Question | Answer |
What are infants at high risk for? | Respiratory distress |
What are Toddlers/Preschoolers at high risk for? | Infectious disease |
What are Adolescene at high risk for? | Drug abuse |
Infant is considered to be what age group? | Birth to 12 months |
Toddlers is considered to be what age group? | 12 to 36 months(3yrs) |
Preschooler is considered to be what age group? | 3 to 6 yrs |
School Age is considered what age group? | 6 to 12 yrs |
Adolescent is considered to be what age group? | 12 to 18 or 20yrs |
What is growth? | An increase in a number of cells |
What is development? | An increase in complexity, ability, skill, and understanding |
What is maturation? | has to do with potential |
What is Differentation? | Describes how cells take a specific characteristics |
WHat is Readiness? | a period of time when a child is ready to take on a specific task. |
If a doctor says a child is growing Cephalocaudally; What does that mean? | growth from head to tail |
If a doctor says a child is growing Proximaldiatally; What does this mean? | Growth from near to far |
If a doctor says a child is growing Mass to Specific; What does this mean? | Gross motor control comes before fine motor control |
Important to Know.... | Every child grow in the same order, but at different rates |
Can a child walk beofre they sit up? | No never |
What areas does the (DDST) Denver II Test, test for? | 1. Personal-social
2.Fine motor- adaptive
3.Language
4.Gross Motor |