John Is a 4-Year-Old Child with Global Developmental Delay

question 5

Multiple Choice

John is a 4-year-old child with global developmental delay. His gross motor skills are approximately at the 8-month-old level, and he does not have expressive communication. He attends a special preschool program. John has three older siblings. His parents both work. The mother has primary responsibility for his caregiving and expresses concerns about stress and fatigue. The family is anxious for John to learn to walk. At this point in the child's intervention program, who is the most important team member?

• A) Speech therapist
• B) Physical therapist
• C) Occupational therapist
• D) Family

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Definitions:

Symbolic Function

A cognitive ability emerging in early childhood, allowing for the representation of objects, events, and ideas through symbols such as words or images.

Conservation

Piaget’s term for awareness that two objects that are equal according to a certain measure remain equal in the face of perceptual alteration so long as nothing has been added to or taken away from either object.

Symbolic Function

The ability to use symbols or abstract signs to represent something beyond direct experience.

Mental Representations

Internal images, ideas, or thoughts that stand in for objects, events, or relations in the outside world, aiding in cognition and perception.