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Developmental Milestones

Topic: Adult

Created on Sunday, July 16 2006 by

Last modified on Wednesday, December 31 1969.

A woman brings her 12 month old girl into your clinic. The mother is concerned that the child may be developmentally delayed.
As you observe and examine the kid, you note that she says things like "dadada" and "bababa".
She waves bye-bye, plays patty-cake, and plays peekaboo.
She crawls and sits without support.
This child is meeting milestones for what age?

A) 60 months

B) 18 months

C) 14 months

D) 24 months

E) 8 months

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This question was created on July 16, 2006 by .
This question was last modified on December 31, 1969.

ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

A) 60 months

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Socially, she should be able to engage in domestic role playing and ask about the meaning of words. In terms of motor function, she should be able to copy a triange and skip. (See References)


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B) 18 months

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At 18 months, she should have a vocabulary of 6 words. Socially, she should be able to feed herself. In terms of motor function, she should be able to imitate scribbling and walk up steps while someone is holding her hand. (See References)


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C) 14 months

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At 14 months, she should have a vocabulary of 1 to 2 words. Socially, she should be able to hug her parents and indicate her desires by pointing. In terms of motor function, she should be able to walk alone and stoop and then recover to a standing position. (See References)


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D) 24 months

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At 24 months, she should have a vocabulary of about 250 words. Socially, she should be able to help when she is being undressed and listen to stories with pictures. In terms of motor function, she should be able to run well, make circular scribbles, and copy a horizontal line. (See References)


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E) 8 months

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At the age of 8 months, a normal child who is meeting her normal language milestones should be able to jabber, that is, say things like "dadada" and "bababa". Socially, she should be able to be able to play peekaboo and patty-cake, and wave bye-bye. In terms of motor function, she should be able to sit without support and creep or crawl. (See References)


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References:

1. Michelson, D.J., and Aswal, S. (2004). Global Developmental Delay and Developmental Regression. In Bradley, W.G., Daroff, R.B., Fenichel, G.M., and Jankovic, J. (Eds.). Neurology in Clinical Practice, 4th Edition. Butterworth Heinemann, Philadelphia. Pp. 75-84.


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Developmental Milestones
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