Developmental Red Flags ✅ Flashcards
What is required if a child is assessed to be developmentally normal?
Reassurance
What is required if a child is assessed to be potentially abnormal?
Further assessment/investigation
What is required if a child is assessed to be definitely abnormal?
Urgent assessment/investigation
What is meant by a developmental ‘red flag’?
The ‘limit age’ by which a milestone should be achieved otherwise you start to worry
What are the milestones used for gross motor ‘red flags’?
- Sit unsupported
- Stand alone
- Walk alone
- Run
- Jump (two feet)
- Unilateral weakness
What is the limit age for sitting unsupported?
9m
What is the limit age for standing alone?
12m
What is the limit age for walking alone?
18m
What is the limit age for running?
2y
What is the limit age for jumping with 2 feet?
3y
What is the limit age for unilateral weakness?
Red flag at any age
What are the developmental milestones used for fine motor ‘red flags’?
- Clear hand preference
- Pincer grip
- Scribble
- Copy a line
- Draw a person with 6 parts
- Parental concern about eyesight
What is the limit age for having a clear hand preference?
<1y
What is the limit age for pincer grip?
12m
What is the limit age for scribbling?
2y
What is the limit age for copying a line?
3y
What is the limit age for drawing a person with 6 parts?
5y
What is the limit age for parental concern about eyesight?
Any age
What are the developmental milestones used for speech and language ‘red flags’?
- Babble
- Respond to name
- 6 words
- Two word sentences
- Name four colours
- Parental concern about hearing
What is the limit age for babbling?
7m
What is the limit age for response to name?
12m
What is the limit age for 6 words?
18m
What is the limit age for 2 word sentences?
2y
What is the limit age for naming 4 colours?
4y
What is the limit age for parental concern about hearing loss?
Red flag at any age
What are the developmental milestones used for social and cognitive red flags?
- Smile
- Look for dropped object
- Spoon feed self
- Symbolic play
- Dress alone
- Lack of emotional warmth or eye contact
What is the limit age for smiling?
8-10w
What is the limit age for looking for a dropped object?
12m
What is the limit age for spoon feeding self?
18m
What is the limit age for symbolic play?
2.5y
What is the limit age for dressing alone?
4y
What is the limit age for lack of emotional warmth or eye contact?
Red flag at any age
