Anticipatory guidance for the family of a preadolescent with a cognitive dysfunction should include information about
a. Institutional placement
b. Sexual development
c. Sterilization
d. Clothing
B
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A Preadolescence does not require the child to be institutionalized.
B Preadolescents who have a cognitive dysfunction may have normal sexual
development without the emotional and cognitive abilities to deal with it. It is
important to assist the family and child through this developmental stage.
C Sterilization is not an appropriate intervention when a child has a cognitive
dysfunction.
D By the time a child reaches preadolescence, the family should have received
counseling on age-appropriate clothing.
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