The Developmental Assessment of Young Children, Second Edition (DAYC-2) is an individually administered, norm-referenced measure of early childhood development for children from birth through age 5 years 11 months. It measures children’s developmental level  and helps identify children with possible delays in the domains of Cognition, Communication, Social-Emotional Development, Physical Development, and Adaptive Behavior. The domains can be assessed independently or you can choose all five for a measure of general development. The format allows the examiner to obtain information through observation, interview of caregivers, and direct assessment; may be used in arena assessment so that each discipline can use the evaluation tool independently.

Subdomain scores are provided for receptive and expressive language within the Communication Domain and for gross and fine motor within the Physical Development Domain.