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When can infants roll over in both directions
5 - 6 months
Lack of anterior protective reflex by 5 months, lateral reflexes by 7 months or parachute by twelve months may indicate what?
Neuromotor disorders
What age is a child who can:
- raise chest and head off bed in prone position,
- regard an object
- follow 180 degrees
- coo and vocalize
- has a social smile
- can recognize a parent
2 months
Failure to sit independently by 7 months could be indicative of what?
Hip adductor spasticity or muscle hypotonia
The ability to follow a point occurs at what age?
10 months
When does birth weight quadruple?
2 years of age
When can a child kick a ball?
24 months
What age??? if a child can:
- lift onto extended elbows
- rolls over front to back
- orients to voice
- laughs and squeals
- initiates social interactions
- bats at objects
- reaches for objects with both hands together
4 months
What is diagnosed by a child functioning at a level at least two standard deviations in two or more developmental categories.
global developmental delay
A vocabulary of 50 or more words and the ability to speak in two-and-three word sentences should be acquired by what age?
24 months
At what age can a child put a raisin in a cup?
15 months
At what age can a child scribble with a crayon?
15 months
What age ???
If a child is able to:
- sit without support
- crawl
- pull to stand
- use pincher grasp
- finger feeds
-imitates speech sounds
- play gesture games
- stranger anxiety
9 months
Inferior pincher grasp develops at what age?
9 months
Fine pincher grasp develops at what age?
12 months
At what age does a child transfer objects from hand to hand across midline?
6 months
At what age can a child:
- understand two-step commands
- two word sentences
- 50 word vocabulary
- 50% intelligent speech
2 years
At what age does a child:
- use mama/dada appropriately
- follow one step commands
- has one true word
- points to indicate need
12 months
What age can a child write his or her name?
72 months
Whar are the two ways to calculate BMI?
wt(kg)/ht(m)2
OR
wt(pounds)/ht(inches)2 x 703
When can a child draw a circle?
3
When can a child draw a cross?
4
When can a child draw a square?
4-5
When can a child draw a triangle?
5
When can a child tandem walk backwards?
5
When do infants walk upstairs with one hand held?
18 months
When can a child dress without help?
4
When do infants bear weight on legs
3-4 months
What is defined as a child who is functioning at or below the level describe as typical in only one domain of development?
Isolated Developmental Delay
When is hand dominance a concern in a child?
before 18 months
When do infants walk well independently?
15 months
When do infants tripod sit?
5-6 months
What age???
If a child can:
- cruise
- stand alone
- take a few steps
- has one to four words other than mama and dada
- can follow command with gesture
- will imitate
- comes when called
- cooperates with dressing
12 months
Development of which domain as the best predictive value of future intellectual potential?
Language Development
What is concerning about no alert to sound at birth or thereafter, or no babbling by 9 months?
Hearing Impairment
What age????
If a child can:
- walk unassisted up and down stairs
- build 4-6 block tower
- use 50-75 words
- parrallel play
- kicks a ball
- throw a ball overhand
- uses fork and spoon
- copies a straight line
24 months
What is the concern if primitive reflexes persist beyond 9 months?
Neurologic dysfunction
What age????
If a child can:
- begin to use cup
- indicates wants or needs
- 4-6 words + M&D
- responds to one-step verbal commands
- walks well independently
- build 2 block tower
- throw ball underhand
15 months
How much should head circumference growth average from months 6 through 12?
0.5 cm/month
What is the concern if a child rolls over at 1-2 months or has persistent fisting at age 3 months?
increased tone
What is concerning if a child exhibits repetitive noncommunicative speech?
Autism
What are poor head control at six months and inability to sit by 9 months concerning for?
Hypertonia
What age????
If a child can:
- raise head in prone position
- startle to sound
- fixes on face
- follows with eyes to midline
- hands tightly fisted
Birth to 1 month
What are gross motor milestones that are cause for concern?
Rolling before 3 months
Poor head control at 5 months
Lack of sitting by 9 months
Moro or primitive reflexes past 6 months
Lack of parachute by 12 months
Hand dominance by 18 months
Not walking by 18 months.
