Growth and Development

Question 1

Growth Charts

Answer 1

CDC (Centre for Disease Control)
- Traditionally used
- Old data
- Recommended for 2-18years
WHO Growth chart
- Includes breast feeding data
- Infants 0-24months

Question 2

BMI’s

Answer 2

Childhood obesity
Appropriate weight
BMI changes
Weight divided by height

Question 3

Stages of development

Answer 3

1 - Prenatal
2 - Neonatal
3 - Infancy
4 - Early childhood
5 - Middle childhood
6 - Adolescence

Question 4

Language 2months-12months

Answer 4

2 months - coos
3 months  - laughs
4 months - talkative
5 months – simple vowels
6 months – vowel sounds
9 months – 1st word
10 months – 2nd word
12 months – 4 words

Question 5

Language 15months - 6years

Answer 5

15 months – 4-6 words
18 months – 7-20 words
2 years – 50 words, 2 word sentence
2 ½ years – knows name, 1 colour
3 years – 900 words, questions
4 years – 1500 words, imitates
5 years – 2100 words
6 years - full sentences

Question 6

Types of play

Answer 6

Solitary - plays alone
Spectator - observes others
Parallel - plays alongside
Associate - starts to interact with others
Co-operative - plays together with shared aims of play

Question 7

Freud

Answer 7

Psychosexual theory of development – important figure – describes how personality develops in childhood – 5 stages – fixation can happen – sets the stage for the rest of our lives
ID, EGO, SUPEREGO

Question 8

Erik Erikson

Answer 8

 Relationship we have with others influence our identity – who we are/ Different stages, different relationships in each stage – birth to death, lifespan – each stage has a crisis – interaction that we have to overcome – failure or overcome these crisis

Question 9

Paiget - cognitive development

Answer 9

A child’s cognitive development is about a child developing or constructing a mental model of the world. Piaget believed that children think differently than adults and stated they go through 4 universal stages of cognitive development

Question 10

Factors influencing development

Answer 10

Genetics
Prenatal - smoking, elicit drugs, radiation, infection
cultural - bilingual, gender identity, rules of social interaction
Parenting - disciplinary, , extended family, presence of both parents

Question 11

Clinical dehydration

Answer 11

Mild - 5% of body fluid loss
Moderate - 5-9% body fluid loss
Severe - 10% or more

Question 12

Asthma management plan

Answer 12

step 1 - know how severe your asthma is
step 2 - achieve your best lung function
step 3 - avoid trigger functions
step 4 - stay at your best
step 5 - know your asthma action plan
step 6 - check your asthma regularly

Question 13

What is an asthma action plan?

Answer 13

An Asthma action plan is a tool for self-management to help those with asthma recognize and respond appropriately to worsening asthma.
The asthma action plan must be individually tailored according to the pattern of the child’s asthma and should be provided to the family.