Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2009 13 32
2010 02 02
-2008 11 25
0001 02 07
o Personal – Social
- Imitates housework
- Uses spoon, spilling little
- Helps in house, Simple Tasks
- Drinks from cup
- Removes Garment
- Plays ball with the examiner
- Scribbles spontaneously
- Tower of two cubes
- Tower of four cubes
- Dumps cheese curls from bottle – spontaneously
- Dumps cheese curls from bottle – demonstrated
o Language
o Gross Motor
o Personal – Social
Imitates housework
The caregiver reports that the child imitates housework like sweeping the floor, or
throwing the trash.
Removes Garment
The caregiver reports that the child can remove her clothes even when she’s not
told to. She states that the child can take off her shirt and her shorts without any
assistance.
Scribbles spontaneously
The examiner got some paper and a pencil and placed it in front of the child. The
child suddenly picked up the paper and scribbled lines all over the paper.
o Language
Follows directions
The child was able to follow directions when the examiner told her to hand over
the blocks to her caregiver and to put down the blocks on the floor. However, when
the examiner told the child to put the blocks on the table, the child handed over the
blocks to her.
o Gross Motor
Walks well
The examiner observed that the child can walk well without assistance or without
holding onto objects.
Walks backward
The caregiver reports that the child is able to walk backward without falling. The
examiner observed that the child could walk backwards for three or more steps, then
stops.
Walks up steps
The caregiver reports that the child can walk up the stairs of their neighbor (about
20 steps high), holding onto its railings.
Jumps in place
The child, even without being told, was jumping all over the place.
INTERPRETATIONS
PERSONAL – SOCIAL
The child is more interactive with other people although there is a slight anxiety
when meeting strangers. She shows independence as evidenced by using the spoon by
herself when eating, drinking from cup, and removing her garments by herself. She can
also imitate adults like doing housework. She can do simple tasks like running an errand.
LANGUAGE
The child is able to say 2-3 related words. She is still slurry when making sentences.
She sometimes uses nonverbal cues for the adults to understand her more.
GROSS MOTOR
She can walk alone and can walk upstairs and seats in chairs she can reach without
assistance. She can run and jump. She can remove her garments without assistance. She
can recover from stooping.
GENERAL INTERPRETATION
The child is of normal development in relation to her age. She has no delays in any of
the four sectors of development. Though there are two failed tests in two different
sectors, the child was able to pass all the other tests in her age line.
OTHER ASPECTS OF TODDLER ASSESSMENT
o NUTRITION
The child is on the weaning process. She can eat rice, bread, meat, fruits, and
vegetables, although her diet is composed mostly of milk. She is also fond of eating candies
and sweet food.
o PLAY
She is used to parallel play. She seldom shares her toys to her playmates but plays
willingly with adults. Recommended toys/ plays are blocks, and play-house or any play that
imitates adults (e.g. cooking/ other household chores)
o ELIMINATION PATTERNS
She voids not less than 5 times a day. Her usual color of urine is light yellow. She still
voids in bed. She defecates at least once a day in the morning. Her fecal consistency is moist
but formed, yellow to light brown in color.
o DENTAL HEALTH
She lost her two deciduous teeth (upper central incisors). She has dental caries on
almost all of her teeth. She merely brushes her teeth.
General Appearance
- Gait - wide based gait
- Posture - lordotic
- Body Built - small, with absence of baby fats
- Mood - happy and actively participating
- Speech - speaks 2-3 words, slightly slurry
- Heart Rate - 110 bpm
- Respiratory Rate - 30 cpm
- Height - 88.5 cm
Skin
- Color - brown, darker in parts exposed to sunlight
- Texture - smooth
- Moisture - not dry
- Odor - no odor
- Thickness - thick for age
- Turgor - good turgor
- Edema - non-pitting
- Temperature - warm to touch
Nails
- Color - pinkish
- Angle - <160 degrees
- Shape - rounded, clean cut
- Capillary Refill - comes back in <3
Hair
- Distribution - evenly distributed
- Thickness - thick
- Scalp Lesions - no scalp lesions
- Infestations - no presence of infestations
- Dandruff -no presence of dandruff
Skull
- Shape - round and symmetrical
- Fontanels - both fontanels are closed
- Concussions - no concussions
- Lesions/ Lacerations - no lesions/ lacerations
Eyes
- Vision Acuity - 20/20 vision
- Tearing - no reports of tearing
- Use of Glasses/ Corrective Lenses - doesn’t use corrective lenses
- Shape - round
- Light Accommodation - good light accommodation
- Discharges -no discharges
- Lid Margins - aligned
- Eye Lash Distribution - evenly distributed
- Conjunctivas - pinkish
- Sclera - white
- Pupils - reactive to light
- Eye Movements - well coordinated
Ears
- Texture - smooth
- Alignment - aligned to canthus
- Discharges - no discharges
- Hearing Deficits - no reports of hearing deficits
- Lesions - no presence of lesions
- Infections - no ear infections
- Piercing - one on each ear
- Ear Cleaning - twice a week
Mouth
- Lips - pinkish, smooth, moist
- Gums - pinkish
- Dentures - no dentures
- Toothaches - had reports of toothaches
- Teeth - two upper deciduous incisors are absent
- Dental Caries - almost all teeth
- Mouth Sores - no mouth sores
- Dental Habits - merely brushes her teeth
- Lesions - no lesions
- Tonsils - not enlarged
- Uvula - midline, not enlarged, pinkish
Breast/ Axilla
- Symmetry - symmetrical
- Nipples, Areola, Discharges - no discharges
- Pain - no reported pain
- Tenderness - no reported tenderness
- Lumps - no lumps
- Rashes - no rashes
Abdominal/Gastrointestinal
- Shape - prominent abdomen (pouchy belly)
- Texture - smooth
- Pain - no reports of abdominal pain
- Appetite - no reports in change in appetite
- Usual bowel habits - once a day in the morning
- Changes in stool color - no changes in stool color
- Stool Characteristics - moist but formed, yellow to brown in color
- Distention - no distention
- Flatulence - no reports of flatulence
Reproductive
- Lesions - no lesions
- Discharges - white and minimal
Genitourinary
- Urine color - light yellow
- Voiding patterns - not less than 5 times a day
- Dysuria - no difficulty in voiding
- Urine Retention - good urine retention
- Flank Pain - no reports of flank pain
Musculoskeletal
- Joint stiffness - no joint stiffness, joints can be flexed without difficulty
- Range of Motion - full range of motion
- Deformities, dislocations, and fractures - no deformities/ dislocations/fractures
- Pain - no reports of pain
- Weakness - child is active
Hematological
- Bruising - no bruises
- Bleeding - no bleeding present
Lymph Nodes
- Enlargement - not enlarged
- Tenderness - non-tender