DCF - CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
(DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES) INFANT AND TODDLER
APPROPRIATE PRACTICES EXAM 2025
INCLUDES ACCURATE AND VERIFIED
QUESTIONS
1. Growth
Answer specific body changes and increases in the child's size such as a child's height, weight, head circumfer-
ence and BMI
2. Development
Answer an increase in complexity, a change from relatively simple to more complicated and involves
progression where child gains refined knowledge, behaviors and skills.
3. Similarities between children in growth
Answer 1.growth proceeds from head down
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,2. control of head and neck first, then arms, then legs
3. brain, heart and spinal cord are fully functional at birth
4. arm and leg muscles first then fingers and toes
4. 5 basic principles of child growth and development
Answer 1. Developmental sequence is similar for all
2. Development proceeds from general to specific
3. Development is continuous
4. Development proceeds at ditterent rates
5. All areas of development are interrelated
5. Describe Principle 1
Answer children develop in relatively the same ways, there is a typical sequence of develop- ment that occurs
as the child grows, behaviors and skills emerge in the same order
6. describe principle 2
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, Answer body changes in a sequence and gives new abilities; as brain develops, cognitive skills improve
7. describe principle 3
Answer there is continuity from one phase of development to the next, children continue to add behaviors as
they perfect others (ex
: language; cooing --> words)
8. describe principle 4
Answer sequence of development is the same but the rate is ditterent, development is constant but
not uniform
9. describe principle 5
Answer the developmental domains influence development in other areas.
10. theory
Answer a set of ideas of facts principles analyzed in relation to one another and used to explain a phenomena.
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(DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES) INFANT AND TODDLER
APPROPRIATE PRACTICES EXAM 2025
INCLUDES ACCURATE AND VERIFIED
QUESTIONS
1. Growth
Answer specific body changes and increases in the child's size such as a child's height, weight, head circumfer-
ence and BMI
2. Development
Answer an increase in complexity, a change from relatively simple to more complicated and involves
progression where child gains refined knowledge, behaviors and skills.
3. Similarities between children in growth
Answer 1.growth proceeds from head down
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,2. control of head and neck first, then arms, then legs
3. brain, heart and spinal cord are fully functional at birth
4. arm and leg muscles first then fingers and toes
4. 5 basic principles of child growth and development
Answer 1. Developmental sequence is similar for all
2. Development proceeds from general to specific
3. Development is continuous
4. Development proceeds at ditterent rates
5. All areas of development are interrelated
5. Describe Principle 1
Answer children develop in relatively the same ways, there is a typical sequence of develop- ment that occurs
as the child grows, behaviors and skills emerge in the same order
6. describe principle 2
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, Answer body changes in a sequence and gives new abilities; as brain develops, cognitive skills improve
7. describe principle 3
Answer there is continuity from one phase of development to the next, children continue to add behaviors as
they perfect others (ex
: language; cooing --> words)
8. describe principle 4
Answer sequence of development is the same but the rate is ditterent, development is constant but
not uniform
9. describe principle 5
Answer the developmental domains influence development in other areas.
10. theory
Answer a set of ideas of facts principles analyzed in relation to one another and used to explain a phenomena.
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