Developmental Milestones Flashcards

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What are the gross motor milestones?

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  • *2 months** - Lifts head/chest when prone
  • *5 months** - Rolls front to back/back to front
  • *6 months** - Sits unassisted
  • *10 months** - Crawls
  • *1 year** - Cruising/walks alone
  • *1 1/2 years** - Runs/kicks a ball
  • *2 years** - Walks up/down stairs with help; jumps
  • *3 years** - Rides tricycle, walks up stairs
  • *4 years** - Hops
  • *5 years** - Skips
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What are the fine motor milestones?

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  • *2 months** - Tracks past midline
  • *5 months** - Grasps rattle
  • *6 months** - Transfers objects
  • *10 months** - Immature pincer grasp
  • *1 year** - Master pincer grasp
  • *1 1/2 years** - Tower of 2-4 cubes
  • *2 years** - Tower of 6 cubes, vertical line
  • *3 years** - Circle, train
  • *4 years** - Cross, bridge
  • *5 years** - Square, triangle, ties shoelaces, step
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What are the language milestones?

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  • *2 months** - Alert to sounds
  • *5 months** - Orient to voice
  • *6 months** - Babbles
  • *10 months** - Mama, dada
  • *1 year** - First words mama dada, specific
  • *1 1/2 years** - Names common objects
  • *2 years** - Uses two word phrases
  • *3 years** - Uses three word sentences, what, who
  • *4 years** - Knows colours and some numbers, why, when, how
  • *5 years** - Uses five-word sentences
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What are the social milestones?

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2 months - recognises parent
5 months - enjoys looking around; laughs
6 months - stranger anxiety
10 months - waves bye-bye
1 year - imitate actions
1 1/2 years - copies parent in tasks (e.g. sweeping)
2 years - follows two-step commands
3 years - brushes teeth with help
4 years - cooperative play
5 years - domestic role play

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WHAT IS DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY?

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Defined as the failure of child to achieve specific milestones at an age when it would be expected for most children to have achieved those milestones.

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What are the causes of developmental delay?

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  1. Deprivation
  2. Idiopathic
    Which usually affects one field of development only. It may be familial or constitutional.
  3. Learning disabilities
    Which will tend to result in delay in a number of areas
  4. Specific abnormalities will result in delay in that area, and may impede other development
    Examples include blindness, deafness, cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy.
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What are examples of developmental disorders?

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  1. Infantile autism
  2. Autistic psychopathy
  3. Disintegrative disorder
  4. Delayed puberty
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What are the red flags for gross motor skills?

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  1. 3 months
    Doesn’t hold head up
  2. 9 months
    Doesn’t bear weight on legs with support and sit with support
  3. 1 year
    Doesn’t crawl
  4. 18 months
    Can’t walk
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What are the fine motor developmental red flags?

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  1. 4 months
    Doesn’t bring hands to mouth
  2. 9 months
    Doesn’t tranfer toy from one hand to the other
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What are the social developmental red flags?

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  1. 3 months
    Doesn’t smile
  2. 9 months
    Doesn’t respond to own name
  3. 1 year
    Doesn’t wave bye or shakes head no
  4. 18 months
    Doesn’t mind if caregiver leaves
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What are the language developmental red flags?

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  1. 1 year
    Says no single words
  2. 15 to 18 months
    Does not speak at least 15 words
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