Growth and Development Flashcards

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Growth

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Increase in physical size, linear and weight, neurological

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Development

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Increase in capacity or function

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UNIQUE

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  • Variations in age
  • Influences on development
  • Rate of growth varies
  • Growth is cephocaudal and proximodistal
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Cephacaudal growth

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Gradual change in head size compared to body size during human growth

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Body Mass Index for Age

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  • Assess underweight, overweight, and at risk for overweight
  • Used for ages 2 to 20 years of age
  • Is gender and age specific
  • BMI decreases during preschool years and increases to adulthood
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Calculating BMI

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( weight in lbs )
    \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ x703
        (height in in.) x (height in in.)   
                           or
                   (weight in kg) 
     \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ x10,000
      (height in cm) x (height in cm)
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Underweight

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Less than the 5th percentile

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Healthy Weight

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5th percentile to less than the 85th percentile

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Overweight

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85th to less than 95th percentile

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Obese

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Equal to or greater than the 95th percentile

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Why is BMI for age a useful tool?

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  • It provides a reference that can be useful beyond puberty
  • It compares well to lab measurements of body fat
  • It can be used to track body size throughout life
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Infancy: Newborn

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Birth to 1 month

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Infancy: Growth (weight, length)

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Weight = 2700-4000 g (6-9lbs) gains about 5-7 oz/week for 6 months

Length = 48-53cm (19-21 in.) increases 2.5cm/mth. first 6 months

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Infancy: Growth (head and chest circumference)

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Head circumference = 33-35cm increases 2 cm/month first 3 months, than 1 cm/month until 6 months of age

Chest circumference = 2-3cm less than head circumference

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Infancy: gross motor

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may lift head if prone

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Infancy: fine motor

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hold hands in fist

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Infancy: sensory

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prefers faces, follows line of vision

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Fontaneles

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Anterior fontanelle

Posterior fontanelle

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Babinski Reflex

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Toes splay and curl out = POSITIVE babinski

Disappears after 18 months

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Moro Reflex

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Extension and abduction of extremities when change in equilibrium; disappears 3-4 months

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Tonic Neck Reflex

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Help roll over and disappears around the time they start to roll from back to belly

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Dance reflex

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stepping reflex; disappears around 4-8 weeks

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Crawling reflex

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if put on belly, will move arms and legs

Disappear at about 6 weeks of age

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Nutrition (Bottle and breastfeeding)

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Bottle 60-90cc every 2-3 hours

Breastfeeding every 2-3 hours on demand

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Infant 2-4 MONTHS = growth

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Same as infant, posterior fontanelles close

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Infant 2-4 MONTHS = gross motor

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decrease head lag, sitting

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Infant 2-4 MONTHS = fine motor

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holds rattle, plays with fingers, object to mouth

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Infant 2-4 MONTHS = Sensory

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turns head to voices

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Infant 2-4 MONTHS = nutrition

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every 3-4 hours

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Infant 2-4 MONTHS = Language

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“coo”, girgle or laugh

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Infant 4-6 Months = growth

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doubles in birth weight

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Infant 4-6 Months = gross motor

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no head lag, rolling over, crawling
Belly to back = 4 months
Back to belly = 6 months

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Infant 4-6 Months = fine motor

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palmar grasp, manipulates objects

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Infant 4-6 Months = nutrition

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baby food, weaning

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Infant 4-6 Months = Sensory

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Separation anxiety

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Infant 4-6 Months = Nutrition

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Solids at 6 months, weaning

Cereal, rice, barley

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Infant 4-6 months = Sensory

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Separation Anxiety

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Nutrition (teeth)

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Teeth erupting by 6 months
Introduce food 4-7 days
Never mix in a bottle

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6-8 Months – GROWTH

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Decrease rate

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6-8 Months = Gross motor

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Sitting at 8 months of age without hands

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6-8 Months = Fine motor

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Transfers objects, crude pincer grasp, bangs objects

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6-8 Months = sensory

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Stranger anxiety, responds to name

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6-8 Months = Nutrition

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Fruits and veggies, juice from a cup

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6-8 Months = Language

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da-da - imitate sounds

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8-10 months = growth

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same as 6-8 months, decrease

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8-10 months: gross motor

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creeping, pulls to standing, sits alone

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8-10 months: fine motor

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pincer grasp, small objects

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8-10 months: Sensory

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object permanence

cognitive development

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8-10 months: Nutrition

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Finger foods, cereal, cut up chicken SMALL

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8-10 months: Language

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Understands no, simple disciplining

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10-12 months: growth

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HC=CC, triples BW

6-8 teeth by first birthday

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10-12 months: gross motor

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Stands, sits from standing, walks holding on

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10-12 months: fine motor

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holds crayons, builds tower

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10-12 months: sensory

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Peek a boo; patty cake

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10-12 months: nutrition

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feeds self with spoon, soft table foods

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10-12 months: language

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3-5 words, understands mama and dada

