Assignment 005 - Child and Young Person Development

Task A
Table 1 - Physical Development Age Range | Description of age | An example of how this impacts on another aspect of development | 0-3 Months | Children should be able to recognise people and be able to stare at them, they should be able to move their heads and look around as well as kicking and moving their arms | This will impact on their emotional development as they will be able to recognise when they are around people and may become distressed when left alone. | 3-6 Months | Children at this stage can support their own heads, can grasp and pick up objects with their hands and can roll themselves over when lying down. | This will impact on their intellectual development as they are beginning to become aware of their own bodies and how their actions affect it. | 6-9 Months | Children should be able to sit alone without support and also pull themselves upright whilst holding onto something | This will impact on their social development as they begin to crawl, pull themselves up etc.. They will be more aware of their surroundings and will be interacting more with the people around them. | 9-12 Months | At this stage children may be taking their first steps, the can recognise when they have dropped something at be able to find it and pick it up. | This will impact on their communication and social development as they begin to use their hands to point to things they want etc. | 1-2 Years | Children can climb upstairs on their knees, and can walk on their own. And they are beginning to use toys for play for example blocks etc. | This will impact on their social development as they begin to expand their play, and start to play with other children, they start to learn social conventions such as sharing, manners etc. | 2-4 Years | At this age children are beginning to play with bigger toys... I.e., trikes, climbing etc... They can walk and run totally independently and confidently. They can grasp pencils, and can begin to distinguish between shapes when drawing. Children also begin to start to dress themselves with help. And will start to use the toilet on their own. | This will affect children's behavioural development as they are becoming more confident their personalities will be starting to show. As they start school they will learn to behave in society | 4-7 Years | Children's are becoming a lot more physically independent at this age they can dress themselves without help, they start to learn to ride bikes without stabilisers etc... And enjoy playground activities such as climbing frames, balancing, slides etc. they start to use finer skills such as using glue, scissors etc. and can draw recognisable pictures. | This will impact on children's communication development as they get older they begin to communicate on a more intellectual level with other children and adults as they begin to share ideas and ask questions. | 7-12 Years | By this stage children are physically well developed, confident and strong. They are able to write and often join up their handwriting, they are also competent at other creative activities i.e. baking, sewing, and playing sports games. | This will impact on children's behavioural development as their confidence grows and they get older they will become more aware of social hyraces in the school environment and their behaviour will start to change as they begin to understand their own talents/minds etc. | 12-16 Years | At this stage most children will begin puberty, girls often a year or so earlier than boys. As they change from children's to adults their strength etc. will increase | Children may start to show talent in different activities/subjects such as sport, art etc. which will develop then intellectually. They may also start to build confidence in social situations affecting their behavioural development. | 16-19 Years | By this age a child is fully physically developed, and mostly conduct themselves as adults. Some may become sexually active at this age. | By this age children will start to run their own lives, they may go to college and then move away to university, or start employment, this will impact their social, emotional, behavioural, and intellectual and communication development. As they mature and make their own decisions, be responsible for their own actions. They put themselves into different situations and make now friends etc. |

