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Developmental Assessment Flashcards

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What age would the lack of the following milestone be of concern?

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4 months

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At what age would a lack of the following developmental milestone be of concern?

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18 months

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What are red flag signs on developmental assessment?

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  • Loss of developmental skills
  • Hearing loss
  • Persistent low muscle tone/ floppiness
  • No speech by 18 months - esp if no other communication
  • Asymmetric movements/increased muscle tone
  • Not walking by 18m/Persistent toe walking
  • OFC - > 99.6th / < 0.4th / crossed two centiles/ disproportionate to parental OFC
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What is the definition of development?

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Gaining functional skills throughout childhood

Typically 0-5 yrs

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What developmental domain is the following milestone?

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Fine motor

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What is the following milestone?

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Pull to stand

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What developmental domain does the following milestone fall under?

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Fine motor

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What biological risk factors can influence development?

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  • Prematurity
  • Low birth weight
  • Birth asphyxia
  • Chronic illness
  • Hearing/vision impairment
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At what age do children begin to feed themselves with cutlery?

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12-18 months

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What is failure to thrive/faltering growth?

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Child growing too slowly in form and usually in function at the expected rate for his or her age

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What weight are children by 6 months of age?

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Approximately double their birth weight

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What is the following milestone?

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Stacking 4 or more blocks

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What is the following developmental milestone?

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Crawling on hands and feet

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What age do children start to refer to parents directly (e.g. mama and dada)?

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7-10 months

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What age does the following developmental milestone commonly occur?

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10 months

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If you had trialed feeding in hospital for faltering growth, and intake had been poor, what could be the causes (in a general sense…)?

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  • Organic disease
  • Feeding disorder
  • Non-organic/mixed
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17
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What weight do children normally reach by the age of 12 months?

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10 kg

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What age does the following developmental milestone commonly occur?

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12-18 months

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What age do children normally begin to start walking up and down stairs without support?

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18 months - 2 years

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If you had trialled feeding in hospital in a child with faltering growth, and there was good intake but no weight gain in hospital, what would you suspect the cause would be?

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Organic cause e.g. coeliac disease etc.

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21
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What is the following milestone?

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2 blocks or more stacking

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At what age do children start to form sentences?

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20-24 months

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What developmental domain does the following fall under?

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Fine motor

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24
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When does the following milestone normally occur?

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8-9 months

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If you had trialled feeding in hospital in a child with faltering growth, and there was good intake in hospital, what would you then assess to determine the cause?

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Weight gain

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26
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What is the following developmental milestone?

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Rolling (back to belly)

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27
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What is the following developmental milestone?

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Lifting head and chest

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At what age are children normally able to walk up and down stairs, one foot per step at a time?

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2.5 - 3 years

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At what age should you be concerned that a child has produced no clear words?

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18 months

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30
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What age would the lack of the following developmental milestone be of concern?

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6 months

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31
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What developmental milestone is this?

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Sitting unsupported

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If you had trialled feeding in hospital in a child with faltering growth, and there was good intake and weight gain in hospital, what would you suspect the cause would be?

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Non-organic e.g. poor feeding/neglect

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33
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What age does this milestone most commonly occur?

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6 months

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34
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When does this milestone normally occur?

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2 months (6-8 weeks)

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35
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What are the 3 key measurements of a child under the age of 2 years?

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  • Weight
  • Length
  • Head circumference
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36
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What age do you take head circumference up to?

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2 years

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37
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What age would a lack of the following milestone become of concern?

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2 years

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38
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When does the following milestone normally occur?

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10 months

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39
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At what age would the lack of this milestone be of concern?

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2 months

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40
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What developmental domain is the following milestone?

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Gross motor

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41
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What age are children able to follow a set of 3 simple instructions in order, and what developmental domain is this?

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3.5-4 years

Speech and Language

42
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What environmental factors influence development?

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  • Poverty
  • Low parental education
  • Parental mental illness
  • Social isolation
  • Maternal alcohol
  • Drugs
43
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What developemental milestone is this?

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Social smile

44
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What age would a lack of the following milestone be a concern?

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12 months

45
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What developmental domain is this?

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Gross motor

46
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What are the 5 developmental domains?

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  1. Gross motor
  2. Fine motor
  3. Speech and language
  4. Social
  5. Self help
47
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What can baby’s start to do once they reach the following milestone?

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Walk around whilst holding onto things

48
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At what age would the lack of the following milestone be of concern?

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12 months

49
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If you wanted to determine the cause of faltering growth after Hx and Ex, what would you do?

