Unit title : Understand child young person development 1.1 Explain the difference between sequence of development and rate of development and why the difference is important. It is important to know the difference between the sequence and the rate of development as it gives us direction when it comes to monitoring child/young persons needs during stages of their school years. We can then plan effectively to make sure the child receives the help and support they need in areas they could
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is developmentally. He is growing physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally as a child his age‚ four years old‚ should be maturing according to many theorists. While he has not mastered all the required steps for his age group he is achieving more and more of them each day. The following case study will discuss where Adrian is excelling and where he still needs a little work. A Case Study about Child Development Adrian is almost four years old and lives with his parents and older sister
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A study was carried out by two third year psychology students to investigate Piaget ’s stage theory. A 4 years old female child was tested in task of comprehension of more and less‚ followed standard and modified versions of conservation and class inclusion tasks. Results indicated that child exhibited difficulties in both modified conservation and class inclusion tasks despite the removal of some confounds in standard tasks. This infers that children of pre-operational stage do lack the ability
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There are three aspects of development‚ these are: Physical development : Physical development refers to the body increasing in skill and performance and includes : gross motor development ‚this is where large muscles are used for example legs and arms and fine motor development ‚ this is the precise use of muscles for example ‚the use of hands and fingers. Social emotional and behavioural development: This is the development of a child’s self-image and the development of relationships in their
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← 2 - What is Child Development? 1. Read Chapters One and Two‚ Developmental Profiles Child Development is the area of study that focuses on how children learn‚ grow and mature. Some Early Childhood Educators believe children are more influenced by their environment and others believe in the biological basis for child development. Write a paragraph explaining why current Early Childhood Educators believe it is a combination of factors that influence the development of children.
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Child Development 0-3 Years Physical Development During the early stages of life‚ a child can progress from being physically dependent‚ to independent in the first three years. From birth‚ children are already developing physical skills‚ in the form of grasping‚ sucking and kicking. As babies grow older to the age of 1‚ they will tend to develop mobility skills such as crawling and rolling. Most children learn to walk at the age of 2‚ they are able to control their movements and becoming more
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a strong detailed knowledge of the different aspect of development from birth to 19 years. These areas are‚ • Physical development • Communication development • Intellectual/cognitive development • Social‚ emotional and behavioural development • Moral development Physical Development This is where children learn to grasp and conquer control over their body movements. Physical development is normally split into 2 groups. Fine motor skills- this
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Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist who was interested in child development. He came up with the famous theory of the Cognitive Stages in children through adulthood. The stages include sensorimotor‚ preoperational‚ concrete operational‚ and formal operational. The different stages apply to different age groups. For example‚ the first stage‚ sensorimotor‚ applies to children at birth through 2 years of age‚ so this would not apply to the concrete operational kids whose age level includes kids who
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In Piaget theory on child development the three stages of development that we go through that starts from infancy are Sensorimotor‚ preoperational‚ and concrete operational. Gonzalez-Mena‚ Janet (2014) states that according to Jean Piaget theory children construct knowledge and develop their reasoning abilities through interactions with people and the environment as they seek to understand the world and how it works (Gonzalez-Mena‚ Janet‚ 2014). When it comes to development Piaget “believed” these
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children it is important that we understand their development. Children develop in an individual way and at varying rates. There are various stages of development such as physical‚ cognitive‚ linguistic‚ spiritual‚ social and emotional. They all are equally important and all have an impact on each other. I’m going to talk through and give you a brief description of some of the areas of development. Physical development refers to the development of large muscles also known as gross motor and small
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