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1
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What is developmental delay?

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Failure to attain appropriate developmental milestones for child’s corrected chronological age

2
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What is an example of a global abnormal development?

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Down’s syndrome

3
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What is a global delay?

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Significant delay in more than 2 of:
Gross/fine motor, speech/language
Cognition, social/personL

4
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What is an example of a specific abnormal development?

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Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy

5
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What is an example of a deviation of abnormal development?

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ASD

6
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What is an example of a regression of abnormal development?

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Rett’s syndrome

Metabolic disorder

7
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What IQ is considered a mild learning disability?

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IQ between 50 and 70

8
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What IQ is considered a severe learning difficulty?

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Less than 50

9
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What are red flags for development?

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Asymmetry of movement
Not reaching for objects b 6 months 
Unable to sit unsupported by 12 months 
Unable to walk by 18 months 
No speech by 18 months
Concerns re vision or hearing
Loss of skills
10
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What should be checked in a child that cannot walk by 18 months?

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CK

11
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What medical screening should children with down’s syndrome undergo?

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Cardiac
Vision
Hearing
Thyroid function 
Sleep related breathing disorders
Growth charts 
Development
12
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What are examples of specific motor developmental delay?

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Cerebral palsy
Co-ordination disorders

13
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What are examples of specific language developmental delays?

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Specific language impairement

14
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What are examples of specific sensory deficits and associated delays?

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Oculocutaneous albinism

Treacher-collins

15
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What is an example of a specific developmental deviation?

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Autism spectrum disorder

16
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What is the common manoeuvre seen in duchenne MD?

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Gower’s

17
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What are the 3 different types of CP?

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Hemiplegic
Diplegic
Quadraplegic

18
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What can cause a diplegic pattern?

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Insult between the 24-32nd week of pregnancy

Injury to lateral ventricles

19
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What conditions are associated with cerebral palsy?

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Mobility, spasticity and orthopaedic
Learning difficulties
Epilepsy
Visual or hearing impairment
Communication difficulties
Feeding difficulties
Sleep problems
Behaviour problems
20
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What is the autistic triad?

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Communication
Social interaction - eye contact etc
Flexibility of thought/ imagination 
Restricted, repetitive behaviors
Sensory difficulties
21
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What non verbal language do ASD children struggle with?

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Facial expression
Eye contact
Recognising intention of others

22
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What language use to ASD children suffer with?

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Initiating and sustaining conversation
Restricted interests
Lack of awareness of reciprocal nature of conversation

23
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What social interactions do children with ASD struggle with?

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Joint attention and referencing
Turn taking
Unable to share pleasure
Not motivated by need for social approval 
Social rules
Empathy
Relationships
Others point of view/feelings
24
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What limits of flexibility of thought/imagination do ASD children suffer from?

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Theory of mind
Concrete and literal
Concept of time
Routines
Changes in environment
Ritualistic behaviour
25
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What sensory issues do ASD children suffer from?

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Fussy eaters
Textures of clothes
Sleep
Toilet training
Hair washing
Nail cutting
Noise
26
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What should be assessed in the examination of a developmentally delayed child?

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Observation
Dysmorphism 
Head circumference
Systems
CNS inc neurocutaneous
Vision
Hearing
27
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What investigations should/can be done for a developmentally delayed child?

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Chromosomes, FRAX and oligoarray CGH
Neonatal PKU, thyroid studies, CK 
MRI brain
EEG
Metabolic studies
Genetic consultation
28
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What assessment tools can be used in developmental assessment?

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Griffiths (0-8yrs)
Bayleys (0-3yrs)
Schedule of growing skills (0-5yrs)
ADOS (ASD)

29
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What type of hearing loss does sensorineural produce?

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Worst hearing at high frequencies

30
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What type of hearing loss does conductive hearing loss produce?

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Lower at all frequencies than sensorineural but small dip at higher frequencies

31
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What is the most common type of conductive hearing loss?

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Glue ear

32
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How is glue ear treated?

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Grommet

33
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What can commonly cause sensorineural hearing loss?

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Viral, measles, mumps, meningitis