Tda 2.1 Child and Young Person Development

Age(Years) | Physical Development | Communication And Intellectual Development | Social, Emotional And Behavioural Development | 0-3 | From birth to 12 months is a fast period of physical development. When first born babies have very little control over their bodies, they depend upon a series of reflexes for movement, however over the first 12 months they will learn how to control their bodies and by 12 months should be able to crawl or roll. By the age of 2 a baby would have developed quickly and learned how to walk, point, grasp, feed themselves and possibly also dress themselves. By the age of 3 a child will have defined their motor skills and will have more control over holding pencils and turning pages in a book. Children will also be using their new skills by exploring and climbing and trying to ride bicycles. | It is important that from birth a baby is spoken to and stimulated with sounds and words. It is at this age when they are learning all new skills including communication and intellectual development, if a child is neglected and not spoken to they will find it difficult later on to develop this skill and communicate effectively with others. Babies at this age are responsive to sounds around them and will start to mimic words around 12 months. Between the age of 1 and 2 children will start to learn a vocabulary and learn how to put sentences together, by the age of 3 children would have started to use negative and plurals in their speech although grammatical errors will still be made. | From a young age children discover their identity and form strong social and emotional attachments, the first being with their parents. At this stage behavioural development is strong, tantrums will develop and children will learn they can do things for themselves. | 3-7 | Co-ordination will be more controllable at this stage and their fine motors skills will be more co-ordinated therefore they will be able to cut, write and draw. Activities will also