Developmental milestones Flashcards
At what stage is it pathological that a child is unable to sit unsupported?
9 months
At what stage is it pathological that a child is unable to walk unsteadily?
18 months
What is the upper limit, before you start worrying about a child who is unable to follow a moving object/face by turning their head?
3 months is the upper limit
At what stage is it pathological for a child to be unable to produce the mature pincer grip?
12 months
At what stage is it pathological for a child to be unable to reach out for toys?
6 months
At what stage would you expect a child to be able to draw:
a) straight line
b) square
c) circle
d) triangle
e) cross
a) 2 years
b) 4 years
c) 3 years
d) 5 years
e) 3.5 years
Regarding gross motor development, and speech and language development what would one expect a newborn to be?
- GMD: limbs flexed symmetrically, marked head lag on pulling up
- SALD: startles to loud noises
At 6-8wks regarding gross motor development, vision and fine motor development, and social what would you expect?
- GMD: raise head to 45 degrees when prone
- V+FMD: follows moving object or face by turning head
- S+EBD: smile
At 4 months what would you expect of the child?
- Reach for toys
- Coos and laughs, vocalize alone/when spoken too
What vision and fine motor developmental skill should a child have grasped by 4-6 months?
Palmar grasp
At 7 months what language and vision and fine motor developmental skills should the child have?
Transfer toy from one hand to other
Polysyllabic babble
At 6-8 months what skills should a child have obtained?
Sit without support
Sounds used indiscriminately at 7 months
Put food in mouth
What motor developmental skill should be obtained at 8-9 months?
Crawling
At 10 months considering gross motor, vision and fine motor, hearing, speech and language development, social what would you expect of the child?
- Stand independently and cruise around furniture
- Mature pincer grip
- Dada, mama (sounds indiscriminately)
- wave bye-bye, peek-a-boo
At what stage would you expect the child to wave bye-bye and say peek-a-boo?
10-12 months
At 12 months what would you expect from the child regarding their gross motor ability?
Walk unsteadily with a broad gait and hands apart.
What would one expect of a 12 month old’s hearing and speech/
Two to three words other than dada and mama, able to understand a single word
What would one expect of a 15 month old regarding their gross motor development?
Walk steadily
Regarding speech what would one expect at 24 months?
Able to make simple phrases and join two or more words (e.g. give me ball)
At 18 months would be reasonable to expect a child to eat for themself?
They can hold the spoon and food safely in their mouth
At what age could one expect a child to start toilet training?
2 years
Gross motor of a 2.5 year old?
Run and jump
What social skills would you expect of a child at the age of 2.5 years?
Parallel play, interactive play evolving and taking turns
Give an example of a sentence that one would expect a 2.5 year old to be capable of (and what is it that they are now capable of)?
Talk in 3-4 word sentences.
Joined commands:
e.g. push me fast daddy
What fine motor skills would you expect a child to gain between the ages of 2 to 5?
Brick building and pencil skills
