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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present research study was undertaken to study the developmental status of tribal children attending Anganwadis. A sample of 180 children in the age range of 3-6 years who were attending Anganwadi centers in Adilabad district of Telangana state were selected by purposive random sampling method. Ex-post facto research design was opted for the study. Developmental assessment checklist was used for assessing the developmental status of children. Frequencies and Percentages were used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that more than half of tribal children from 3-6 years had moderate developmental status in almost all the domains of development. Developmental status in Gross motor, fine motor, Socio-emotional, Communication domains were slightly better when compared to creative expression and cognitive domains in all the age groups. The developmental status of 3-4 year old children was better compared to 4-5 and 5-6 age groups of children.