A

Admit to hospital and trial feeding

  • Observe feeding
  • Mother handling
  • Dietetics review
  • Development
50
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What age do children start to develop 1 or 2 words with meaning?

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12-18 months

51
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At what age does object permanence begin to occur?

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9-12 months

52
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When does the following milestone commonly occur?

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6-8 weeks

53
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At what age does the following developmental milestone commonly occur?

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4-6 months

54
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What are some of the non-organic causes of faltering growth?

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  • Poverty/socio-economic status
  • Dysfunctional family/parent child interactions
  • Lack of parental support
  • Lack of preparation for parenting/education
  • Child neglect
  • Emotional deprivation syndrome
  • Poor feeding or feeding skills disorder
55
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What is the following milestone?

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Transfer object from one hand to another

56
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What is the following developmental milestone?

A

Walking unaided

57
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When would the lack of the following milestone become a concern?

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12 months

58
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What age does the following milestone most commonly occur?

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About 2 years

59
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What is the following developmental milestone?

A

Pincer gasp

60
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What developmental domain is the following milestone?

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Gross motor

61
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What is the following known as?

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Bottom shuffling - often runs in families

62
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At what age do you start measuring the childs height rather than their length?

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2 years

63
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What age does the following milestone commonly occur?

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18 months

64
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What developmental domain is this?

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Social

65
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What is object permanence?

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Looks for objects when they fall out of sight

66
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What age would the lack of the following milestone be of concern?

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18 months

67
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What age do children normally begin to respond to their name?

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6-9 months

68
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What are some maternal causes of faltering growth?

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  • Poor lactation
  • Incorrectly prepared feeds
  • Unusual milk or other feeds
  • Inadequate care
69
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What developmental domain is the following milestone?

A

Fine motor

70
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At what age would the lack of the following developmental milestone be of concern?

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9 months

71
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What age do children start babbling?

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6-9 months

72
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When examining a child with faltering growth, what would you be looking for signs of?

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  • Dysmorphic features
  • Developmental delay
  • Anthropometric discrepancy
73
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What is the average head circumference by 12 months?

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45 cm

74
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What factors can influence development?

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  • Genetics
  • Environment
  • Early Experience
  • Antenatal problems - infections, toxins
  • Post natal - infection, toxins, trauma, malnutrition, metabolic, maternal, abuse, under stimulation
75
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What age would a lack of the following milestone be of concern?

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9 months

76
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What age does the following milestone commonly occur?

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7 months

77
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What developmental domain is the following milestone?

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Gross motor

78
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What developmental domain is the following milestone?

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Gross motor

79
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What developmental domain is the following milestone?

A

Gross motor

80
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What age would a lack of reaching for things become a concern?

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6 months

81
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What is casting?

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When a child drops an object and watches it fall

82
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What age do children normally reach with a palmar grasp?

A

6 months

83
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What age does casting normally occur?

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12 months

84
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What is the direction of normal development (i.e. is it head to toe or toe to head)?

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Cephalocaudal

85
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What are the primitive reflexes?

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  • Moro
  • Grasp
  • Rooting
  • Stepping response
  • Asymmetrical neck response
86
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What is the moro reflex?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTz-iVI2mf4

Sudden extension of the head causes symmetrical extension, then flexion, of the arms

87
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What is the grasp reflex?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TidY4XPnFUM

Flexion of fingers when object placed in palm

88
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What is the rooting reflex?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_Y_jg2soc

Head turns to stimulus when touched near the mouth and begins sucking (rooting) - helps with breastfeeding

89
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What is the stepping response reflex?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJIcKkxx7wg

Stepping movements when held vertically and foot dorsum touches surface

90
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What is the asymmetrical tonic neck reflex?

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Lying supine, infant adopts an outstretched arm to the side the head is turned

91
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What are the postural reflexes?

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  • Labyrinthine
  • Postural support
  • Lateral propping
  • Parachute
92
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What is the labyrinthine reflex?

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Head moves in opposite direction to the way the body is tilted

93
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What is the postural support reflex?

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When held upright, legs take weight and may push/bounce

94
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What is the lateral propping reflex?

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In sitting, the arm extends on the side to which the child falls as a saving mechanism

95
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What is the parachute reflex?

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When suspended face down, the arms extend as though to save themselves

96
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What age do children develop symbolic play?

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18 months

97
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What is symbolic play?

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Ability of children to use objects, actions or ideas to represent other objects, actions, or ideas as play.

98
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What age do children begin to scribble?

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18 months

99
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What age can children normally draw circles?

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3 years

100
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What age can children draw circular scribbles?

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24 months

101
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What age can children walk up stairs with alternative feet?

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4 years

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