At what age can a child:
- fine pincher grasp of raisin
- releases cube voluntarily in cup
- marks with crayon
- drinks from a cup held by another
-12 months
When does birth weight triple?
1 year of age
When does birth weight double?
5 months (4-6)
At what age can a child walk upstairs by alternating feet?
3 years
At what age can a child:
- copies a square
- draws an individual with six body parts
- ties a knot in string
- grabs a pencil maturely
- prints letters
60 months
Rolling over before three months could indicate what condition?
Hypertonicity
How much should head circumference growth average during months 3-6 of life?
1.0 cm/month
What age???
If a child can:
- pedal a tricycle
- copy a circle
- use 5-8 word sentences
- knows age and gender
- group play
- shares
36 months
What age???
If child can:
- balance on one foot
- copies a cross
- catches a ball
- tells a story
- dresses self
- puts on shoes
- imaginative play
- washes and dries hands
4 years
What is the most common type of plagiocephaly?
Involving only 1 suture - prevalence of 0.1%
Plagiocephaly involving only one suture is most common in what population?
Caucasian 85%
M:F 3:2
What suture is most commonly involved in plagiocephal involving only one suture?
sagital suture (50%)
followed by coronal and metopic
What is the name of the long, narrow skull which occurs with premature closure of the sagittal suture?
Scaphocephaly
What is the name of the head shape associated with premature closure of both coronal sutures?
Brachycephaly
What type of plagiocephaly is most often associated with Crouzon syndrome?
Brachycephaly
(bilaterally close coronal sutures)
Closure of what suture is very rare and causes posterior plagiocephaly?
Lamboidal suture
What causes posterior plagiocephaly almost all the time?
Supine sleeping - NOT craniosynostosis
If more than one suture is involved in craniosynostosis, what assumption can be made?
An association with a genetic disorder and the occurrence of resulting neurologic abnormalities
What is the age cutoff for developmental age corrections?
18-24 months
What is the first step in evaluation speech delay?
Hearing evaluation
At what age is a moro reflex ABSENT?
3-4 months
At what age is palmar grasp ABSENT?
2-3 months
At what age is a parachute reflex ABSENT?
6-9 months
At what age can an infant lying down lift head momentarily?
1 month
At what age can an infant lying down lift head to 45 degrees?
2 months
At what age can an infant lying down lift head up by 90 degrees?
3-4 months
When pulling to sit, at what age is there lifting head off table in anticipation of being lifted?
6 months
When pulling to sit, at what age is there complete head lag?
newborn
When pulling to sit, at what age is there no head lag?
5 months
At what age can an infant roll front to back?
4-5 months
At what age can an infant roll back to front?
5-6 months
At what age can an infant sit with no support?
7 months
At what age should a child be able to copy a circle?
3 years
When can a child be able to draw a cross?
3-4 years
What age should a child be able to copy a square?
4-5 years
When does an infant develop voluntary grasp?
5 months
When should an infant be able to transfer objects between hands?
6 months
When should an infant be able to use thumb to grasp a cube?
6-8 months
When can a child play "pat-a-cake"?
9-10 months
At what age can a child make a tower of four cubes?
18 months
At what age can a child make a tower of two cubes?
13-15 months
At what age can a child use a cup and spoon well?
15-18 months
At what age can a child/infant pull to stand?
9 months
At what age can a chld/infant walk holding onto furniture?
11 months
At what age can a child walk without help?
13 months
At what age can a child walk well?
15 months
When can a child run well?
2 years
At what age can a child walk up and down stairs with two feet on each step?
2 years
At what age can a child walk up and down stairs one foot per step alternating each way?
4 years
At what age can a child jump off the ground with two feet up?
2-5 years
At what age can a child hop on one foot?
4 years
At what age can a child skip?
5-6 years
At what age can a child balance on one foot for 2-3 seconds?
3 years
At what age can a child balance on one foot for 6-10 seconds?
4 years
At what age do children develop a social smile?
