Developmental Red Flags ✅ Flashcards

1
Q

What is required if a child is assessed to be developmentally normal?

A

Reassurance

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2
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What is required if a child is assessed to be potentially abnormal?

A

Further assessment/investigation

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3
Q

What is required if a child is assessed to be definitely abnormal?

A

Urgent assessment/investigation

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4
Q

What is meant by a developmental ‘red flag’?

A

The ‘limit age’ by which a milestone should be achieved otherwise you start to worry

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5
Q

What are the milestones used for gross motor ‘red flags’?

A
  • Sit unsupported
  • Stand alone
  • Walk alone
  • Run
  • Jump (two feet)
  • Unilateral weakness
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6
Q

What is the limit age for sitting unsupported?

A

9m

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7
Q

What is the limit age for standing alone?

A

12m

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8
Q

What is the limit age for walking alone?

A

18m

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9
Q

What is the limit age for running?

A

2y

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10
Q

What is the limit age for jumping with 2 feet?

A

3y

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11
Q

What is the limit age for unilateral weakness?

A

Red flag at any age

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12
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What are the developmental milestones used for fine motor ‘red flags’?

A
  • Clear hand preference
  • Pincer grip
  • Scribble
  • Copy a line
  • Draw a person with 6 parts
  • Parental concern about eyesight
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13
Q

What is the limit age for having a clear hand preference?

A

<1y

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14
Q

What is the limit age for pincer grip?

A

12m

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15
Q

What is the limit age for scribbling?

A

2y

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16
Q

What is the limit age for copying a line?

A

3y

17
Q

What is the limit age for drawing a person with 6 parts?

A

5y

18
Q

What is the limit age for parental concern about eyesight?

A

Any age

19
Q

What are the developmental milestones used for speech and language ‘red flags’?

A
  • Babble
  • Respond to name
  • 6 words
  • Two word sentences
  • Name four colours
  • Parental concern about hearing
20
Q

What is the limit age for babbling?

A

7m

21
Q

What is the limit age for response to name?

A

12m

22
Q

What is the limit age for 6 words?

A

18m

23
Q

What is the limit age for 2 word sentences?

A

2y

24
Q

What is the limit age for naming 4 colours?

A

4y

25
Q

What is the limit age for parental concern about hearing loss?

A

Red flag at any age

26
Q

What are the developmental milestones used for social and cognitive red flags?

A
  • Smile
  • Look for dropped object
  • Spoon feed self
  • Symbolic play
  • Dress alone
  • Lack of emotional warmth or eye contact
27
Q

What is the limit age for smiling?

A

8-10w

28
Q

What is the limit age for looking for a dropped object?

A

12m

29
Q

What is the limit age for spoon feeding self?

A

18m

30
Q

What is the limit age for symbolic play?

A

2.5y

31
Q

What is the limit age for dressing alone?

A

4y

32
Q

What is the limit age for lack of emotional warmth or eye contact?

A

Red flag at any age