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This study investigated the relation between age and gender, the child's major problem perceived by parents, the relation between the major problem and the diagnostic result, the comparison of the developmental diagnosis profile according to the type of retardation, and correlation with subcategories of the diagnosis and the type of retardation. The subject were 267 children referred by showing language, motor, or pervasive developmental retardation. They received the Munchener Funktionelle Entwicklungs diagnostic(MFED). The result indicated that the MFED could be used for children between on 11 and 181 months old. The parents pointed out the motor retardation for the child of 24 months old and language delay for the child of more than 24 months as the major problem showing the high appearance rate. However, the diagnostic results revealed more developmental retardation rather than the language delay. It is necessary to distinguish developmental or language retardation from language retardation of the child whom the parents perceived as showing language delay. According to the type of retardation, the subject showed different profile of the MFED subcategories. It indicates that the MFED is appropriate for functional development diagnosis of the retarded child. On correlation with the subcategories and the type of retardation, the development of the developmental delayed showed almost identical level of every domain, the development of the language delayed revealed the significant correlation with receptive language, expressive language, and social interaction, the motor development of the motor retarded had an influence upon all domains.

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