Development Flashcards
What are the four domains in which we assess development?
Gross Motor
Fine Motor & Vision
Speech, language and hearing
Social, emotional, behaviour and play
What is the median age when we are talking about a developmental milestone?
The age when half of the population achieve it
What is the limit age when we are talking about a developmental milestone?
The age by which the skill should be obtained (usually 2 standard deviations form the mean)
What should a baby be able to do by 6 weeks in each domain?
Gross Motor - Lift head prone
Fine motor and vision - Looks at faces
Speech and hearing - startles to sound
Social Behaviour and play- smiles
What should a baby be able to do by 6 months in each domain?
Gross motor - Lifts and grasps feet, pulls to sit, can roll from front to back
Fine motor and vision - palmar grasp, passes object from hand to hand
Speech and hearing - double syllable nonsense
Social behaviour and play - not shy, mouths everything
What should a baby be able to do by 9 months in each domain?
Gross motor - pulls to stand, crawls, rolls or shuffles
Fine motor and vision - points with finger. early pincer grip
Speech and hearing - mama, dada, understands no
Social behaviour and play - shy, plays peek a boo, may find hidden toy
At what age does stranger awareness develop?
7-8 months
What should a baby be able to do by 12 months in each domain?
Gross motor - cruising, walks holding one hand, may walk well
Fine motor and vision - good pincer grip, bangs toys together
Speech and hearing - knows and responds to own name
Social behavior and play - waves bye bye, plays pat a cake,
What should a baby be able to do by 13-15 months in each domain?
Gross motor - walks unsupported
Fine motor and vision - builds tower of two bricks
Speech and hearing - Knows about 2 - 6 words
Describe the differences between social behavior and play with other children at different ages.
18 months - will play happily on own
2 years - will play near others but not with them
3 years - make believe play with other children
4 years - understands taking turns
5 years - chooses friends
Describe the different drawing and building capabilities assessed in fine motor and vision at different ages
18 months - 3 brick tower, can draw circular scibble
2 years - 6 brick tower, can copy a vertical line
3 years - 9 brick tower, copys a circle
4 years - copy a cross
5 years - copy a square and triangle
What are the red flags in child development?
Any regression of developmental skills at any age
Any parental/professional concerns about vision, fixing or following
Abnormal tone in baby
Early strong hand preference
Strong discrepancy with growth parameters e.g. height, weight and head circumference
History if an increasing gap between the childs developmental ability and that of his peers
Describe some of the common limit ages which indicate referral is necessary.
No speech by 18 months
Cannot sit unsupported by 12 months
No walking by 18 months
How might we define Cerebral Palsy?
A permanent abnormality of movement and posture often accompanied by disturbances in Cognition Communication Perception Sensation Behaviour and Seizure Disorder e.g. epilepsy
In broad terms discuss when the damage of cerebral palsy occurs.
80% antenatally
10% due to hypoxic injury during birth
10% are post natal in origin
Describe some of the post natal causes of cerebral palsy
Meningitis, encephalitis, encephalopathy, head trauma, symptomatic hypoglycemia, hydrocephalus and hyperbilirubinaemia