a testing process;
(b) for a particular task of the tasks, (i) instructing the individual to distinguish predetermined colors; and draw a line or shape to generate a fine motor skill input data and store the fine motor skill input data for processing; (ii) instructing the individual to conduct a spatial motion comprising moving from a predetermined color shape to a second predetermined color shape task to generate receptive and expressive language skill input data and store the receptive and expressive language skill input data for processing (iii) instructing the individual to identify a particular letter and/or say a particular sound in at least one real or nonsense word to generate a sound articulation or a sound deletion input data and store sound articulation input data for processing; and (iv) instructing the individual to determine if one or more sounds individually or in specific combination, are the same or different to generate a sound discrimination input data and store sound discrimination input data for processing, wherein the particular task comprising having the individual grips a writing tool to form a grip position to draw a line or shape;
(c) communicating with the individual to confirm the instruction to distinguish predetermined colors and record a response time to execute the instruction to distinguish predetermined colors into the fine motor skill input data onto a worksheet in the processor, simultaneously recording a second response time to execute the instruction to conduct a spatial motion comprising moving from a predetermined color shape to a second predetermined color shape into the receptive and expressive language skill input data, the said letter sound into the sound articulation input data, and the sound discrimination input data onto the worksheet;
(d) using the stored input data of the particular task from (b) in the processor to simultaneously evaluate the worksheet for the individual's fine motor skill task, the receptive and expressive language skill task, sound articulation and sound discrimination to generate a score assessment for each task in 15 minutes;
(e) using the score assessment to determine a proposed treatment protocol for the respective fine motor skill, the receptive and expressive language skill, sound articulation and sound discrimination;
(f) automatically generating a referral, by the processor sending the proposed treatment protocol for the individual to receive comprehensive services to promote at least one of fine motor skills, the receptive and expressive language skills, sound articulation, and sound discrimination skills, and
(g) delivering the referral to the individual or a caregiver of the individual.
2 . The method recited in claim 1 , further comprising observing behavioral engagement skills of the individual throughout the testing process.
3 . The method recited in claim 1 , wherein generating the referral includes performing one or more of the assessments selected from the group consisting of an anxiety assessment, an attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessment, an autism assessment, and a dyslexia assessment.
4 . The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the services are conducted using artificial intelligence (AI), pre-recorded programs on-line and/or administered in-person.
5 . The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the predetermined colors comprises red, green and blue.
6 . The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the spatial motion comprises placing a blue square next to a red circle.
7 . The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the spatial motion comprises positioning the predetermined color shape adjacent to the second predetermined color shape such that the predetermined color shape is on top of, underneath, inside, near, or beside the second predetermined color shape.
8 . The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises playing and teaching with the individual in-between performing the tasks.
9 . The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the particular task comprises explaining an opposite relationships comprising wet and dry.
10 . The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the language is English and/or another primary language.
11 . The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the instruction to conduct a spatial motion is a multi-step instruction comprising identifying the predetermined color shape and identifying a direction of a movement.