Health Checks for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Routine health and dental checks are an important part of child health. Follow the links below to information on health checks, testing and screening for toddlers and preschoolers.

There is also a HealthInsite topic page on Health Checks for Babies.

Reviewed May 2007

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Title:   Preschooler development: in a nutshell
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   This in-a-nutshell guide provides an overview of your preschooler's social, emotional and physical development.
Date:   Jul 2008

Title:   Toddler development: in a nutshell
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   This in-a-nutshell guide looks at the ways in which toddlers grow and provides an overview of the key stages of their development.
Date:   Jul 2008

Title:   Asthma Friendly Children's Services resources
Publisher:   The Asthma Foundation of Victoria
Description:   The Asthma Friendly Children's Services Program has been developed by Asthma Victoria to provide a safer environment for children in preschool, childcare and family day care.
Date:   Jun 2008

Title:   Milestones
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Most parents want to know if their baby or toddler is developing 'normally'. The following is a basic guide as to what you might expect for the first four years of life (often called developmental milestones).
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Toddlers' health quiz
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Test your knowledge and find out more about toddlers' health with this true/false quiz.
Date:   Sep 2007

Title:   Child development: 3-4 years
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This topic is about your three to four year old. In the course of this year children are moving out of babyhood into childhood. They have rich imaginations, they may have strong fears, they love to play and they enjoy physical activity. They are beginning to be more comfortable spending some time away from their usual carers.
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Child development: 2-3 years
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Toddlers between two and three really want to find out about themselves and what they want and don't want. Because they are beginning to talk in sentences and sometimes say things in a big and definite voice we can be tricked into thinking that our toddlers are more grown up than they really are.
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Growing and learning with toddlers
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Parents of young children want their children to get the best start they can in learning so they will do well at school and have successful lives. Often parents of very young children wonder what they can do to help their children get ready for their school time.
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Growing and learning with preschoolers
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Parents of young children want their children to get the best start they can in learning so they will do well at school and have successful lives. Often parents of very young children wonder what they can do to help their children get ready for their school time.
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Children biting
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Biting common young children troubling to parents. Biting is often very painful and frightening for a child who is bitten. It can also be frightening for the child who bites, because it upsets the other child and makes adults angry.
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Child development (7) - three to four years
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Your three to four year old is moving out of babyhood into childhood. They are at the beginning of learning how to get on with others, and can control their feelings better (although they still have the odd tantrum).
Date:   May 2007

Title:   Child development (6) - two to three years
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   'No' may be one of their favourite words and temper tantrums are common in this age group. The most important thing to remember is that your two or three year old is still a baby.
Date:   May 2007

Title:   Milk for toddlers
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Milk is a child's most important food in the first year of life and is still very important in the next few years.
Date:   May 2007

Title:   Growth - assessing babies to preschoolers
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Most babies and young children, if they receive good nutrition and are not sick for long periods, will have normal growth and development patterns. Always see your doctor if you are concerned about your childs growth.
Date:   Feb 2007

Title:   Child development: 4-5 years
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This topic is about your four year old. Relationships, sex, different people of different race; all these big social issues become visible to your four year old.
Date:   Jun 2005

Title:   Information for immunisation providers: National Childhood Pneumococcal Vaccination Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A brochure in question and answer format providing information to immunisation providers regarding the National Childhood Pneumococcal Vaccination Program.
Date:   Jun 2005

Title:   Childhood pneumococcal vaccination program - common questions & answers for the public
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Questions and answers about the pneumococcal vaccination program for children, including eligibility, catch-up doses and vaccines.
Date:   Jan 2005

Title:   Childhood pneumococcal vaccination program common questions & answers for providers
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Question and answer fact sheet about the childhood pneumococcal vaccination program, including eligibility.
Date:   Jan 2005

Title:   National Childhood Pneumococcal Vaccination Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This Program, which commenced on 1 January 2005, provides free pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevenar) for all children born on or after 1 January 2005 at 2, 4 and 6 months of age.
Date:   Jan 2005

Title:   Is your baby or child Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A poster advising that a new immunisation (needle) for pneumococcal sickness for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander babies and children is available.
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