BRS-Behavioral Flashcards
Four domains of development
Motor
Language
Psychosocial
Problem Solving
Developmental quotient equation + normal value
developmental age/ chronological age x 100
normal = 85+
Infants with CNS injury have stronger _____ but delayed _____
primitive reflexes; postural reactions
Birth:
gross motor
fine motor
language
abilities
turns head
fists hands
attenuates to voice
When is moro reflex present? hand grasp? rooting?
all start at birth
moro: to 4 months
hand grasp: to 1-3 months
rooting: to 6 months
When is atonic neck reflex present?
2-4 weeks –> 6 months
3-4
4-5
6-7
fine motor milestones
3-4: hands to midline
4-5: reaches
6-7 transfers object
9, 12 month fine motor milestones
immature, mature pincer
mature vs immature pincer
thumb and finger vs finger TIP
When should hand dominance be present?
18 months
Which developmental domain is most commonly delayed and is also the best predictor of intelligence
language
Optimal language acquisition occurs during
first two years of life
3,6,9 month speech abilities
3- cooing (vowels)
6- babbling (vowels + consonants)
9- jargoning
12,18 month words
12: 1-3
18: 20-50 + 2 word phrases
2,3 year language milestones
2 word –> 3 word sentences
half understood –> 75% understood
What are the three speech development phases
prespeech: 0-10
naming 10-18
word combination 18-24
When is the sensorimotor period of cognitive development?
birth to two
When does functional play begin?
1 year
When does imaginative play begin?
24-30 months
When are concrete and abstract thinking present?
concrete- elementary
abstract- adolescent
When is magical thinking seen?
preschool, toddler years
Cause of language + problem solving delay
retardation
Cause of language delay
hearing vs communication disorder
Cause of isolated problem solving delay
fine motor vs visual impairment
Discrepencies between what two domains put child at risk of learning disorder?
language and problem solving
When does sense of “self” appear
15 months
When does parallel play occur? when does sharing emerge?
2- parallel
3- sharing
Maternal risk factors for CP (2)
multiple gestation
PTL
Prenatal risk factors for CP (3)
IUGR
malformations
infection