I think the point is to not make people anxious or to blame anyone. Most parents would want to know if there are any delays because early intervention is key in most instances. So although this can be traumatic and sometimes inaccurate, I bet it does more good than bad at catching delays so that the child can get help they need.
@Nichole I don’t think it’s meant to be a regular scenario, I think you are supposed to give that scenario/test for your child as you read the questions, before you go to the appointment. We also had this bottle question. Another one was, “does your child understand that the toy still exists after you cover it with a blanket?”. I didn’t know the answer, so I did with my kid. All of these are supposed to test key developmental and cognitive abilities for their age.
Honestly I take things like this with a laughable approach my son is currently under cdc and “scored” quite low on one of these but it made him start getting through the system a lot faster than had we probably not had one . I never even tested him on some of them I just knew him and knew hed have no interest in doing it . If anything I think they’re quite fun in away but that’s me personally obviously x
I did the 10 month one a few months ago and one of the questions was : Does your child try to get a raisin out of a bottle? In which world is this a regular scenario.