Date of Publication :17th January 2024

Abstract: Development is the child able to perform the particular task at specific age. It is the process of mapping the child performance when compared with the children of similar age. If the child fails to do more than two task, consider as developmental delay. Early identification and prompt treatment will improve the child development and make productive adult in future. Aim of the study is to assess the young children development among mothers. Descriptive survey research was carried out, ethical permission was obtained and formal permission was obtained from the authority and from research participant. Based on the sample size calculation 300 sample was chosen by convenient sampling technique and data was obtained through interview method by using ASQ-3 questionnaire. The results depict that 92% of children were having normal development and only 8% were having risk in developmental delay. Domain wise the risk and delay was identified in all ages (9 6,8,12,18&24 months). the high mean value (46.91± 9.15) was obtained for communication skill, gross motor skill had the value of 45.10 ±10.75, more or less equal value (44.43± 10.27 & 44.15± 8.87) derived for fine motor skill and problem solving abilities. The lowest mean value (43.65± 11.03) obtained for personal social skill. The young children development was associated with selected demographic variables (Table 03) such as age of the children (2=25.133 p=0.001***(S)), education of mother (2=14.748 p=0.01**(S)) income of the family (2=15.494 p=0.002***(S)) type of family (2=5.455 p=0.02**(S)) and history of consanguineous marriage (2=11.755 p=0.005***(S)). To recapitulate, the developmental delay was considerably high among young children. Also, delay was remarkable in all five domains. So, it requires the health care professional concentrate more on the developmental screening and early identification and prompt treatment.

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