NFDN 2005: PEDIATRICS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
Unit 1: Principles of Growth and Development in Children
• A quantative change that can be measured
• Ex: Height, weight
What is development?
• A qualitati
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NFDN 2005: PEDIATRICS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
Unit 1: Principles of Growth and Development in Children
• A quantative change that can be measured
• Ex: Height, weight
What is development?
• A qualitative change in skill or ability
• Not how many blocks can they stack, but can they stack blocks
• Ex: Standardized testing such as the Denver II test used
Denver II test
• Four categories
• A test for screening cognitive and behavioral problems in preschool children
• A subject’s performance against the regular age distribution is noted
Why do we want to know the difference between growth and development?
• We want to know what their developmental level is, or if they have a developmental delay
• Development follows a particular pattern
Growth and development
• Are continuous processes
• Progress in an orderly sequence
• Different children pass through the predictable staged at different rates
• Different body systems, different development rates
• Development is cephalocaudal (starts from the head, works its way down)
Cephalocaudal Gross to fine
Sensitive periods: Critical periods in development that cannot be missed
Factors that can affect growth and development of children
• Environment
o Socioeconomic level
o Parent-child relationship
o Ordinal position in the family
o Health
• Nutritional intake
• Prenatal health
• Genetics
o Influence the rate of both growth and development
• Gender
• Health
• Intelligence
• Temperament
o Reaction patterns
Activity levels
Rhythmicity (routines)
Approach (how they respond to new stimuli)
Adaptability (how they adapt to changes in routines)
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