Developmental Milestones

Question 1

What is Age

Answer 1

•Gestational Age (Normal = 40 weeks)

•is a measure of the age of a pregnancy from the first day of the last menstrual cycle

•Chronological Age

•Age based upon the child’s date of birth

•Corrected Age (Chronological Age – wks/mnths Premature)

•Age based upon when the child expected delivery was

•Developmental Age

•indicate where a child is socially, emotionally, physically, and intellectually on this path of development, as compared to typical behaviors and characteristics of that age.

Question 2

Name the developmental Milestones

Answer 2

MILESTONE AGE EXPECTED

Prone on elbows

3 months

Rolls prone to supine

5 months

Rolls supine to prone

6 months

Independent sitting

6 months

Pulls to stand at furniture

8 - 9 months

Transfers objects from one hand to another

8 - 9 months

Self feeding

10 - 15 months

Ambulation

12 months

Ascending stairs (step to pattern)

18 months

Hop on one foot

3 years

Question 3

DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES

(1-3 months)

Answer 3

• Tracks objects with head rotation (1 month)
• Prone on elbow weight-bearing on the forearms (3 months)
• Head righting reflexes (3 months)

Question 4

DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES

(4-6 months)

Answer 4

• Ulnar-Palmar Grasp (4 months)
• Sits with support (4 months)
• Rolls from prone to supine (5 months)

•Independent sitting (6 months)

•Rolls from supine to prone (6 months)

Question 5

DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES

(7-9 months)

Answer 5

• Assuming Quadruped (7 months)
• Creeping (8-9 months)
• Pulls to stand at furniture (8-9 months)
• Transfers objects from one hand to another (8-9 months)
• Cruising sideway (8-9 months)

Question 6

A 4-month-old child is having difficulty with righting reactions of their head to the left when being placed into sitting. The therapist would like to address the concern to improve future sitting balance. The MOST effective strategy is:

A.In sitting, lean the child to left while the pelvis goes to the right

B.In sitting, lean the child’s trunk to right while the pelvis goes to the left

C.In sitting, lean the child’s trunk to forward, while keeping the pelvis stationary

D.In left side-lying over a therapy ball, cue the child to, “lift the head”

Answer 6

A: Would help with R righting reaction

B: Makes sense

C: Not in the correct plane (sagittal plane)

D: Help with Right, not functional for sitting

Question 7

DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES

(10-12 months)

Answer 7

• Self feeding (10+ months)
• Independent Ambulation (1 year)
• Creeps upstairs (1 year)
• Builds a tower (1 year)

Question 8

DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES

(10-12 months)

Answer 8

• Self feeding (10+ months)
• Independent Ambulation (1 year)
• Creeps upstairs (1 year)
• Builds a tower (1 year)