Reflexes

Question 1

Rooting Reflex: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 1

Test: Touch to the side of the mouth or cheek.
Response: Moves mouth and head towards stimulus
Age: birth to 3-4 months

Question 2

Moro Reflex: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Startle Reflex: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 3

Test: Loud noise
Response: Whole body startle and the eyes blink
Age: birth to 3-4 months

Question 4

Palmar Grasp: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 4

Test: Touch to palm
Response: Fingers close around stimulus
Age: Birth to 3-4 months

Question 5

Plantar Grasp: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 5

Test: Touch to sole of foot
Response: Toes flex
Age: 28 weeks gestation (4 months) to 9 months

Question 6

Primary Standing Reflex: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 6

Test: Hold infant in supported standing
Response: Infant supports some weight and extends LE
Age: 28 weeks gestation (4 months) to 6-8 months

Question 7

Placing Reaction: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Primary walking: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 8

Test: Tilt body forward while holding under arms (vestibular)
Response: Child steps
Age: Birth-2 weeks

Question 9

Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR): Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Symmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (STNR): Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Landau: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Righting in Sitting: Testing, Response, Age?

Answer 12

Test: Child’s balance challenged by tilting sitting surface (vestibular/ proprioception)
Response: Attempts to regain balance
Age: 7-10 months

Question 13

Optical Righting: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Labrinthine Righting: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 14

Test: Gravity/Vestibular
Response: Child attempts to bring head up and realign head with body
Age: 0-2 months

Question 15

Neck Righting on the Body: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 15

Test: Head turns (vestibular and prop)
Response: Body follows
Age: 4-5 months

Question 16

Body Righting on Head: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 16

Test: Body turns
Response: Head follows
Age: 4-5 months

Question 17

Body Righting on Body: Testing Procedure, Response, Age?

Answer 17

Test: Lower body turns and vice versa
Response: Upper body follows with rotation
Age: 4-5 months

Question 18

Protective Response- Downward

Answer 18

Fast movement downward, child extends LE to support body

Age: 4 months

Question 19

Protective Response- Forward

Answer 19

Fast movement forward, child extends UE forward to support body

Question 20

Protective Response- Sideways

Answer 20

Fast movement sideways, Child extends UE sideways to support body
Age: 6-11 months

Question 21

Protective Response- backward extension

Answer 21

Fast movement backwards, child extends UE backwards to support body
Age: 9-12 months

Question 22

Child Sensory Profile 2

Answer 22

Completed by caregivers and teachers to assess child’s sensory processing patters.
Age: Birth-14.11 years

Question 23

ETCH

Answer 23

Evaluation tool of children’s Handwriting.
Domain: manuscript and cursive; speed and legibility
Age: grades 1-6

Question 24

M-FUN

Answer 24

Miller Function and Participation Scales
Domains: Visual Motor, Fine motor, gross motor
Age: 2.6 -7.11 years

Question 25

Beery VMI

Answer 25

Domain: Visual Motor integration, visual perception, motor coordination.
Age: 2-100 years

Question 26

SIPT

Answer 26

Domain: Sensory Integration and Praxis Test
Age: 4-8.11 years

Question 27

The Print Tool

Answer 27

Domain: Handwriting assessment: capital letters, lowercase letters, numbers
Grades k-5

Question 28

DAY-C 2

Answer 28

Questionnaire, no supplies
Domains: Cognition, communication, physical development, social-emotional development, adaptive behavior
Age: birth-5.11 years

Question 29

BOT-MP

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Gross motor function measure

Answer 30

Domains: gross motor function in children with CP
Age: below 5 years

Question 31

Peabody

Answer 31

Domains: Fine and gross motor skills
Age: Birth-5 years

Question 32

Bayley III

Answer 32

Domains: cognition, language (reception, expressive); motor (fine, gross)
Social emotional/adaptive subtests
Age: birth-42 months (3.5 years)

Question 33

HELP

Answer 33

Domains: cognitive, language gross and fine motor, social emotional, self-help
Age: 0-3 years HELP strands; 3-6 years HELP for preschoolers

Question 34

What is CRITICAL in establishing a primary attachment relationship with a caregiver and fostering feelings of security in the infant?

Answer 34

Tactile sensations are CRITICAL in establishing a primary attachment relationship with a caregiver and fostering feelings of security in the infant

Question 35

What two systems/inputs set the stage for the eventual development of body schema?

Answer 35

tactile and proprioceptive inputs set the stage for the eventual development of body schema