Name: Shem Blake Course: Child-Adolescent Development Lecturer: Mrs. Kennedy Date: February 19‚ 2013 Discuss how poverty affects the psychosocial‚ cognitive‚ moral and physical development of the adolescent The term poverty is usually used to simply refer to a lack of money‚ but living in a state of financial instability is both physically and emotionally damaging. While an adolescent who grows up in a middle class suburb is taught that he or she can go to college‚ marry‚ have a rewarding
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Risk Assessment in Child Services Introduction The topic to be discussed‚ is the use of risk assessments in cases when children are involved (child welfare). Assuring the wellbeing of these children falls within the job description of their Case Manager/Social Worker. This task can be helped or impeded by the strategies and assessments that are implemented as ways meant to effectively address the issues. The following reviews are of articles that have similar and unique perspectives of this topic
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The information is about a child named Lara who is becoming difficult to handle for her mother Emily. This was brought to limelight‚ when in a session that took place in nursery‚ was brought to the attention of the nursery key worker. The nursery worker had noticed that whilst Emily and Lara were playing‚ another child tried to be part of the play; but Lara threw a handful of bricks across the room. This was followed by Emily shouting at Lara‚ who then threw a tantrum. It was then disclosed by Emily
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Child and Adolescents Development Theories The first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development was Jean Piaget in the 1920’s. “Piaget believed that human beings organize new information in two ways: through assimilation and through accommodation” (Rathus 241). He showed that children think in dramatically different ways than adults. There are three basic components to Piaget’s Cognitive Theory are schemas‚ the processes of adaption‚ and four stages of development. Piaget
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PSYC111 Dr. J. L. Taylor Case Study 2 I would begin to reassure Melindah and Jermain about their concerns for a healthy baby by explaining that their worries about the new child’s behavior ( shyness) is not genetic but behavioral and those characteristics that are believed to be genetic such as mental illness and addiction are often the result of environment and their expressions can be diminished or modified by warm and intelligent social interaction with parents and by
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Lawrence Kohlberg conducted research on the moral development of children. He wanted to understand how they develop a sense of right or wrong and how justice is served. Kohlberg used surveys in which he included moral dilemmas where he asked the subjects to evaluate a moral conflict. Through his studies‚ Kohlberg observed that moral growth and development precedes through stages such as those of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. He theorized that moral growth begins at the beginning of life
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Question 2: What are three stages of child development? Maria Montessory divided the process of child development into tree stages. 1. First stage: Absorbent Mind (0-6 years) This is the period of transformation and the characteristic of this period is known as the Absorbent Mind. The child absorbs environment into himself. The child creates the person she will become once given an appropriate and specially prepared environment to work. Montessori said that during the absorbent mind‚ the Sensitive
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Sample The sample is part of a larger study examining the implementation of socioemotional and developmental screening of all children 0-5 entering the child welfare system across a large state in the northeastern U.S. (CITATION BLINDED). A sample of caregivers with open cases was randomly selected for individual interviews from across the state (N=350). Caregivers were asked about their relationship to the target child‚ and only biological mothers with the child living in the home at the time of the
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Jamie Oliver Nick’s Plan My case study child is a young boy in the third grade. I will call him Nick. Nick is a student who has cerebral palsy. He remains in a wheelchair all day long while in school. Nick has poor fine motor control‚ for example he cannot write with a regular pencil‚ and even has a hard time with crayons. Nick is able to do some things with his hands‚ he can push larger buttons and he truly enjoys working on the computer. Nick has a hard time with talking and he talks extremely
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age‚ can affect child’s physical and psychological maturity and lead to attachment disorder‚ delayed development‚ impulsive behavior and dissocializing problems. The dose of abuse‚ the frequency‚ the relation with the abuser are factors to determine the child’s reaction to the abuse and the outcome of the child life. Jenny‚ as a child she need unconditional love‚ security‚ protection‚ etc. In this case Jenny‚ may feel disorientated‚ lose the sense of life and existence‚ overwhelmed‚ has to face the
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