Unit 1 Child and Young Person Development TASK 1: Personal development and progression task 1) My main motivation for undertaking this course is to gain a qualification that will provide me with options into further educational opportunities that I hope will ultimately open doors into pursuing a career working in schools. I discovered my passion for working with children and young adults during my time as an adult instructor in the army cadets and found it to be very rewarding but never
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Child Abuse and the Development of Self Brooke Jackson (Johnson) Stacy Smith Sociology 450 Introduction Child abuse is a very distressing topic for a lot of people to talk about. For many years it has been a largely unaddressed issue. Child abuse is an area that needs more awareness brought to it despite any discomfort it may bring. It can affect how a child interacts with other people on day to day bases and can affect them for the rest of their lives. As a survivor of child abuse I have
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the term sensitive periods and link them appropriately to the child’s first stage of development. Explain how you would support these sensitive periods during this first crucial stage.- Briefly outline the stages of growth (planes of development). -Define the term sensitive periods and give full details of the six main periods‚ together with examples to show your understanding. -Explain why it is important to support and facilitate these periods during the child’s first stage of development (birth
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1. MEM 505: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT 1 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Theories of Cognitive Development Cognitive Development Cognitive development is gradual‚ systematic changes by which mental process become more complex and refined. Establishment of new schemes is essential in cognitive development. Piaget’s Main Tenet: The Child Actively Seeks Knowledge Jean Piaget viewed children as constructivists‚ meaning they are active seekers who respond to the environment according
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ANALYSE THE FACTORS THAT CAN AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF BABIES IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE. ‘Neuroses are only acquired during early childhood even though their symptoms may not make their appearance until much later. The events of the first year are of paramount importance for a child’s whole subsequent life’. (Freud‚ 1902) Regardless of age‚ nationality‚ gender or ethnicity every human has something in common; we are all born as babies. This essay will examine and research factors in depth in order
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Maria Montessori Write Up Maria Montessori was born in Italy in 1870 to a set of parents who were both college educated. At the age of 5 Maria and her parents moved to an affluent neighborhood in Rome. This gave Maria access to schools that were said to be “good”. Maria later looked to these as examples of what she did not like in education. Maria had wanted to be an engineer‚ her father wanted her to choose a more womanly career path‚ but he continued to support her choice and enrolled her
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UNIT 1 CHILD AND YOUNG PERSON DEVELOPMENT 1.2 DESCRIBE WITH EXAMPLES ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT Development is a holistic process and each child is unique and will develop in his own way and at different rates. The period 0 to 3 years is a fast physical development. A baby does not have too much control over their bodies. They sucking and grasping their food for surviving with help. After 12 months most babies they start moving around‚ crawling‚ rolling or grabbing things themselves
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PSY104: Child and Adolescent Development Theories of Development Dr. Craig Allen November 1‚ 2000 Introduction There are five major theoretical perspectives that focus on different aspects of Child Development‚ they are; (1) Psychoanalytic‚ which focuses on the unconscious‚ emotions‚ and drives that are shaped by unconscious forces. (2) Learning‚ this studies observable behavior; People react‚ to the environment that controls behavior. (3) Cognitive‚ which analyzes thought processes;
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Television’s Influence on Child Development Television can be entertaining and educational for kids depending on the context of the programming and also on the age a child starts to watch it. Children are exposed to television before they are exposed to any other form of media. This usually begins before the age of two even though it is not recommended because of the lack of information on how this affects children development. Nowadays we have special TV shows that are directed towards infants
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considered normal for any individual child to attain a goal‚ as cultural and environmental factors are also important to development‚ but researchers have formed general‚ broad ranges of time in which skills such as walking and talking are displayed. Children with disabilities or delays may follow different paths of development. Children with mental retardation have been found to pass through typical stages of development‚ such as Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development‚ but at a much slower rate.
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