The Physiological needs of a three year are essential to understand as they are the most important. They are defined as being ‘the physical requirements for human survival. If these requirements are not met, the human body cannot function properly, and will ultimately fail. Physiological needs are thought to be the …show more content…
The person responsible for meeting the needs of a child is the person legally caring for the child. That is normally the parents of the child. The first relationship is vitally important for development of physical, emotional and social development of the child. The child gradually starts taking on the responsibility as it develops.
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms typically start within three months of a traumatic event. In a small number of cases, though, PTSD symptoms may not appear until years after the event. Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms are generally grouped into three types: intrusive memories, avoidance and numbing, and increased anxiety or emotional arousal.
Children in dysfunctional families, split-family homes, abusive situations, foster care or any other unstable situation may not have a feeling of security. For a child, feeling safe and secure might be as simple as waking up in the same house each morning. In the worst cases of abuse, some children live in perpetual fear of harm that can only be relieved by removing them from the home …show more content…
It should be a time when children have opportunities to grow, learn and develop; receive love and care; play freely and be active; feel safe and protected; be
Healthy; and be listened to when they share their views on matters that are important to them”
The NATIONAL TARGETS are the Decrease infant mortality rate to 18 deaths per 1,000 live births, Decrease under-five mortality rate to 20 deaths per 1,000 live births, Decrease maternal mortality ratio to 100 per 100,000 live births, Increase the proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel to 100%, Decrease diarrhoea incidence in children less than 5 years and Decrease pneumonia incidence in children less than 5 years.
Each year in South Africa …
4,300 mothers die due to complications of pregnancy and child birth.
20,000 babies are stillborn and another 23,000 die before they reach 1 month of age.
In total, some 75,000 children die before their fifth birthday.
This toll of over 270 maternal and child deaths every day is mainly due to HIV and AIDS and poor implementation of existing packages of