NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT Flashcards
• SMILES AT SOUND OF PARENT’S VOICE, FOLLOWS PARENT’S MOVEMENT WITH EYES
2 MONTHS
• RAISES HEAD & CHEST WHEN LYING ON STOMACH, GRASPS OBJECTS, SMILES AT OTHER PEOPLE
3 MONTHS
• HOLDS HEAD STEADY, BABBLES, LAUGHS, TRIES TO IMITATE SOUND, BEGIN ROLLING
4 MONTHS
• ROLLS BOTH DIRECTIONS, MOVES OBJECTS FROM HAND TO HAND, MAY BEGIN SITTING (CONCERN IF NOT BY 9 MONTHS), MAY GET TO HANDS & KNEES, MAY BEGIN CRAWLING
6 MONTHS
• RESPONDS TO OWN NAME, FINDS PARTIALLY HIDDEN OBJECTS, PLAYS PEEK-A-BOO
7 MONTHS
• SITS WITHOUT SUPPORT (CONCERN IF NOT), HIGH CRAWL, BABBLES “MAMA” AND “DADA”, PULLS TO SUPPORTED STANDING, BEGINS CRUISING (WALKING HANGING ONTO IMMOBILE OBJECTS)
9 MONTHS
• WALKS WITH OR WITHOUT SUPPORT (CONCERN IF NOT BY 18
MONTHS), BEGINS TALKING – SINGLE WORDS, IMITATES PEOPLE
12 MONTHS
• WALKS INDEPENDENTLY, DRINKS FROM A CUP, SAYS AT LEAST 15 WORDS, POINTS TO BODY PARTS, MAY RUN
18 MONTHS
• UP AND DOWN STAIRS, RUN/JUMP (CONCERN IF NOT JUMPING BY PRE-SCHOOL AGE), USES PHRASES, FOLLOW SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS, BEGIN MAKE-BELIEVE PLAY, CAN SQUAT
2 YEARS
• CLIMB WELL, USE SENTENCES, SORT OBJECTS BY SHAPE AND COLOR
3 YEARS