1-2 months
At what age is a child able to smile at a mirror?
5 months
At what age can a child wave bye-bye?
10 months
At what age can a child dress themself except for buttons in the back?
3 years
At what age can a child tie shoe laces?
5 years
At what age do children parallel play?
1-2 years
At what age do children cooperative play?
3-4 years
At what age can a child tell fantasy from reality?
5 years
At what age can a child coo?
2-4 months
At what age does a child say their first words?
9-12 months
At what age can a child understand 1-step commands?
15 months
At what age does a child have a 10-50 word vocabulary?
13-18 months
At what age does a child say 2 word sentences
18-24 months
At what age can a child say 3 word sentences?
2-3 years
At what age can a child say 4 word sentences?
3-4 years
What should NOT be done in the evaluation of asymptomatic children with mild idiopathic mental retardation?
Metabolic Screening
When should metabolic screening be considered with mental retardation?
vomiting, lethargy, poor feeding, poor growth, seizures, unusual odors, loss of developmental skills, sensory abnormalit, acquired skin disorders
When do kids triple their birth weight?
12 months of age
Term infants regain birth weight within 2 weeks and double their birth weight by what age?
4-6 months
When does birth height double?
3-4 years of age
What growth delay ALWAYS warrants investigation?
Changes in percentiles of head circumference
When a child drops off growth curves to 3rd percentile proportionately in first two years then as an older child or adolescent grows rapidly to achieve ht/wt to nl adult ht, what is it called?
Constitutional Growth Delay
What is it called when a child's birth weight and ht are initially normal, but drop off proportionaltely during the first 2 years of life?
Constitutional Growth Delay
At what age do you switch from recumbent length to standing height?
2 years
What seasons have maximal growth occurrence?
Spring and Summer
What is the formula for predicting midparental height in boys?
mom's ht + 13 cm + dad's ht divided by 2
What is the formula for predicting midparental height in girls?
father's ht - 13 cm + mom's ht divided by two
When is lymphoid tissue volume go through the largest growth period?
before puberty
At what age does head size essentially stop growing?
ten
When is the period of most rapid brain growth?
the first 6 years
After two, average height increases by how much per year?
2 inches per year
When does birth length triple?
13 years
When does birth length double?
4 years
When does birth length increase by 50%?
1 year
After age two how much weight gain is normal per year? (until adolescence)
5 lbs per year
When do infants quadruple their birth weight?
24 months
When is the largest rate of head growth?
between 0-2 months
What rate of head growth is typical between 1 and 2 months?
0.5 cm/week
What are the definitions of failure to thrive when only one point is given on the hgrowth curve?
Wt < 3 rd %
Wt/Ht < 5 th %
Wt 20% or more below ideal for Ht
What is the definition of FTT with multiple points on the growth curve?
Wt gain <20 gms/day 0-3 mos
Wt gain <15gms/day 3-6 mos
Downward crossing of > 2 major percentiles
What are the indicators to hospitalize a patient with FTT?
- evidence of physical abuse/neglect
- high risk for abuse/neglect
- severe malnutrition
- medically unstable
- outpt failure
- need for close observation
What causes most cases of failure to thrive?
Inadequate consumption of appropriate types of food
What are some common causes of excessive caloric losses?
GI malabsorption
Renal disorders (RTA)
etc
What are common causes of increased caloric requirements?
- cardiopulmonary disorders
- malignancies
- hyperthyroidism
- chronic or recurrent infections
What is the diagnostic test of choice for macrocephaly?
head ultrasound
What is the diagnostic test of choice for microcephaly?
CT or MRI
What is defined by the presence of a genetic or chromosomal condition in which mass and/or structural brain growth is abnormal?
Primary microcephaly
What causes secondary microcephaly?
Pre & Postnatal infections
Toxins
CNS injury
What is the most common cause of plagiocephaly?
Deformational flattening
(not changing in position)
When are most cranial sutures ossified?
8 years of age
What are the average measurments of infants at birth?
HC 35 cm
Wt 3-3.5kg (6-9 to 7-11)
Ht 50.8 cm
Doubling the height at what age is a reasonable estimate of adult height?
