Developmental Milestones

Question 1

What are the four categories of development milestones?

Answer 1

Gross motor
Fine motor
Speech and language
Social skills

Question 2

At what age should a baby be smiling in response?

Answer 2

6 weeks old

Question 3

When should a baby first start vocalising cooing sounds e.g. “oooh ahhh”

Answer 3

3 months

Question 4

At ___ months old a baby should be double babbling e.g. dadada bababa etc

Answer 4

8 months

Question 5

When pulling a baby to sit, its head control should begin to develop at age?

Answer 5

6 weeks

Question 6

At what age should a child no longer have head lag in a pull to sit motion?

Answer 6

4 months

Question 7

At 4 months old what specific milestones should a baby have reached?

Answer 7

Gross motor - Lifting head with shoulders and weight on forearms during tummy time. No head lag n pull to sit
Fine motor: Can hold a rattle and shake it
Social development: Laughing out loud

Question 8

At what age should a child be able to reach for things and use whole hand grasping?

Answer 8

5 months

Question 9

What stage does stranger anxiety beging?

Answer 9

7 months

Question 10

When should a baby begin crawling or bum shuffling?

Answer 10

7 - 10 months

Question 11

At six months a baby should be able to stand without support - true or false?

Answer 11

False

They can stand but require support

Question 12

At what age will a child be able to pull themselves to standing and have the ability to point?

Answer 12

10 months

Question 13

What milestones are reached at 9 months?

Answer 13

Gross motor - Capable of getting into a sitting position unaided
Fine motor - immature pincer grasp
Social Development - Peek a boo and waving bye bye

Question 14

At what age should a child be able to say 2-3 words of sense and know their own name?

Answer 14

12 months

Question 15

What social development milestone should a child reach at 15 months?

Answer 15

Drinking from a cup

Question 16

By 18 months how many words roughly should a child have in their vocabulary?

Answer 16

6-20 words

Question 17

By what age should a child be able to walk independently and bend over to pick things up?

Answer 17

15 months

Question 18

At what age will a child have developed a mature pincer grasp?

Answer 18

12 months

Question 19

What are specific development needs that are used to asses fine motor skills?

Answer 19

Grasping and reaching
Manipulation
Building blocks
Pencil skills

Question 20

At what age should a child begin to spoon feed themselves?

Answer 20

18 months

Question 21

At 24 months what stage of development should a child’s speech be at?

Answer 21

Able to string at least two words together.

Question 22

At what age should a child be able to build a tower of 3-4 bricks and scribble with a pencil?

Answer 22

18 months

Question 23

What is Global developmental delay?

Answer 23

This is when a child is significantly delayed in 2 or ore areas of development. It affects 1-3% of children <5 years old.

Question 24

What % of global developmental delay is a result of genetics?

Answer 24

5-20%

Question 25

What are the red flags of delayed developemnt?

Answer 25

Regression / loss of skill
Being unable to sit unsupported by 12 months
Asymmetry from early age
Not reaching for objects by 6 months
No speech by 18 months
Unable to walk by 18 months

Question 26

When a child is showing an inability to walk within the expected timeframe, what test would be suitable and why?

Answer 26

Creatinine Kinase

Checking for duchennes muscular dystrophy