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​Pediatric Developmental
​Red Flags

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Gross Motor:
  • ​​Seems weaker than other children his/her age
  • Does not have the endurance other children his/her age have for an activity
  • ​Difficulty hopping, skipping, or running as compared to other children his/her age
  • Appears stiff and awkward in his/her movements
  • Clumsy, does not appear to know how body works, bumps into others or objects
  • Does not seem to understand concepts such as right, left, front back, as it relates to his/her body
  • Shies away from playground equipment.  May only play on one particular item
  • Poor posture (always seems to be leaning against something); doesn't sit in chair correctly
  • Difficulty initiating movements
  • Unusual/unsteady walking, toe walking, or drags feet
  • Tires easily
  • Passive - avoids recess and/or gym
  • Developmental skills below classmates 

Fine Motor:
  • Difficulty with drawing, coloring, tracing
  • Performs these activities quickly and the result is usually sloppy
  • Avoids fine motor activities
  • Awkward pencil grip
  • Problem holding pencil, grasp may be very loose or very tight
  • Printing is too dark, too light, too large, too small
  • Does not seem to have a dominant hand, switches hands frequently
  • Two hands do not work well together
  • Poor desk posture - leans on arms, keeps head close to work
  • Written work is slow and labored
  • Tires easily when writing
  • Does not stabilize paper when writing
  • Difficulty manipulating scissors
  • Difficulty with buttons, zippers, ties, snaps

Speech-Language-Hearing:
  • Repeats sounds, words or phrases over and over
  • Does not understand what you're saying
  • Does not point to common objects upon request
  • Does not follow simple directions
  • Does not respond correctly to yes/no questions
  • Does not respond correctly to who/what/where/when/why questions
  • Communicates through body language, grunting, or one word utterances
  • Excessive putting of toys or objects in his mouth

Visual-Perception:
  • Trouble discriminating shapes, letters, or numbers
  • Cannot complete age appropriate puzzles
  • Difficulty copying designs, letters, or numbers
  • Difficulty tracking (i.e. as in reading a book or following the teacher's arm movements)
  • Difficulty copying from the blackboard/smart-board
  • Has a diagnosed visual deficit or receives visual training
  • Wears glasses, but issues aren't corrected
  • Omits words or phrases, skips lines or loses place while reading and/or copying
  • Requires fingers or markers to hold place while reading
  • Letter reversal (after first grade)
  • Difficulty with spacing and placement of letter/numbers
  • Difficulty locating objects/shapes from distracting background (maps, etc)
  • Complains of double, blurry vision, and/or closes or quints eyes frequently
  • Mis-aligns head or body when working on table top tasks
  • Has difficulty maintaining eye contact or does not visually regard tasks
  • Complains of frequent headaches

Sensory:
  • Withdraws from touch
  • Touches everything
  • Avoids being close to others (doesn't like to be hugged)
  • Over-reacts to unexpected touch
  • Dislikes removing outer garments, shoes
  • Dislikes clothing textures
  • Increased dis-tractability to sound
  • Overly sensitive to sounds/noise
  • Visually distracted
  • Over-reacts to smells
  • Avoids/craves specific food textures
  • Difficulty moving foods around in mouth, avoids working to chew foods
  • Fearful of being off the ground
  • Floppy, rag-doll like
  • Doesn't like playground equipment.
  • Can't seem to stop moving, craves swinging, rocking
  • Avoids activities that challenge balance
  • Seems "earthbound" (i.e. seems unable to jump, move feet off the ground)

Feeding Issues: the more checked off the more daily mealtime restriction it imposes
  • Gags easily
  • Avoids hot or cold temps
  • Avoid/craves mushy, crunchy, chewy, or saucy textures
  • Doesn't want foods touching each other
  • Eats same three foods every day 
  • Considered a yellow food eater
  • Not able to entice to try new foods with bribes
  • Difficulty accepting baby puree food
  • Difficulty transitioning from baby food to solids
  • Doesn't like brushing teeth
  • Places food at back molars avoiding tongue
  • Pocketing food in cheek
  • Over stuffs mouth

Emotional/Organizational Behaviors:
  • ​Does not like to have routine changed
  • Difficulty sequencing a single or multiple tasks from start to finish
  • Is easily frustrated.
  • Has long meltdowns, cannot self soothe
  • Cannot get along with others
  • Deals better with a small group situation or one-to-one
  • Frequently involves self in other people's activities
  • Cannot work independently
  • Difficulty problem solving

Academic:
  • Easily distracted. restless, short attention span
  • Slow worker
  • Disorganized, messy desk
  • Hyperactive
  • Difficulty following directions/sequential steps
  • Difficulty completing assignments

Activities of Daily Living:
  • Poor control of eating utensils,sloppy hand-to-mouth movements
  • Difficulty opening milk or juice cartons, or other containers
  • Has trouble manipulating buttons, zippers, snaps
  • Unable to tie shoes
  • Difficulty with clothing management during toileting
  • Difficulty ssequencing self-care steps
  • Difficulty with organizing personal items 


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Location - Wayne, NJ

​1341 Hamburg Turnpike, Suite 1-4
Wayne, NJ 07470 ​
What People are Saying

​​"Our daughter now participates fully in a world that left her feeling powerless and overwhelmed.  We are deeply grateful to Lori for her creativity, skill, commitment to her clients, and determined belief in our daughter’s ability ​to succeed.”   J.F., Wayne, NJ​
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