Nipissing District Developmental Screen (NDDS) has created and provides the Screen Forms to assist parents, healthcare and childcare professionals (users) with a convenient and easy to use method of recording the development and progress of infants and children within certain age groupings. The Screen Forms are not meant to be a substitute for the advice and/or treatment of healthcare and childcare professionals trained to properly and professionally assess the development and progress of infants and children. As such, the Screen Forms are not intended or designed to be “do it yourself” substitutes for proper and professional advice and/or treatment.

Although the Screen forms may help users to determine when they need to seek out the advice and/or treatment of healthcare and childcare professionals, it must be clearly understood by users that the Screen Forms can not substitute for the advice and/or treatment of healthcare and childcare professionals.

Users of the screen forms should consult with competent healthcare and childcare professionals for advice and/or treatment respecting specific children and their particular needs.

Users should bear in mind the following when using the Screen Forms:
(i) The needs of each infant/child are unique. Each infant/child will develop differently and as such, any perceived limitations in development must be reviewed by a healthcare and/or childcare professional to be properly assessed;

(ii) While every effort has been made to make the Screen Forms as culturally, economically and geographically neutral as possible, it must be understood by users that they may still reflect some cultural, economic or geographic prejudices. As such, these prejudices may affect a specific infant’s/child’s results in a Screen Form without actually reflecting a developmental limitation. Again, users should contact a healthcare and/or childcare professional to review the needs of an individual infant/child;

(iii) The Screen Forms cannot contain every possible indicator of developmental limitations or goals to be met. As such, the Screen Forms are not designed for and should not be used to diagnose or treat perceived developmental limitations or other health needs.

Every effort has been made to ensure that the Screen Forms have been formulated with a reasonable standard of care. Except for this representation, and as otherwise specifically provided in the Screen Forms, NDDS make no representation or warranties, express or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, any implied warranty or merchantability of fitness for a particular use or purpose, and specifically disclaims any such warranties and representations. NDDS expressly disclaims any liability for loss, injury or damages incurred or occasioned as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use of the Screen Form.

The Screen Forms are sold with the understanding that NDDS is not engaged in rendering medical or childcare advice or other professional services.

Nipissing District Developmental Screen Product License

The Screen Forms, and any content contained therein including but not limited to text, graphics and artwork, is the copyright of Nipissing District Developmental Screenand is subject to copyright and other intellectual property laws. By purchasing the Screen Forms, the user agrees to be bound by the terms of the following limited license. Pursuant to the terms of this limited license the user is granted the following limited rights:

(i) Each page of the Screen Form shall only be used in relation to an individual infant/child;
(ii) When a Screen Form page has been used for an individual infant the completed Screen Form page may be copied for archival purposes only, or in order to provide a copy to a healthcare and childcare professional in order to assist in the advice or treatment given by the recipient professional for the individual infant/child;
(iii) The user shall not make copies of the Screen Form pages in any form except as provided in (ii) above;
(iv) The user shall not modify the Screen Forms, either in whole or in part, and shall not remove any of the trademarks, trade names or copyright notices of Nipissing from the Screen Forms, either in whole or in part;
(v) The user does not acquire any proprietary or other interest in the Screen Forms.

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