Child Development and Behavior

Question 1

Short Stature Definiton

Answer 1

past age 2 years—height below the 2.3 %

Goal: differentiate between benign & pathological etiologies

Differential:
Familial short stature*
Constitutional growth delay*
Turner syndrome
Inflammatory bowel disease or some systemic disease
Growth hormone defiency
*=benign

Question 2

Screening tool—BEARS

Answer 2

B=Bedtime issues
E=Excessive daytime sleepiness
A=Night Awakenings
R=Regularity and duration of sleep
S=Snoring

Question 3

Things that can be associated with night terrors

Answer 3

Things that can be associated are: OSA, RLS, migraines, head injuries, medications, genetics

Question 4

Infant visual development:

Answer 4

Visual fixation is seen shortly after birth—20/400
By 3 months of age most infants can follow an object
By 6 months of age infants have developed stereopsis and binocular vision
By 3-5 years vision reaches 20/20