Theories of Development Lacey Thomas Arkansas Tech University Theories of development provide a framework for thinking about human growth‚ development‚ and learning. According to Santrock‚ theory means “an interrelated‚ coherent set of ideas that helps to explain phenomena and facilitate predictions.” (Santrock‚ 2013‚ p.21) Having an understanding of child development is important for implementing developmentally appropriate practices. As educators‚ understanding
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Physical Development Physical development is the development of the body. It is usually the development within a few weeks either side of the average age of a child under 5 years old. As physical development proceeds‚ the child acquires various physical skills‚ such as motor skills; there are two types of this‚ gross motor skills and fine motor skills. Gross motor skills are large movements‚ such as‚ hop scotch‚ skipping‚ kicking‚ throwing a ball and taking large steps. Fine motor skills are the
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Unit 16 Code p5 Understand safeguarding of children and young people 1. Understand policy‚ procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people. 1:1 Explain policies‚ procedures and practises for safe working with children and young people. In order to ensure the safety of the children and young people in our care there are a number of policies‚ procedures and practices that must be adhered to. Policies are documents within the work place put together‚ influenced
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symptoms will unfold. The danger here is the temptation of predictability when presented with similar conflicts and symptoms as other children. Therefore‚ the counsellor needs to be alert on how to best assist the child in identifying the conflicts that have disturbed their development. His role is also to teach them how to use healthier defence mechanisms (Delgado‚
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CYP 3.1 Understand Children and Young Person development There are many factors that influence child development‚ and for most of them‚ we do have some control. When working with children and young people it is important to have a good understanding of what children need to grow‚ so as professionals we are better able to address the needs. A child’s environment‚ for example‚ their family or school play a huge part in their development. Some of the main factors that influence a child’s
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and young people because it gives them the ability to deal with the ups and downs of life‚ and is based on self-esteem. The more resilient a child is‚ the better they will deal with life as they grow and develop into adulthood. Resilience is about being independent‚ standing on your own two feet or taking back the power. It is important because it can help reverse some of the effects that bullying can have on children and young people. It is also a life skill and will be useful to a child in many
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the core values‚ really influence and have an impact on organizational development ?Explain. Core values are descriptions of the work we do or the strategies we do to accomplish our goal. Organization development (OD) is a deliberately planned effort to increase an organization’s relevance and viability. The values underlie our work‚ how we interact with each other‚ and which strategies we employ to fulfill our goal. When organization development is our goal‚ we need to put the right core values
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Stages of child development contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Birth to one year 4 3. One to three years 7 4. Three to five years 9 5. Five to eight years 10 6. Eight to twelve years 12 7. Twelve to sixteen years 13 8. Sixteen to nineteen years 14 Bibliography 15 Introduction What is child development? Development is the acquiring of skills in all aspects of a child’s life‚ from birth through to adulthood. There are different areas of child development
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©HSC DIPLOMA HELP 2012 Unit 502: Promote Professional Development Unit code: SHC 52 Unit summary The purpose of this unit is to assess the learner’s knowledge‚ understanding and skills required to promote the professional duty to maintain the currency of knowledge and skills and the need to continually reflect on and improve practice. 1. Understand principles of professional development 1.1 Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice An important principle of CPD
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Child and Adolescent Development The development of child and adolescents covers a large selection of human efforts that attempts to understand why a person acts the way he or she does‚ grows the way he‚ or she grows‚ and thinks the way he or she thinks. Human development has been studied since the beginning of psychology‚ in which the work of Sigmund Freud has been predominantly influential. Freud was the father of psychodynamics and the first to study human development and the inner workings
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