Table 2 - Intellectual Development

Age Range | Description of age | An example of how this impacts on another aspect of development | 0-3 Months | At this age babies are beginning to recognise familiar faces. And start to notice things around them | Babies’ physical development changes at this age, they can lift their heads when they are laid on their tummies and can look around. They communicate with their parents/carers by crying, and often have different cries for different needs | 3-6 Months | Babies at this age are usually in a routine, and are familiar with their routine. They become curious about the things around them and may start picking them up to study them. | Babies can grasp objects and can pass them from hand to hand, they can show emotion by smiling. | 6-9 Months | Babies at this age will begin to understand what sounds mean and begin to recognise words. | Babies may become emotionally distressed if left with strangers. At this age they will be able to sit up unaided and may start crawling. | 9-12 Months | At this age babies are aware of what is going on around them and like to watch. They begin to make noises that resemble words and can point to things that they want. | Babies can pull themselves up and stand whilst holding on to something. | 1-2 Years | Toddlers can begin to point at/pick up objects and call them by their names. They begin to be able to point to things they want and say the name | Toddler’s behaviour changes as this age as they begin to do things for themselves they can become frustrated or angry when they can’t do things. | 2-4 Years | By this age children begin to form sentences, and by the age of four can hold small conversations | By this age children begin to form sentences, and by the age of four can hold small conversations | 4-7 Years | At this age children can more or less write their own names and begin to be able to scribe sentences. They enjoy activities such as colouring and drawing pictures. And begin to ask questions, they enjoy learning | As children lean more and become more independent form their parents they become more emotionally developed they think for themselves and can form their own ideas. | 7-12 Years | Children are beginning to use their imaginations more, writing stories, making up games etc. they do not need as much help with writing and begin to be able to read in their heads. | Children become more social at this age, as they begin to understand about relationships they begin to make up games with their peers and enjoy copying adult behaviour | 12-16 Years | By this age children can write competently, they begin to show aptitude in certain subjects and their personal skills begin to show. | Children go through a lot of physical changes at this age, as this happens they become more mature, and as they begin to show interest/skill in certain subjects their confidence grows. | 16-19 Years | Most children are intellectually mature at this age, they are beginning to live as adults by making their own choices, and they interact with adults as peers. | Children at this age should be able to communicate with confidence and be able to identify their own strengths, and weaknesses. |

Table 3 - Communication Development

Age Range | Description of age | An example of how this impacts on another aspect of development | 0-3 Months | Babies at this stage simply communicate by crying | This effects their social development as this is how they interact with their parents or carers, and let them know their needs. | 3-6 Months | At this age babies start to communicate by laughing, smiling and showing excitement | This impacts on a Childs emotional and social development as they are beginning to enjoy interacting with other people | 6-9 Months | Not much changes at this stage, babies communicate by laughing, crying, and making babbling noises. | This may impact on a child's behavioural development, if they are around unfamiliar people who do not understand what their noises mean they may become distressed. | 9-12 Months | By 12 months a babies communication skills are developing, they begin to point at things that they may want, they start to wave a make noises to mimic talking. | This will effect a baby’s physical development, as they begin to use their hands more they start to be able to feed themselves and their fine motor skills are becoming more developed. | 1-2 Years | At this age children begin to communicate by forming words and pointing, by the age of two they should be able to name objects that they are familiar with. | This may also affect their emotional, social and behavioural development as they may become frustrated and cry if people do not understand them or they do not get what they want. | 2-4 Years | By this age children are communicating mostly through talking, by 4 years old children should be able to form small conversations with adults that make sense. | This impacts on a Childs social development as children begin to communicate more through speech they begin to make friends, play games etc | 4-7 Years | At this age children start learning to communicate through writing. They begin write familiar words, and can scribe basic sentences. This is the age where children start to ask questions about everything. | This effects children's intellectual development as they are learning to read, write and how words are formed. | 7-12 Years | By this stage children are learning more complex communication skills such as negotiation, arguing etc. | This impacts on children's social development as they learn to co-operate etc. | 12-16 Years | At this age children should be able to communicate competently through writing, talking etc... | This will effect on a child's behavioural and social development as they get older they grow in confidence, they have more grown up conversations, and start to learn to adult traits. | 16-19 Years | By this stage children are mostly conducting themselves as adults, they are becoming increasingly confident in talking with adults as adults | This will have an impact on their social and intellectual development, as they move on from school and may either be moving on in education or starting employment. They will have to interact with strangers and behave like adults. |

