Exam 11: Physical Development in Middle and Late Childhood

How can parents provide positive models of exercise for children?

________ is a chronic lung disease that involves episodes of airflow obstruction.

Which of the following children is suffering from cerebral palsy?

Dora is a 6-year-old girl. Which of the following motor skills is she expected to have?

Children with a cleft palate often have a(n) ________ that makes their speech difficult to understand.

Children who are at or above the ________ percentile of body mass index (BMI) are included in the overweight category.

________ are characterized by problems in social interaction, problems in verbal and nonverbal communication, and repetitive behaviors.

One less noticeable physical change in middle and late childhood is that

During the middle and late childhood years, children gain about 5 to 7 pounds a year. The weight increase is due mainly to increases in the

According to a recent study of 8-year old children who began participating in sports and continued for 24 months, which gender benefits the MOST from participating in sports?

Shelby consumes large amounts of soda and spends most of her free time on her computer. We can expect that Shelby will

Dr. Jones, an expert pediatrician, is most likely to prescribe which of the following treatments to overweight children?

In a child with ataxia, a form of cerebral palsy, the muscles

Which of the following is a symptom of asthma?

Autism spectrum disorders are more common in

A major aspect of the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA involved aligning it with the government's ________ legislation, which was designed to improve the educational achievement of all students, including those with disabilities.

In a recent meta-analysis, better cognitive inhibitory control was linked to

Obese Chinese children are at a greater risk for ________ than children who are not overweight.

________ is a cancer in which bone marrow manufactures an abundance of abnormal white blood cells, which crowd out normal cells, making the child susceptible to bruising and infection.

List the five largest categories in which U.S. children with a disability receive special education services.