Age 2 year height
How much should head circumference growth average during the first three months of life?
2.0 cm/month
When do infants get to sitting position?
8 months
What age???
If a child can:
- build a 3 block tower
- use a spoon
- spontaneous scribbling
- runs
- walks upstairs holding had
- stoops and recovers
- use 10-25 words
- plays near other children?
18 months
Large or small heads can be concerning for what abnormalities?
1- hydrocephalus
2- metabolic disturbances
3- syndromes
4- anatomic problems
5- congenital infections
What age???
If a child can:
- skip with alternating feet
- draw a person with six parts
- ask what words mean
- name four colors
- plays cooperative games
- understand rules
5 years
What age???
If a child can:
- ride a bike
- write name
- identify written letters
- knows R from L
- knows all color names
6 years
What are echolalia, perseveration, loss of skills previously achieved and skipping skills examples of?
Atypical Behavior
When should a healthy child's stature reach double that child's birth length?
Between the ages of 3 and 4
What age???
If a child can:
- sit with support
- roll both ways
- babbles
- recognizes person as familiar
- reach for object
- transfer objects hand to hand
6 months
The ability to build a tower of three cubes occur at what age?
16 months
How old is a child who can babble and have different cries noted?
6 months
How old is a child who can point, shake head and say mama or dada?
12 months
How old is a child who can:
- use gestures well
- say 15-20 words
- use 2-3 word phrases
- speak in a way that household can understand?
18 months
What percent of deafness is inherited? What types of inheritance?
~ 50% is inherited
80% AR
18% AD
2% X-linked recessive
How old is a child who can
- speak with fluency
- has less stuttering
- has an expanding vocabulary
- 25% is understandable to strangers
24 months
When is cranial suture fusion complete?
early adulthood
How old is a child who can:
- use compllete sentences
- talk in short paragraphs
- most words are intelliglible to strangers
- uses plurals, pronouns and prepositions?
3 years
How old is a child who can:
- use past tense
- use 4-5 word sentences
- talk in short paragraphs
- is able to tell a story or explain a recent event?
4 years
What are the most common causes of blindness in children?
1- cortical visual impairment
2- retinopathy of prematurity
3- optic nerve hypoplasia

ACQUIRED trauma from another child and 2nd is sports related trauma
When is it a concern that a child is not babbling or using different sounds?
12-15 months
When is it a concern that a child uses only a few words and hardly any phrases?
18-24 months
When is it a concern that a child:
- cannot follow simple directions
- points instead of speaking
- is not using 2-syllable words or combining words
2 years
When is it a concern that a child:
- cannot be understood most of the time
- frequently omits first or last consonant of a word
- cannot understand 2-step directions
- cannot repeat/pronounce B, H, M, N, P, and W
2 1/2 years
When is it a concern that a child cannot repeat a 4 or 5 word sentence?
3 years
When is it a concern if a child:
-cannot name specific objects easily
- omits words in sentences
- cannot pronounce D,F,G,K,T
3 1/2 years
When is it a concern that a child cannot tell a simple story?
4 years
When is it a concern that a child cannot pronounce I, J, V, CH, SH?
5 years
When is it a concern that a child cannot pronounce R, S, Z, ST, TH?
6 years
At what age does an infant have "mature" cube grasp?
10-12 months
When can infants rollover in one direction?
4 months
When do infants have steady head control while sitting?
3-4 months
At what age can a child
- have inferior pincher grasp
- feed self with fingers
- plays gesture games
- bangs two objects together
- holds two objects at one time
9 months
At what age can a child
- feed self with spoon and fork
- tower of eight cubes
- imitates vertical stroke with crayon
- copies a circle and imitates a cross
- imitate bridge of 3 cubes
- put on a t-shirt and shorts
- copies a cross
3 years
At what age can a child:
- tower four cubes
- imitates single strokes
- spontaneous scribbling
- turns 2-3 pages of a book at one time
- feed self with spoon
18 months
At what age can a child
- transfer objects from hand to hand
- reaches for objects
-has radial palmar grasp of a cube
rakes at a pellet with whole hand or contact?
