childs journey - growth, development and health Flashcards
1
Q
What is development in childhood
A
Gaining functional skills throughout childhood
2
Q
What age should someone be referred if they are not walking by
A
18 months
3
Q
What is the link between bottom shufflers and age of walking
A
Bottom shufflers are often late walkers
4
Q
What are the red flags
A
- Loss of developmental skills
- Parental concern about vision
- Hearing loss
- persistent low muscle tone - floppiness
- No talking by 18 months
- Asymmetric movement
- Notwalking by 18 months
- Persistent toe walking
- Very large head or small head
5
Q
What screenings are done as part of the child health programme
A
- New born exam
- heel prick, blood spot screening
- New born hearing screening by day 28
- 6-8w review
- 27-39 month review
- Orthoptist vision screening 4-5 years old
6
Q
What is done at the 6-8 week review
A
- Feeding
- parental concerns
- development
- measurements
7
Q
What is checked in the 27-30 month review
A
- Social behaviour
- communication
- speech
- language
- motor function
- vision
- hearing
- physical measurements (height and weight)
8
Q
What is measured for growth
A
- Height
- Length
- Weight
- OCF - up until 2
9
Q
What is failure to thrive
A
The child is growing too slowly in form and usually too slowly in function at the expected rate for their age
