Pediatric

Developmental
Milestones

By: Melissa Nguyen

Independent Mentorship – Spring 2019
Teacher: Mrs. Click
 Dr. Crystal Sierra, MD
• Profession: pediatric Physician
• Work Place: UTMB Health Pediatric
and Adult Primary Care –
Friendswood
• Address: 128 west Parkwood
avenue Friendswood, TX 77456
Dr. Sierra and I beginning our journey
together with a pose and a smile!
More About Dr. Sierra!

Education:
– Completed her undergraduate studies at
University of Texas located in Edinburg, Texas
– Earned her medical degree from the University of
Texas Medical branch in Galveston, Texas in 2006
– Completed residency in pediatrics at UTMB in
2009
 What is ISM?

– ISM = Independent Study – Requirements

Mentorship – Minimum of 3 hours per week
– Students select a – Complete Activity Log and
professional in a chosen Journal Entry each week
career and shadow them – Set up and complete ISM
throughout the year Professional Portfolio
– Independently Study at the – Develop a final project and
presentation by the end of the
Mentorship site semesters
 Pediatric Developmental
Milestones
– Purpose
– To check how a child grows
(physically, mentally, and
socially)
– To determine what children
can do at a certain age
– To gain knowledge of certain
developmental issues that
could be helped
– Reasons:
– To have an insight on how
children are developing at
certain ages
– In the far future, I want to be
a parent
– Research and worry now, so I
can feel prepared and have
certain expectations with my
kids
 Key Points
– Physical Growth: how a child should grow
– Motor Skills: certain activities at certain ages
– Speech and Language: communication
– Literacy/ Education: learning through books and
increasing knowledge
– Delays/ Disorders: issues. Consequences the child might
face in the future
 Research Topics
– Specific words/ amount of words and types of
books that the child should know by a certain age
– What certain delays/ disorders a child might have
and how it can impact them later on in their lives
– Certain motor skills they should be able to perform
by a certain age range
Current Event Slide

– “Toddler Development Delayed by Too Much Screentime, Research

Suggests” by Chiara Giordano
– Elaborates on the concept that children around the age of two to
three-years-old are scoring lower on tests when they are five-years-
old due to an overuse of technology
– Encouraged for health professionals to work with parents to create
media plans that would limit the amount of time kids should and
should not be on their devices
– Connects to pediatric development since technology is inhibiting
their educational learning
 Product
– What? – How?
– Create an educational – Ask Dr. Sierra about what children
should be reading at certain ages
children’s book that
– Look through children’s books for
focused on the alphabet,
inspiration
animals, and sounds
– Plan how to create the storyline
– Make an animation of the and the physical book
book and a separate – Contemplate ways to create the
recording a sounds to go video and recordings in relation to
along with the book the specific characters of my book
 Conclusion
– What I Hope to Learn:
– What kids should be doing and learning during their
developmental stages
– Specific types of developmental delays/ disorders and
the methods that will help a child cope with it
– Necessary information for a parent to know if they want
or have kids
I would like to thank my mentor, Dr. Sierra, for giving me the
opportunity to shadow her every Friday these past months.

I would like to thank my teacher, Mrs. Click, for letting

explore the world where I am not constantly focusing on
academics

I would also like to thank the Evaluators and my ISM friend

for taking their time out of their schedule to come hear my
presentation.

Lastly, I would like to thank my parents for staying by my

side and supporting me always.
 Works Cited
– “Ages & Stages: How Children Develop Motor Skills.” Scholastic.com,
www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/ages-stages-how-children-
develop-motor-skills/.
– “Childhood & Developmental Disorders.” Psych Central, Psych Central.com,
psychcentral.com/childhood/.
– Giordano, Chiara. "Toddler Development Delayed by Too Much Screentime, Research Suggests.“
Independent, 28 Jan. 2019, www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/toddler-
development delays-children-screentime-tv-computer-games-research-Canada
a8751361.html. Accessed 11 Feb. 2019.
– “Major Physical Growth Stages.” Science NetLinks, sciencenetlinks.com/student teacher
sheets/major-physical-growth-stages/.
– “Speech and Language Developmental Milestones.” National Institute of Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 4 Oct. 2018,
www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/speech-and-language.