Of 2,000 mothers surveyed by Bounty Parenting Club on behalf of the Pre-School Learning Alliance, 87 per cent said they feared children could be misdiagnosed in the development check because of varying rates of development in young children.
However, 85 per cent believed an early progress report could help to indentify and manage any concerns that might arise over their child's development.
The survey, which sought parents' views on the plans for development checks, also found mothers felt the most important area of learning for the check to focus on was communication, language and literacy (71 per cent said this was 'very important'), followed by personal, social and emotional development (65 per cent) and physical development (63 per cent).
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