Assessment is a thorough evaluation of signs indicating that a child may have challenges in one or more domains of development — conducted through FAIRY, our state-of-the-art video-based assessment app.
Built on WHO's ICF-CY framework. Powered by DSM-5. Enriched by domain-level behavioural patterns.
A comprehensive questionnaire plus 4 key activities to determine whether an advanced assessment may be required.
Simple home-based activities recorded as short videos — reviewed by our developmental paediatrician or clinical psychologist.
A comprehensive report outlining the child's behavioural pattern, developmental needs and recommended steps forward.
What is an Assessment?
Assessment is intended to identify developmental variations in a child and assist the family with detailed recommendations and program structure — resulting in the overall well-being of the child.
Assessment at Fairy Tales is a simple three-step process that actively involves both parents and their child. It is conducted through our state-of-the-art video-based assessment app, FAIRY.
"Instead of fragmented reports and delayed insights, you get a structured, clinically aligned engine that turns real-world observations into immediate, meaningful action."
Built on WHO's ICF-CY framework, known for its high precision in developmental evaluation.
Enriched by DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for structured, criteria-aligned interpretation.
Comprehensive coverage across all eight key domains of child development.
Preliminary assessment, advanced assessment, and a comprehensive Well-Being Guide.
The FAIRY Diagnostic Engine
FAIRY transforms how developmental assessments are conducted, interpreted, and acted upon — turning real-world observations into immediate, meaningful action.
Naturalistic Observation
Performance → Participation
Traditional assessments often rely on structured clinic environments where children are expected to perform on cue. But development doesn't happen on cue — it unfolds in everyday moments, routines, and relationships.
FAIRY eliminates this gap by grounding assessment in real-world context. Naturalistic observation shifts the lens from performance to participation.
ICF-Mapped Signal Layer
Observation → Clinical language
Observation alone isn't enough — what matters is how those observations are translated into clinically usable insight. The ICF-Mapped Signal Layer is where FAIRY turns everyday behaviours into a standardized, multidimensional clinical language.
Instead of isolated notes or subjective interpretations, every observed action becomes a structured signal aligned with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) from WHO.
DSM-5 Differentiation Logic
Screening → Understanding
Early developmental concerns rarely present in clean, isolated ways. The same outward behaviour — limited eye contact, repetitive play, poor response to name — can point to very different underlying pathways.
FAIRY's DSM-5 plugged differentiation logic is designed to separate signal from similarity, using structured, criteria-aligned reasoning rather than broad screening labels.
Integrated Clinical Profile
Data → Clarity
After signals are captured and patterns are differentiated, FAIRY brings everything together into a single, unified clinical profile. No scattered notes. No disconnected reports. Just a clear, structured understanding of the child — ready for interpretation and action.
Intervention-Ready Output
Assessment → Action
Most assessment systems stop at identifying concerns. FAIRY goes further — translating clinical understanding into clear, structured, and immediately usable intervention pathways.
Because insight without action doesn't change outcomes. In traditional workflows, reports take days to finalise, recommendations are often generic, and intervention planning happens separately. FAIRY closes that gap.
The Well-Being Guide
The well-being guide is designed around globally recognised skill levels, with recommendations and incremental outcomes integrated into the guide — a structured, actionable report shaped by insights across all eight developmental domains.
A personalised well-being guide outlining the holistic developmental approach for your child — providing a detailed overview of developmental needs, shaped by insights from the familiarisation exercise across eight domains.
Based on the familiarisation exercise, we identify your child's skills, set key goals, and determine the most suitable therapies. Necessary intervention is extended by the chosen centre, with a personalised coaching program for parents.
A structured analysis of your child's behavioural patterns across developmental domains — identifying how they respond to people, routines, sensory input, and daily situations. Provides the clinical team with a clear picture of behaviours that need support, and practical strategies for parents to navigate them confidently.
Exploring Developmental Domains
Child development unfolds through multiple interconnected domains that collectively support overall growth and learning. We assess your child across all eight.
Maintaining balance, adjusting positions and moving around.
Examples: crawling, walking, running, climbing.
Performing actions with hands and arms.
Examples: using a spoon, picking a toy, scribbling.
Maintaining attention, using words and sentences and having conversations.
Examples: listening, speaking and comprehending conversations.
Mimicking actions, using reasoning and solving problems.
Examples: searching for hidden objects, recalling events, making observations.
Self-help, performing everyday actions with safety.
Examples: eating, drinking, dressing and undressing, washing hands.
Playing, talking and expressing emotions with peers and adults.
Examples: display of affection, sharing toys, joining a group to play.
Reading and writing.
Examples: identifying letters and words, matching sounds with letters, understanding a story.
Using numbers to count.
Examples: comparing quantities, writing numbers.