Child Development Flashcards
What is the definition of Preterm infant?
Gestational Age of 37 weeks
How do you calculate the adjusted age for a baby?
Date of Assessment-Date of Birth=CHRONOLOGICAL AGE
Then
40(full-term)-gestational age=term number
Then
CHRONOLOGICAL AGE-term number=ADJUSTED AGE
**Slide 5/6 is easier to look at
In the Neonate describe the following: Posture Scarf Sign Popliteal Angle Ankle DF Slip Through Pull to Sit Rooting Reflex Sucking Reflex Grasp Reflex ATNR Reflex
Posture: less physiological flexion due to lack of flexor tone
Scarf Sign: no resistance to passive movement
Popliteal Angle: 135-180 degrees
Ankle DF: 60-90 degrees
Slip Through: does not set shoulders when held under arms
Pull to Sit: complete head lag
Rooting Reflex: absent
Sucking Reflex: weak
Grasp Reflex: absent
ATNR Reflex: absent
What are some motor development goals?
- Control body against gravity
- Balance
- Keeping one body part still while moving another
- Routine based
- Interest based
List the developmental progressions
Prone - Supine - Rolling - Sitting - Standing - Walking;
Most milestones occur within 0-36 months
Prone progression
Prone lying - prone on elbows - prone on extended arms - pivot prone - quadruped - locomotion in prone
Sitting Progression
supported–> propped/tripod–> ring–> half-ring–> long–> side
Standing progression
supported–> independent–> cruising–> independent locomotion–> stair climbing
Balance skills make up..
the normal postural reflex mechanisms
Righting
body tilted in any direction & head moves to upright position where mouth horizontal & face vertical
Tilting
surface child is seated/standing moves–> COM shifts
Equilibrium
on stationary surface and force of perturbation directed on child’s body–> COM shift to BOS
Protective
regaining balance when COM pushed beyond borders of BOS
grasp reflex integrated at..
4 months
grasp progression
ulnar-palmar–> palmar–> radial palmar–> inferior pincer–> neat pincer