NRNP 6665 - Final Exam Review.pdf

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• Milestones are recognizable skills or abilities that have an expected range and order of appearance, such as a child taking his first step around the time of his first birthday. Identifying any si... gnificant variations from expected patterns, such as a child taking that first step near his second birthday, is a key task for any practitioner. Knowing when a significant variation in development has occurred improves diagnostic accuracy because DSM-5 specifically requires consideration of developmental stages • Five different milestone skill areas should be evaluated: gross/fine motor, visual motor problem solving, speech and language, social/emotional, and adaptive skills • Gross motor skills are the most obvious to recognize because they involve crawling, walking, running, and throwing • Visual motor problem solving describes on visual input and generally progress at a slower pace than gross motor skills. If the development of these milestones is delayed, it may be because of impairments in cognitive, sensory, or motor abilities.a child’s physical interactions with the world. Fine motor skills (using one’s hands and fingers) rely [Show More]

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