Growth and Development

Question 1

gross motor: what should i be able to do by 18 months

Answer 1

run and jump

Question 2

At what age should it warrant referral for failure to walk unaided

Answer 2

18 months

Question 3

at what age do you pass things through the midline

Answer 3

~6 months

Question 4

when do children begin to have imaginative play

Answer 4

4.5-5

Question 5

when should children be able to feed themselves with a spoon, and a fork

Answer 5

spoon - 2.5 years

fork - 3 years

Question 6

fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 18 months

Answer 6

build tower of 4 bricks

Question 7

when should children understand prepositions

Answer 7

2.5 years

Question 8

what causes the majority of intellectual disability

Answer 8

prenatal conditions - such as TORCH infections or foetal alcohol syndrome

Question 9

order of drawing on a page as a child

Answer 9

scribbles –> vertical line –> horizontal line –> circle –> cross –> square –> triangle/person

Question 10

at what age do you start to get a pincer grip

Answer 10

~9 months –> properly by 10m

Question 11

at what age should you start to roll over

Answer 11

6 months

Question 12

when should children be able to understand complex instructions

Answer 12

4.5 years

Question 13

when should children be able to point to body parts

Answer 13

15 months

Question 14

average weight gain per week in a 3-6 month old child

Answer 14

100-150g/week

Question 15

gross motor: what should i be able to do by 9 months

Answer 15

stands holding on

straight back sitting

Question 16

fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 3 years

Answer 16

draw a circle
build a bridge with bricks
single cuts with scissors
turns one page of book at a time

Question 17

At what age should it warrant referral for failure to put two words together

Answer 17

24 months

Question 18

fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 4 years

Answer 18

draw a cross
build tower with 12 blocks
cuts paper in half

Question 19

what IQ is historically classified as intellectual disability

Answer 19

Less than 70

Question 20

average weight gain per week in a 6-12 month old child

Answer 20

70-90g/week

Question 21

fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 6 months

Answer 21

palmar grasp

transfer hand to hand

Question 22

gross motor: what should i be able to do by 6 months

Answer 22

sit without support

rolls prone to supine

Question 23

gross motor: what should i be able to do by 4 years

Answer 23

walks upstairs/downstairs in an adult manner

Question 24

DDx for language developmental delay

Answer 24

Hearing loss
Autism
global developmental delay 
neglect
learning disability
cleft lip
CP - incoordination

Question 25

what comes first? rolling prone to supine or supine to prone

Answer 25

prone to supine

Question 26

what is the technical definition of FTT

Answer 26

Weight less than 3rd percentile | Weight drop of 2 or more percentile tracks

Question 27

average weight gain per week in a 0-3 month old child

Answer 27

150-200g/week

Question 28

at what age do babies show object permanence

Answer 28

9 months

Question 29

fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 6 weeks

Answer 29

tracks object/faces

Question 30

when should i be able to draw a square and triangle

Answer 30

square - 4.5 years | triangle - 5 years

Question 31

order of gross motor skills

Answer 31

head control --> sit --> stand --> walk --> run and jump --> throws ball --> kicks ball --> hops --> walks upstairs properly

Question 32

fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 12 months

Answer 32

neat pincer grip | build tower of 2 bricks

Question 33

gross motor: what should i be able to do by 6 weeks

Answer 33

raises head when prone | stabilises when when raised to sitting position

Question 34

what is cerebral palsy

Answer 34

a group of disorders that are all have a NON-PROGRESSIVE central MOTOR impairment that occurred in the developing or infant brain

Question 35

fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 2.5 years

Answer 35

draw a horizontal line

Question 36

when do children begin to share toys with friends

Answer 36

3 years

Question 37

gross motor: what should i be able to do by 2.5 years

Answer 37

run tiptoe walks upstairs (both feet on one step) throws ball

Question 38

when should children understand negatives

Answer 38

3 years

Question 39

when should children understand comparitives

Answer 39

3.5 years

Question 40

3 key questions to ask the parents to understand the social development of a child

Answer 40

eating toileting playing

Question 41

definition of precocious puberty in males and females

Answer 41

females - breast development or pubic hair growth before 7 | males - sexual development before 9

Question 42

gross motor: what should i be able to do by 3 years

Answer 42

hops on one foot for 3 steps walks upstairs one foot per step downstairs two feet per step

Question 43

fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 2 years

Answer 43

draw a vertical line build tower of 8 bricks puzzles turns several pages of book at a time

Question 44

order of speech development in a child

Answer 44

Babbling → point to mummy → body parts → name and age and colours → preposition (on/under) → understand negatives → comparatives (bigger or smaller) → complex instructions

Question 45

which signs on examination point towards CP in childhood

Answer 45

early hand dominance | weakness

Question 46

at what age should you start to show hand dominance

Answer 46

AFTER 12 months

Question 47

definition of overweight and obesity in children

Answer 47

``` overweight = BMI between 85-95th percentile obese = BMI >95th percentile ```

Question 48

gross motor: what should i be able to do by 12 months

Answer 48

walk alone

Question 49

fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 9 months

Answer 49

inferior pincer grip | object permanence

Question 50

when is premature thelarche normal

Answer 50

age less than 2 - expected to regress spontaneously

Question 51

fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 3.5 years

Answer 51

cuts pieces with scissors

Question 52

which signs on examination point towards CP in an infant

Answer 52

``` stiff/floppy baby weak suck persistence and exacerbation of moro reflex absent Landau reflex assymetric parachute reflex ```

Question 53

at what age should you be able to sit with and without support

Answer 53

with - 3 months | without - 6 months