Toddler-ance & Tantrums
Beginning in infancy and continuing throughout early childhood, this process involves an adult helping a child manage their emotions and return to a calm state.
What is co-regulation?
By 30 months, children often engage in this type of play by pretending to feed a doll with a toy bottle or putting a teddy bear to bed.
What is pretend play?
By 18 months, children typically use this gesture to request something they want or direct another person's attention toward something interesting.
What is pointing?
By age 2, children typically demonstrate this category of motor skills through activities such as running, kicking a ball, and climbing stairs.
What are gross motor skills?
A client is 6 years old but demonstrates communication and social skills typically seen in younger children. Their actual age, regardless of developmental abilities, is referred to as this.
What is chronological age?
Typically emerging around 8–12 months, this behavior involves looking to a caregiver’s facial expressions or emotional reactions to determine how to respond to unfamiliar situations.
What is social referencing?
Typically emerging around 18–24 months, this type of play involves using one object to represent another, such as pretending a banana is a telephone.
What is symbolic play?
Emerging during the first two years of life, this communication function involves using gestures, words, or other forms of communication to indicate a desire for an item or activity.
What is requesting?
By age 3, children typically demonstrate this category of motor skills through activities such as stringing large beads, using a fork, and drawing circles.
What are fine motor skills?
A client is 6 years old but demonstrates communication and social skills typically seen in younger children. The age level reflected by their current abilities is known as this.
What is developmental age?
Between ages 3–5, most children gradually develop this ability to handle disappointment, challenges, or not getting what they want without becoming overwhelmed.
What is frustration tolerance?
By age 2, children commonly engage in this type of play, playing beside peers rather than directly with them.
What is parallel play?
Emerging during infancy and developing throughout toddlerhood, this skill involves two people focusing on the same object or event while showing awareness of each other's attention.
What is joint attention?
Developing throughout early childhood, this motor skill involves using both sides of the body together to complete tasks, such as holding paper with one hand while cutting with the other.
What is bilateral coordination?
When an RBT implements treatment goals based on a client's assessed abilities, individual needs, and learning priorities rather than chronological age alone, this approach is known as what?
What is individualized intervention?
Most common between ages 1–3, these emotional outbursts may involve crying, screaming, or dropping to the floor as children develop language and emotional regulation skills.
What are tantrums?
During preschool development, children begin progressing from associative play toward this more organized type of play involving shared goals and assigned roles.
What is cooperative play?
By age 3, children typically begin developing this communication skill, which involves participating in back-and-forth exchanges by responding to others and taking turns speaking.
What is conversational turn-taking?
By age 5, children typically demonstrate this type of balance when hopping on one foot while maintaining control of their body.
What is dynamic balance?
A 4-year-old client has not yet acquired several developmental skills typically expected by their chronological age. This could indicate what?
What is a developmental delay?
Developing during early childhood and becoming more advanced around ages 5–7, this skill involves recognizing and evaluating one's own behavior to determine whether it meets expectations.
What is self-monitoring?
Typically emerging around 12–18 months, this type of play involves using toys as intended, such as rolling a toy car or stacking blocks.
What is functional play?
By age 2, children typically demonstrate this communication skill by understanding and following simple verbal directions, even when they don't respond with spoken words.
What is receptive language?
By age 4, children typically begin demonstrating this pencil grasp, which involves holding a writing tool between the thumb, index finger, and middle finger rather than using a fist.
What is a tripod grasp?
A 6-year-old client demonstrates age-appropriate gross motor skills but communication and social skills associated with earlier developmental stages. These distinct areas of functioning are known as this.
What are developmental domains?