Developmental Paediatrics

Question 1

What are the 6 areas of development?

Answer 1

Social and play skills
Cognition
Special senses (vision/hearing)
language and communication
Activities of daily living
motor- gross/fine

Question 2

Development is not a continuum- true/false?

Answer 2

false

Question 3

What are 3 requirements for a “normal” development?

Answer 3

good health
care in loving environment
opportunities for learning

Question 4

2 concepts of progression…

Answer 4

delay vs. disorder

Question 5

Regression or plateauing are red flags- true/false

Answer 5

true

Question 6

How do you approach developmental delay?

Answer 6

take a case history

examination

Question 7

Newborns have a marked head lag when pulled to sit- true/false?

Answer 7

true

Question 8

newborns are not startled by loud noises- true/false?

Answer 8

false

Question 9

When one month old, babies open their hands for play- true/false?

Answer 9

true

Question 10

One month old babies move head to follow people- true/false?

Answer 10

true

Question 11

By three months, babies kick vigourously- true/false?

Answer 11

true

Question 12

3 month old babies are not visually alert-true/false?

Answer 12

false

Question 13

By six months babies can roll back and usually back to front- true/false?

Answer 13

true

Question 14

6 month olds can sit without support-true/false?

Answer 14

false

Question 15

What is hand regard?

Answer 15

When babies play and look at their hands

Question 16

9 month olds can finger feed themselves-true/false?

Answer 16

true

Question 17

messy play is important for 9 month olds-true/false?

Answer 17

true

Question 18

by 12 months babies can crawl and shuffle on bottom-true/false?

Answer 18

true

Question 19

12 month old babies cannot point with their index finger -true/false?

Answer 19

false

Question 20

12 month old babies babble quietly -true/false?

Answer 20

false

Question 21

18 months- toddlers can walk well and enjoy climbing-true/false?

Answer 21

true

Question 22

18 month olds can say 6-20 recognisable words but understand more than they can produce -true/false?

Answer 22

true

Question 23

Failure to have 2 words at 18 months is a red flag -true/false?

Answer 23

true

Question 24

At three years, children can walk up and down stairs-true/false?

Answer 24

true

Question 25

At three years children cannot use wh questions -true/false?

Answer 25

false

Question 26

At four years, children increase their ball game skills -true/false?

Answer 26

true

Question 27

At four years a child should understand turn taking -true/false?

Answer 27

true

Question 28

at 5 years children are not good at drawing or copying squares -true/false?

Answer 28

false

Question 29

at five years children are able to give name and age -true/false?

Answer 29

true

Question 30

What are the red flags for development?

Answer 30

Not smiling at 6 weeks
Not walking at 18 months
Not speaking at 2 years

Question 31

What are causes of developmental delay?

Answer 31

cerebral palsy
downsyndrome
spina bifida
cleft palate
cataracts
motor delay
DLD
Dyspraxia