Table 4 - Social, Emotional and Behavioural Development

Age Range | Description of age | An example of how this impacts on another aspect of development | 0-3 Months | Babies at this age will start to smile and cry to show emotion, their social development is impacted by this as they show these emotions when they are around people | This will impact on their communication development as it is through showing these emotions that they communicate their needs to parents/carers. | 3-6 Months | Babies at this stage behave in a way to show their emotions to other people they may lift their arms to show that they want to be picked up and they may smile or squeal to show enjoyment of time spent with primary carers. | This will impact on their physical development as they begin to use their hands more to play etc. and they begin to notice their own bodies and how what they do affects them... For example turning their heads, rolling over etc. | 6-9 Months | Babies at this stage will notice when they are away from primary carers or parents, they will try to stay close to the people they are most familiar with and their emotions will be affected by the mood of the adults that they are with. | This may affect their communication development as they will communicate signs of happiness when they are with/around their parents/carers and may show signs of distress/unhappiness when not in close contact with them i.e. they may cry if picked up by adults they are not familiar with. | 9-12 Months | At this age babies behavioural and emotional development is beginning to mature they enjoy familiar things and doing the same things over again. | This will effect a baby’s intellectual development as they enjoy repetitive play etc. they will begin to learn how things work. | 1-2 Years | By this age babies begin to notice when they are around other children and may show interest in them, they will start to try to be independent i.e. they will begin to try to feed themselves etc. | This will impact on a baby’s physical development as they become more independent and begin to do things for themselves, both their gross and fine motor skills will develop. | 2-4 Years | At this age children are developing their own behaviours and are beginning to learn social skills by copying other children and adults. Children of this age may become frustrated if they are not understood or are not doing what they want to. | This will effect a Childs intellectual and communication development as they begin to understand/learn social protocols | 4-7 Years | At this age children's social, and behavioural skills are developing rapidly, as they enter the school system they learn to co-operate with other people, they become less anxious when separated from their parents and begin to form friendships. | This impacts on a Childs communication development as they are becoming more comfortable with how to behave in society, they are talking fluently and are learning to read and write. | 7-12 Years | Children at this age are beginning to understand rules and accepted behaviours, they begin to learn responsibility, tidying up after themselves etc. | This impacts on a Childs physical development as their own skills are beginning to develop, they are becoming confident in their own abilities. | 12-16 Years | Children at this stage enjoy socialising with friends and having time away from their parents when they can begin to show their independence. They will start to display their own ideas that may contradict their parents. This can cause changes in behaviour such as arguments etc. | This will affect a Childs physical development, as the begin puberty, and they begin to change into adults this impacts on their personality. | 16-19 Years | Children at this age are responsible for their own behaviour which effects how they act. They start to make decisions about their future. A Childs emotional development may be affected as they start to become aware of their own sexuality. | A Childs physical development will be affected at this stage as they come to the end of puberty and are fully formed adults. |

Task B

Type of Influence | Give one example of the effect on children's and young people's development | Why recognising and responding to this is important | Background | A Childs background can be affected by their family's religious beliefs. | It is important to recognise this, because it is important to be respectful and understand of different peoples religions and to teach children to be respectful of differences. | Health | A child's heath may be affected if they have allergies or certain dietary requirements. | It is important to recognise this as if a child was to have a reaction whilst in our care we can respond appropriately, and we can have training in how to respond. It is also important to recognise this so that steps can be taken to stop the child becoming ill or having a reaction i.e. If there is a child in your class who is celiac, you can make sure that they do not have/touch any wheat products and provide alternatives | Environment | A child's environment may be affected by the type of family they come from. Do they have siblings or are they and only child? | It is important to recognise this as it may affect how a child learns and develops. A child who has siblings at home may have quite developed social skills where as an only child may need extra help to develop their social skills and be encouraged to join in. |

Task C

Transition experienced by MOST children and young people | Example of possible effect on children and young people’s behaviour and development | When a child become potty trained | This will give a child more confidence, and when they are potty trained they will have more independence | When a child starts school | Children will start to develop socially, as this happens and they make friends their behaviour may change in a way that mimics their peers and they will in time become confident in themselves. | When a child starts puberty | This is the stage where children start to turn into adults, this will affect a child's behaviour as they may struggle with the transition from child to young adult. This may cause arguments with the people around them as they begin to discover themselves and challenge other people’s ideas. |

Transition experienced by SOME children and young people | Example of possible effect on children and young people’s behaviour and development | Moving regularly i.e. Military family's | This can affect a child's development and behaviour as they may struggle to settle in new places (making friends etc.). This may make them act out to their parents/teachers etc. | Children of divorced parents | Children may struggle with this transition both when their parents are going through divorce, and adjusting to a new family structure afterwards. This may affect a child's behavioural and emotional development as they may feel that they cannot talk about how they feel as they may not want to upset a parent and may act out in other ways, such as misbehaving in school etc. or a child may become quiet and withdrawn as they deal with the change. | A child with a disability | If a child has a physical disability this will not only affect their physical development but it may affect their social and behavioural development. They may struggle if they cannot join in all activates with other children, this may make them frustrated. It may also affect their emotional development if they feel like they are being singled out. |