6 months
The skills of kicking a ball and jumping in place occur at what age?
24 months
A 4 yr old should be able to do which of the following?
- ride a bike
- hop on one foot
- skip by alternating feet
- tandem walk backward
hop on one foot
What vision milestone occurs by 2 months of age?
track across midline and smile in response to a smile
What vision milestones occur by 4 months of age?
Object tracking to 180 degrees red reflex and conjugate gaze
What visual acuity should be referred in preschoolers?
< 20/40 in either eye
What is 50th% for head circumference of a full-term infant at birth?
35 cm for girls
36 cm for boys
All US states currently agree on screening for what conditions?
Congenital hypothyroidism and phenylketonuria
When are most cranial sutures closed?
12-24 months
What are the clinical clues to possible language delay problems?
-no babbling by 9-12mos
- no words by 18 months
- no phrases by 2
- speech unintelligible at 3
- inability to use language for communication by 3
- difficulty with comprehension after 3
At what age can an infant raise it's head slightly in a prone posistion?
birth to 1 month
At what age can an infant raise it's chest and head off bed in prone position?
2 months
At what age can an infant lift onto extended elbows in prone position;steady head control with no head lag;rolls over front to back?
4 months
At what age can an infant sit but may need support; rolls in both directions?
6 months
At what age can an infant ~
sit without support
crawl
pull to stand?
9 months
At what age can a child cruise;stands alone;takes a few independent steps?
12 months
At what age can a child walk well independently?
15 months
At what age can a child run;
walk up stairs with hand held;
and can stoop and recover?
18 months
At what age can a child
walk unassisted up and down stairs
kick and throw a ball
jump with two feet off the floor?
24 months
At what age can a child pedal tricycle;braod jumps?
36 months
At what age can a child balance on one foot?
4 years
At what age can a child skip with alternating feet?
5 years
At what age can a child ride a bicycle?
6 years
At what age can an infant follows with eyes to middle only;hands tightly fisted?
birth to 1 month
At what age can an infant alert/startle to sound?
birth to 1 month
At what age can an infant fix on face?
at birth
At what age can an infant regaurds object and follows through180degreese arc;briefly retains rattle?
2months
At what age can an infant coo and vocolize reciprocally?
2months
At what age can an infant social smile and recgonize parents?
2 months
At what age can an infant ~
reach for objects with both hands together
bat at objects
grabs and retain objects?
4 months
At what age can an infant reach with one hand;transfers objects hand-to-hand?
6 months
At what age can an infant orient to voice;laughs and squeals?
4months
At what age can an infant initate social interaction?
4 months
At what age can an infant babble?
6months
At what age can an infant recognize an object or person as unfamilliar?
6 months
At what age can an infant use pincer grasp'finger feeds?
9months
At what age can an infant imitate speech sounds( nonspecific"mama" "dada"); understands no?
9 months
At what age can an infant play gesture games("pat-a-cake");understands own name; object permanence; stranger anxiety?
9 months
At what age can a child voluntarily release items?
12 months
At what age can a child discriminative use of "mama""dada" plus one to fourother words;follows command with gesture/
12 months
At what age can a child
imitate
come when called
cooperate with dressing
12 months
At what age can a child walk on level ground with one hand held but not steps, can pick up a pellet with a pincer grasp but not place it in a bottle and would say only a few words (besides mama, dada)
12-month-old
How old is a child who can walk alone but crawl up stairs, make a tower of 3 cubes and be able to insert a pellet into a bottle, follow simple commands, just start speaking his first real words and indicate some desires by pointing?
15-month-old
How old is a child who can run well, walk up and down stairs one at a time, make a tower of 7 cubes, put three words together, and should handle a spoon well?
24-month-old
How old is a child who can run with a stiff gait, walk up stairs with hand held, make a tower of 4 cubes, imitate scribbling, can dump a pellet from a bottle, speak about 10 words, identify one or more body parts, and can feed herself?
18-month-old