Developmental Milestones Flashcards
All primitive reflexes are present at birth expect which? When does it appear
Parachute reflex
7-9 months
2 month milestones
Head up to 45 deg prone, head steady when held
Hands open half the time, bats at objects
Turns to voice, coos
Prefers to usual caregiver
Follows past midline
Social smile
4 month milestones
Sits with support, lifts head and chest, rolls front to back
Palmar grasp, reaches, brings items to midline
Laughs, squeals
Purposeful sensory exploration of objects
Turn taking conversations
6 month milestones
Sits tripod, rolls both ways
Raking grasp, transfers between hands
Babbles
Looks for dropped object, stranger anxiety starts
Expresses emotion
9 month milestones
Pulls to stand, sits well
Inferior pincer grasp, gestures, mama and dada
Object permanence, peek a boo
Separation anxiety starts
12 month milestones
Walks few steps, wide based gait
Fine pincer, throws objects, finger feeds
1 word with meaning, responds to name, 1 step command with gesture
Imitates gesture and sounds, uses objects functionally
Points at wanted items, explores
15 month milestones
Walks well
Uses spoon, open cup, tower of 2 blocks
Points to 1 body part, 1 step command no gesture, 5 words
Looks for hidden object
Shared attention!
18 month milestones
Stoops and recovers, runs
Tower of 4 blocks, scribbles, removes clothing
Points to object, 3 body parts, 10-25 words
Imitates housework, symbolic play
Parallel play
2 year old milestones
Jumps, up and down stairs
Handedness established, tower of 6 blocks, vertical line
2 step commands, 50+ words, 50% intelligible, 2 word phrases
Searches for hidden objects
Tantrums, possessive, no!
3 year old milestones
Pedals tricycle, up stairs alternating feet
Undresses, draws circle, cross, turns pages
3 step commands, 200 words, 75% intelligible, 3-4 word phrases, “why”, knows name, age, gender
Simple time concepts, identifies shapes, counts to 3
Cooperative play, role play, separates easily
4 year old milestones
Hops on one foot, down stairs alternating feet
Draws x, square, diagonals, cuts with scissors, buttons
Sentences, 100% intelligible
Counts to 4, identifies 4 colours
Preferred friends, fantasy play
5 year old milestones
Balance on one foot, skips, bicycle
Draws person, prints letters/name
5000 words, phonemic awareness
Counts to 10, ABCs
Group of friends, games with rules
Ages for creating a tower of
1. 2
2. 4
3. 6
blocks
- 15 months
- 18 months
- 2 years
What should you be able to draw at
1. 18 months
2. 2 years
3. 3 years
4. 4 years
5. 5 years
- Scribbles
- Vertical stroke
- Circle, cross
- X, square, diagonals
- Person with 10 body parts
Red flag ages for:
1. Not sitting supported
2. Not sitting unsupported
3. Not standing
4. Not walking
5. Not running
- 9 months
- 12 months
- 15 months
- 18 months
- 2.5 years
Red flags for
1. Not holding items
2. Not reaching
3. Hand preference
4. Remaining fisted
- 5 months
- 6 months
- < 2 years
- 4 months
Red flags for
1. No words
2. No 2 words together
3. Not understood by familiar adults
- 18 months
- 2 years
- 3 years
Red flags for
1. No smile or vocalizations
2. No pointing
3. No pointing for shared attention
- 2 months
- 14 months
- 2 years
How old is the child who: stands on one foot briefly, rides tricycle, draws circle, copies cross, counts to 3, knows 3 numbers, paralel plays
36 months (3)
Early signs of autism at 6-12 months
Reduced or limited smiles
Limited or no eye contact
Limited reciprocal sharing of sounds, smiles, facial expressions
Little/weird/no babbling or gestures
Limited response to name when called
Early signs of autism at 9-12 months
Repetitive behaviours
Unusual play (intense visual or tactile exploration of toys)
Early signs of autism at 12-18 months
No single words
Absence of compensatory gestures (ex: pointing)
Lack of pretend play
Limited joint attention
Early sign of autism at 15-24 months
Diminished, atypical, or no spontaneous or meaningful 2 word phrases
Diagnosis for 20 month old with 3 words, points to pictures when asked, mimics mother, stacks 2 blocks
Global dev delay
Speech and fine motor
Red flags for dyslexia by
1. End of K
2. End of grade 1
- Can’t rhyme
- Can’t decode words into phonemes
Height for children to sit in adult car seat
145 cm
Girl follows simple prepositional commands, points to objects described by their use, has a 200 word vocabulary, communicates in 3-4 word sentences, asks “what” questions and demonstrates immediate echolalia. Age?
3 years
Young boy is able to pull to stand, takes a few independent steps, and uses his thumb and forefinger to grasp pieces of cereal. Age?
12 months
Infant puts everything in his mouth. She is tolerating solid food. When placed on her back to be examined she brings her feet to her mouth. Her mother gives her a rattle and she reaches for it, grasps and passes it to the other hand. Age?
6 months
Boy can build a tower of 10 blocks and draw a square. He can tell you a short story which is grammatically correct most of the time. He asks lots of questions and will follow instructions. He plays cooperatively and is toilet trained.
Age?
4 years