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Piaget - cognitive development

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Cognitive development is a sequential, orderly process where a variety of new experiences must exist before intellectual abilities can develop

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ERIKSON – PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

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  • Developed his theory from Freud’s theory of development
  • Development across the life span
  • Levels of achievement
  • Each stage has a developmental task which must be achieved at some level
  • The greater the task achievement, the healthier the personality
  • Failure to achieve the task affects the individual’s ability to achieve the next task
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Erickson vs. Piaget

Birth to 2 years

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Erickson = Trust vs. mistrust
Piaget = sensorimotor birth to 2 years -- learns about world by input  obtained through sense and motor activity
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Toddler (1-3 years) GROWTH

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  • Slows down
  • BW quadrupled
  • 1/2 adult height
  • Chest circumference > head circumference
  • Elongation of legs (torso)
  • Pot bellied appearance
  • Anterior fontanel closes at 18 months of age
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Toddler 1-3 years
Gross motor
Fine motor

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Gross = locomotion
Fine = scribbles, tower of blocks
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Toddler 1-3 years
Nutrition
Language

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Nutrition = physiological anorexia (16-24 oz of milk)
Language = increase comprehension
- Egocentric, multi word phrases

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Toddler 1-3 years
Play
Toilet

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Play = parallel play
Toilet 18-24 months
Toilet training normal 4-5; after 5 years old need to look into things further

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Toddler Developmental Theories

Piaget

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Sensorimotor to preoperational
Understanding cause and effect
Object permanence 
Less fearful of strangers
Imitation 
Concept of time
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Toddler Developmental Theories

Erickson

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Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Increased ability to control bodies and environment
Holding on/letting go
Rituals
No - temper tantrums
Need constant limit setting
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Preschool (3-5 years)
Growth
Gross
Fine

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Growth: weight slows down, growth in long bones
Gross: more coordinated
Fine: scissors, draws circle, square, 6-part person, buttons cloths

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Preschool (3-5 years)
Nutrition
Language
Sleep

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3 meals and 2 snacks
2000 words, complete sentences - take everything literally**
Sleep = ritualistic, transition objects (security, toys, blankets that they take everywhere)

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Preschool (3-5 years)
Temperament
Body Image

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Temperament: gain control of strong inner impulses

Body Image: modesty and fear of mutilation; teach about appropriate and inappropriate touching

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Types of PLAY

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Association 
Dramatic
Cooperative
Solitary
Cannot separate reality and fantasy
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Preschool Language

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2000 words, complete sentences, everything is taken literally
3 years mostly talk to themselves, toys, pets
4 years - words to transmit information other than feelings and own needs, can begin to pick up language and speech delays

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PIAGET vs. ERICKSON – preschool

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Piaget = preoperational and magical thinking
Erickson = initiative vs. guilt, satisfaction in accomplishments (praise and punishment)
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School age - 6-12 years

Growth

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Last period in which boys and girls are close in proportions
Mature immune system
Increase in LENGTH and decrease in weight (get thinner and longer)
Increase muscle development
Jaw changes

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School age - 6-12 years
Gross
Social
Teeth
Nutrition
Sleep
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Activities requiring balance and strength
School, peers, body image
Adult teeth come in and baby teeth fall out –> jaw changes (about 26/28 adult teeth)
Food pyramid, peer pressure, fast food (eating disorders can start here
Sleep - pre-adolescent growth spurt – increase sleep

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School 6-12

Piaget vs. Erickson

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Piaget = concrete operational
Conservation = general science, matter doesn't change even if form changes 
Reversibility = math and trace back steps, can walk home from school
Classification = groups things according to what they have in common, collections

Erickson = Industry vs. Inferiority
self esteem; feedback, expectations
Fail in one, can succeed in the other

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Adolescence 12-21 years

Early, middle, late

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Early 12-14
Middle 15-17 (most turbulent)
Late 18-21

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TANNER GIRLS

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Prepubertal growth at age 10

Stage 1 = thelarche breast development – 1 year after pre-pubertal growth started
Stage 2 = Adrenarche - pubic hair; 2-6 months after thelarache
Stage 3 = menarche - menses; 2 years after thelarche
Minimal linear growth left
May be irregular the first year

Delayed = no thelarche by 13 or no menarche 4 years after thelarche

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TANNER BOYS

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pre-pubertal growth at age 13

Stage 1 = testicular enlargement (9.5-13.5)
Thinning and reddening of scrotum
Start to have pubic hair

Stage 2 = changes in voice, facial and axillary hair, increase in acne, increase in muscle mass, penile enlargement

Stage 3 = increase in axillary and facial hair, first ejaculation

DELAYED = nothing by age 14

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Adolescence

Piaget vs. Erickson

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Piaget = formal operational, abstract thinking, increased decision making, adductive and deductive reasoning, no pre-frontal until 24

Erickson = identity vs. role confusion, peers more important than family, good parental relationships**