Reflexes Flashcards
Rooting Reflex: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Touch to the side of the mouth or cheek.
Response: Moves mouth and head towards stimulus
Age: birth to 3-4 months
Moro Reflex: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Head back (vestibular, prop). Fast movement of entire body
Response: Arms abduct, fingers extend
Age: birth to 3-4 months
Unpleasant as shit– falling backwards
Startle Reflex: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Loud noise
Response: Whole body startle and the eyes blink
Age: birth to 3-4 months
Palmar Grasp: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Touch to palm
Response: Fingers close around stimulus
Age: Birth to 3-4 months
Plantar Grasp: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Touch to sole of foot
Response: Toes flex
Age: 28 weeks gestation (4 months) to 9 months
Primary Standing Reflex: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Hold infant in supported standing
Response: Infant supports some weight and extends LE
Age: 28 weeks gestation (4 months) to 6-8 months
Placing Reaction: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Touch to dorsum of hand or feet
Response: Hand or foot is placed on surface
Age: Birth to 6 months
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0_Ad40rGtc
Primary walking: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Tilt body forward while holding under arms (vestibular)
Response: Child steps
Age: Birth-2 weeks
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR): Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Head turned to one side (vestibular & prop)
Response: UE & LE of face side extends, UE and LE on opposite side flexes
Age: 0-2 months to 4-6 months
Fencing Pose
Symmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (STNR): Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Head in flexion or head in extension (vestibular and prop)
Response: UE flexes/LE extends, UE extends/LE flexes
Age: Birth-6 months
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZWuOUGDvFU
Landau: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Baby’s body held prone in space or on surface (gravity/vestibular)
Response: Head, upper trunk, & LE extended
Age: 3 months to 2.5 years
Righting in Sitting: Testing, Response, Age?
Test: Child’s balance challenged by tilting sitting surface (vestibular/ proprioception)
Response: Attempts to regain balance
Age: 7-10 months
Optical Righting: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Vision
Response: Child attempts to bring head up and realign head with body
Age: 0-2 months
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL4gWG1qlIo
Labrinthine Righting: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Gravity/Vestibular
Response: Child attempts to bring head up and realign head with body
Age: 0-2 months
Neck Righting on the Body: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Head turns (vestibular and prop)
Response: Body follows
Age: 4-5 months
Body Righting on Head: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Body turns
Response: Head follows
Age: 4-5 months
Body Righting on Body: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?
Test: Lower body turns and vice versa
Response: Upper body follows with rotation
Age: 4-5 months
Protective Response- Downward
Fast movement downward, child extends LE to support body
Age: 4 months
Protective Response- Forward
Fast movement forward, child extends UE forward to support body
Protective Response- Sideways
Fast movement sideways, Child extends UE sideways to support body
Age: 6-11 months
Protective Response- backward extension
Fast movement backwards, child extends UE backwards to support body
Age: 9-12 months
Child Sensory Profile 2
Completed by caregivers and teachers to assess child’s sensory processing patters.
Age: Birth-14.11 years
ETCH
Evaluation tool of children’s Handwriting.
Domain: manuscript and cursive; speed and legibility
Age: grades 1-6
M-FUN
Miller Function and Participation Scales
Domains: Visual Motor, Fine motor, gross motor
Age: 2.6 -7.11 years
Beery VMI
Domain: Visual Motor integration, visual perception, motor coordination.
Age: 2-100 years
SIPT
Domain: Sensory Integration and Praxis Test
Age: 4-8.11 years
The Print Tool
Domain: Handwriting assessment: capital letters, lowercase letters, numbers
Grades k-5
DAY-C 2
Questionnaire, no supplies
Domains: Cognition, communication, physical development, social-emotional development, adaptive behavior
Age: birth-5.11 years
BOT-MP
Domains: Gross and fine motor skills; FM precision, FM integration, manual dexterity, bilateral coordination, balance, running speed and agility, upper limb coordination, strength
Age: 4-21.11 years
Gross motor function measure
Domains: gross motor function in children with CP
Age: below 5 years
Peabody
Domains: Fine and gross motor skills
Age: Birth-5 years
Bayley III
Domains: cognition, language (reception, expressive); motor (fine, gross)
Social emotional/adaptive subtests
Age: birth-42 months (3.5 years)
HELP
Domains: cognitive, language gross and fine motor, social emotional, self-help
Age: 0-3 years HELP strands; 3-6 years HELP for preschoolers
What is CRITICAL in establishing a primary attachment relationship with a caregiver and fostering feelings of security in the infant?
Tactile sensations are CRITICAL in establishing a primary attachment relationship with a caregiver and fostering feelings of security in the infant
What two systems/inputs set the stage for the eventual development of body schema?
tactile and proprioceptive inputs set the stage for the eventual development of body schema
