Tutorial 10 - Paediatrics (B)

Question 1

What are gross motor skills?

Answer 1

• Activities which require the whole body and abdominal muscles to perform i.e., walking, running, jumping and sitting upright at a table.

Question 2

What are the gross motor skills of a newborn?

Answer 2

• Symmetrical flexed limbs.
• characteristic head lag.

Question 3

What are the gross motor skills of a baby of 6-8 weeks?

Answer 3

• During “tummy - time” (when baby prone on tummy), can lift head 45 degrees (i.e., look straight).

Question 4

What are the gross motor skills of a baby of 6-8 months?

Answer 4

• Sits up without a support.
• by 8 months goes from round to straight back.

Question 5

What are the gross motor skills of a baby of 8-9 months?

Answer 5

• Crawling.

Question 6

What are the gross motor skills of a 10 month baby?

Answer 6

• Stands independently.
• Cruises around furniture.

Question 7

What are the gross motor skills of a 12 month baby?

Answer 7

• Walks unsteady (broad gait, hands far apart).

Question 8

What are the gross motor skills of 15 month baby?

Answer 8

• Walks steady.

Question 9

What are the gross motor skills of 2.5 year old baby?

Answer 9

• Runs
• Jumps

Question 10

What are the vision and fine motor skills of a 6 week - 3 month baby?

Answer 10

• Follows moving object by turning head.

Question 11

What are the vision and fine motor skills of a 4 month baby?

Answer 11

• Reaches out for toys.

Question 12

What are the vision and fine motor skills of a 4-6 month baby

Answer 12

• Palmar grasp (fingers clench around items).

Question 13

What are the vision and fine motor skills of a 7 month baby?

Answer 13

• Transfer toys from one hand to another.

Question 14

What are the vision and fine motor skills of a 10 month baby?

Answer 14

• Pincer grip (co-ordination of thumb and index finger to pick items).

Question 15

What are the vision and fine motor skills of a 16 to 18 month baby?

Answer 15

• Makes marks with crayons.

Question 16

What brick building should a baby of 14 month to 4 years be able to do?

Answer 16

• 18 months - tower of 3
• 2 years - tower of 6
• 2.5 years - tower of 8
• Bridge from a model - 3 years
• Steps from demonstration - 4 years

Question 17

What pencil skills should a baby have between 2-5 years?

Answer 17

• 2 years - line
• 3 years - circle
• 3.5 years - cross
• 4 years - square
• 5 years - triangle

Question 18

What “hearing, sound and language” development should a newborn have?

Answer 18

• Startled by loud noises.

Question 19

What “hearing, sound and language” development should a 3-4 month baby have?

Answer 19

• Vocalises alone.
• When spoken to laughs and coos “Aa-Aa”.

Question 20

What “hearing, sound and language” development should a 7 month baby have?

Answer 20

• Turns to orientation of sound
• Polysyllabic babble “bababababa, lalalalala”

Question 21

What “hearing, sound and language” development should a 7-10 month baby have?

Answer 21

• Progress to discriminant sound to parents i.e., “papa” “mama”.

Question 22

What “hearing, sound and language” development should a 12 month baby have?

Answer 22

• 2-3 words other than “dada”

Question 23

What “hearing, sound and language” development should an 18 month baby have?

Answer 23

• 6-10 words

Question 24

What “hearing, sound and language” development should a 20-24 baby have?

Answer 24

• Joins words together to form sentence i.e., “give me baby”.

Question 25

What "hearing, sound and language" development should a 2.5-3 year old have?

Answer 25

- Talks constantly in 3-4 word sentences.

Question 26

What "social, emotional and behavioural" development should a 6 week baby have.

Answer 26

- Smiles

Question 27

What "social, emotional and behavioural" development should a 6-8 month baby have.

Answer 27

- Puts food in their mouth.

Question 28

What "social, emotional and behavioural" development should a 10-12 month baby have.

Answer 28

- Waves bye - Plays peek a bo

Question 29

What "social, emotional and behavioural" development should an 12 month baby have.

Answer 29

- Drinks from a cup with 2 hands

Question 30

What "social, emotional and behavioural" development should an 18 month baby have.

Answer 30

- Holds spoon and safely gets food to mouth.

Question 31

What "social, emotional and behavioural" development should an 18-24 month baby have.

Answer 31

- Symbolic play (uses items to represent things).

Question 32

What "social, emotional and behavioural" development should a 2 year baby have.

Answer 32

- Toilet trained - Pulls off clothing

Question 33

What "social, emotional and behavioural" development should a 2.5 - 3 year baby have.

Answer 33

- Parallel play - Take turns playing