Infant Development and Developmental Monitoring and Screening Flashcards
What are the 3 Stages of Moral Development according to Kohlberg?
- Pre Conventional
- Post Conventional
- Conventional
This observes how your child grows and changes overtime - and whether the child meets the typical developmental milestones in playing, learning, speaking, behaving and moving.
Developmental Monitoring
This, in turn, takes a closer look at how the child is developing via a brief test or a questionnaire.
Developmental Screening
SCREENING OR MONITORING?:
More formal, and normally done less often.
Developmental Screening
TRUE or FALSE: Children shouldn’t be screened even if you or your doctor have a concern.
FALSE, they should.
TRUE or FALSE: Developmental Screening is a regular part of some of the well-child visits for all children, even if there is not a known concern.
TRUE
What are the 3 Newborn Screening Tests?
- Apgar Score
- Hearing Test
- Heel Prick Test
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
A rare condition that affects about 1 in 10,000 babies. One afflicted with this cannot properly use phenylalanine - thus accumulating in the blood and causing brain damage.
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
What does PKU stand for?
Phenylketonuria
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
An early treatment for this condition with a special diet can prevent the onset of severe learning disabilities and allow the child to lead a normal life.
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
Affects 1 in 3,500 babies. Caused by the *thyroid gland** not developing properly.
Congenital Hypothyroidism (CHT)
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
What does CHT stand for?
Congenital Hypothyroidism
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
How do you treat CHT such that it’ll lead to a normal mental and physical development?
Early treatment with daily thyroid hormone.
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
Affects 1 in every 2,500 babies. Mucus produced in the intestines and lungs is thicker than normal, resulting in an infestation in the lungs.
Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
In the intestines, this condition may lead to difficulties digesting food properly.
Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
TRUE or FALSE: Newborn Screening Tests detect abut 95% of babies with Cystic Fibrosis.
TRUE
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
TRUE or FALSE: Few babies are detected to be healthy carriers of Cystic Fibrosis.
TRUE
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
Babies with a positive test result for CF require a sweat test at __ weeks of age to determine if they have CF or if they’re just a healthy carrier.
6 Weeks of Age
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
TRUE or FALSE: Healthy carriers of CF are only affected with a few symptoms throughout their entire lives.
FALSE, Healthy carriers are not affected by CF. Their body functions normally.
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
Extremely rare condition affecting only 1 in 40,000 babies. Caused by the accumulation of **galactose* in the blood.
Galactosaemia
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
A type of sugar found in milk.
Galactose
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
To prevent serious illness, treatment of Galactosaemia requires…?
Special Galactose-free Milk
NEWBORN SCREENING TEST CONDITIONS:
TRUE or FALSE: Without treating Galactosaemia, a baby may become very sick and die.
TRUE