Growth and Development Flashcards
gross motor: what should i be able to do by 18 months
run and jump
At what age should it warrant referral for failure to walk unaided
18 months
at what age do you pass things through the midline
~6 months
when do children begin to have imaginative play
4.5-5
when should children be able to feed themselves with a spoon, and a fork
spoon - 2.5 years
fork - 3 years
fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 18 months
build tower of 4 bricks
when should children understand prepositions
2.5 years
what causes the majority of intellectual disability
prenatal conditions - such as TORCH infections or foetal alcohol syndrome
order of drawing on a page as a child
scribbles –> vertical line –> horizontal line –> circle –> cross –> square –> triangle/person
at what age do you start to get a pincer grip
~9 months –> properly by 10m
at what age should you start to roll over
6 months
when should children be able to understand complex instructions
4.5 years
when should children be able to point to body parts
15 months
average weight gain per week in a 3-6 month old child
100-150g/week
gross motor: what should i be able to do by 9 months
stands holding on
straight back sitting
fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 3 years
draw a circle
build a bridge with bricks
single cuts with scissors
turns one page of book at a time
At what age should it warrant referral for failure to put two words together
24 months
fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 4 years
draw a cross
build tower with 12 blocks
cuts paper in half
what IQ is historically classified as intellectual disability
Less than 70
average weight gain per week in a 6-12 month old child
70-90g/week
fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 6 months
palmar grasp
transfer hand to hand
gross motor: what should i be able to do by 6 months
sit without support
rolls prone to supine
gross motor: what should i be able to do by 4 years
walks upstairs/downstairs in an adult manner
DDx for language developmental delay
Hearing loss Autism global developmental delay neglect learning disability cleft lip CP - incoordination
what comes first? rolling prone to supine or supine to prone
prone to supine
what is the technical definition of FTT
Weight less than 3rd percentile
Weight drop of 2 or more percentile tracks
average weight gain per week in a 0-3 month old child
150-200g/week
at what age do babies show object permanence
9 months
fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 6 weeks
tracks object/faces
when should i be able to draw a square and triangle
square - 4.5 years
triangle - 5 years
order of gross motor skills
head control –> sit –> stand –> walk –> run and jump –> throws ball –> kicks ball –> hops –> walks upstairs properly
fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 12 months
neat pincer grip
build tower of 2 bricks
gross motor: what should i be able to do by 6 weeks
raises head when prone
stabilises when when raised to sitting position
what is cerebral palsy
a group of disorders that are all have a NON-PROGRESSIVE central MOTOR impairment that occurred in the developing or infant brain
fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 2.5 years
draw a horizontal line
when do children begin to share toys with friends
3 years
gross motor: what should i be able to do by 2.5 years
run tiptoe
walks upstairs (both feet on one step)
throws ball
when should children understand negatives
3 years
when should children understand comparitives
3.5 years
3 key questions to ask the parents to understand the social development of a child
eating
toileting
playing
definition of precocious puberty in males and females
females - breast development or pubic hair growth before 7
males - sexual development before 9
gross motor: what should i be able to do by 3 years
hops on one foot for 3 steps
walks upstairs one foot per step
downstairs two feet per step
fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 2 years
draw a vertical line
build tower of 8 bricks
puzzles
turns several pages of book at a time
order of speech development in a child
Babbling → point to mummy → body parts → name and age and colours → preposition (on/under) → understand negatives → comparatives (bigger or smaller) → complex instructions
which signs on examination point towards CP in childhood
early hand dominance
weakness
at what age should you start to show hand dominance
AFTER 12 months
definition of overweight and obesity in children
overweight = BMI between 85-95th percentile obese = BMI >95th percentile
gross motor: what should i be able to do by 12 months
walk alone
fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 9 months
inferior pincer grip
object permanence
when is premature thelarche normal
age less than 2 - expected to regress spontaneously
fine motor/vision: what should I be able to do by 3.5 years
cuts pieces with scissors
which signs on examination point towards CP in an infant
stiff/floppy baby weak suck persistence and exacerbation of moro reflex absent Landau reflex assymetric parachute reflex
at what age should you be able to sit with and without support
with - 3 months
without - 6 months
