Lecture 20: Common developmental/Behavioral Issues Flashcards
By what age should we expect a child to have an adult sleep pattern?
Age 3
Sleep disorders are characterized under the age of…
12
Usually by () weeks, a baby should be able to sleep through the night.
12 weeks
Children older than 6 months sometimes wake up during the night because they want to feed. To encourage them to sleep through the night, you should…
Consume a full meal at night so they don’t sleep hungry
Contrary to instinct, it is recommended to () when a baby makes noise at night due to hunger.
Leave the baby alone and see if it goes back to sleep without parental intervention.
Trained night awakenings are when you wake a child up between 4-8 months of age but ()
They dont require a feeding.
Why does object permanence affect sleep at 8 months?
Kids remember things exist even if they are out of sight.
Developmental night awakenings
Sleep-onset associations are when a child develops () behavior to go to sleep
Learned behavior, aka they fall asleep only in certain situations
Limit setting disorder is when a parent () bedtime routines.
Prolongs/extends
No more one more!
Unusual behaviors/experiences that occur during sleep or transition between sleeping and awakneing are known as…
Parasomnias
Night terrors are different from nightmares because…
You don’t remember night terrors
Night terrors tend to occur during the () 3rd of the night
1st third of the night
A parent asks when their kids night terrors will stop. You reassure them that 95% resolve on their own by age…
8
Nightmares MC occur between the ages of () - ()
3-6 years
Separation anxiety can develop if there is poor trust building during the () year of life
1st year of life
An infant with high levels of mistrust tends to be (more/less) clingy to their caregiver
More clingy
Stranger anxiety tends to appear around () months, but can last beyond () months
Begins around 6-8 months, but can last past 24 months.
You should consider professional help if your child remains aggressive and destructive by (grade)
Kindergarten
Aggression in a young child can eventually lead to… (3) serious disorders
- Conduct disorder
- Oppositional defiant disorder
- Substance abuse
Temper tantrums are MC between the ages of () to () years
1-4 years
Tantrums are considered a reflection of…
Immaturity
List of how to deal with temper tantrums at WCC
The general rule of thumb for time outs is () minute per year of age
1 minute per year of age.
T/F: You should give in to your child’s tantrum
Never!!!!!
Cyanotic breath holding spells are usually due to ()/(), whereas pallid breath holding spells are due to ()/()
- Cyanotic: anger/frustration
- Pallid: Minor injury/fear