RISK ASSESSMENT
ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE
How are things going for you, your child, and your family?
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18 MONTH VISIT
Anemia
Does your child’s diet include iron-rich foods, such as meat, iron-fortied cereals, or beans?
Yes No Unsure
Do you ever struggle to put food on the table?
No Yes Unsure
Hearing
Do you have concerns about how your child hears?
No Yes Unsure
Do you have concerns about how your child speaks?
No Yes Unsure
Lead
Does your child live in or visit a home or child care facility with an identied lead hazard or a
home built before 1960 that is in poor repair or was renovated in the past 6 months?
No Yes Unsure
Oral health
Does your child have a dentist?
Yes No Unsure
Does your child’s primary water source contain uoride?
Yes No Unsure
Vision
Do you have concerns about how your child sees?
No Yes Unsure
Do your child’s eyes appear unusual or seem to cross?
No Yes Unsure
Do your child’s eyelids droop or does one eyelid tend to close?
No Yes Unsure
Have your child’s eyes ever been injured?
No Yes Unsure
YOUR CHILD’S BEHAVIOR
Do you praise your child for good behavior?
Yes No
If your child is upset, do you help distract him with another activity, book, or toy?
Yes No
Do other caregivers set the same limits for your child as you do?
Yes No
Do you use time-outs as a way to manage your child’s behavior?
Yes No
Have you thought about toilet training?
Yes No
If you are planning to have another baby, have you thought about how you will prepare your child?
Yes No
TALKING AND COMMUNICATING
Do you read, sing, and talk with your child about what you are seeing and doing?
Yes No
Does he wave “bye-bye”?
Yes No
Do you use s
imple words to tell your child what to do?
Yes No
YOUR CHILD AND TV
How much time every day does your child spend watching TV or using computers, tablets, or smartphones? hours
If your child uses media, do you monitor the shows your child watches or activity she does?
Yes No
HEALTHY EATING
Do you provide a variety of vegetables, fruits, and other nutritious foods?
Yes No
Does your child eat much food that you would describe as junk food?
No Yes
Does your child drink water every day?
Yes No
Is your child willing to try new foods?
Yes No
SAFETY
Car and Home Safety
Is your child fastened securely in a rear-facing car safety seat in the back seat car every time he rides in a vehicle?
Yes No
Does everyone in the car always use a lap and shoulder seat belt, booster seat, or car safety seat?
Yes No
Do you have emergency phone numbers near every telephone and in your cell phone for rapid dial?
Yes No
Do you keep cigarettes, lighters, matches, and alcohol out of your child’s sight and reach?
Yes No
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