the child will lose their pot belly look and their spine will straighten out. The general growth curve of the child slows down during this age and time period. Also during this age the brain grows from 70 percent to 90 percent of its adult weight. It also undergoes much reshaping and refining. The child normally develops a dominant cerebral hemisphere which means a stronger hand preference reflecting a greater capacity of one side of the brain over another. The brain has much more development and
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The Importance of Theory and Research in Child Development JoLinda Freeman PSY104 Child and Adolescent Development Instructor Mark Kavanaugh April 4‚ 2015 The Importance of Theory and Research in Child Development In order for us to understand how a child develops we must conduct research on theories that we believe and others believe to be true. When we do understand the development of children we will be able to understand the skills and behaviors of children. This will help us to understand
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Produce a report to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of differing theories of development. This report should identify how these theories have influenced current practice and include the following: • Cognitive: Piaget’s theory focuses on the ways in which children adapt to their environment. This is the process in which the child actively seeks out ways to understand the environment and gradually attunes too the conditions that’s different type of environment impose. Piaget believed
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Promote child and young person’s development Unit 4222-344 1) Explain the importance of a person centred and inclusive approach and give examples of how important this is implemented in your work ( L.O2.3) A person centred approach should involve supporting a young person and focus on their needs and interests rather than what the worker perceives as important. All activities should be available to everyone‚ and particular activities are targeted at specific children‚ you must also
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CU1520 Kimberley Winter Promote child and young person development When assessing a child’s development many factors need to be taken into account. It is more important to assess if a child is following the expected pattern of development rather than where they should be at their age. Every child develops at a different rate. You should account for circumstantial factors such as if the young person is tired‚ ill and what young people in a similar age range are able to achieve. It is important
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Poverty ’s Effect on Child Development Verna Heskey Liberty University Dr. James Newton ABSTRACT Childhood poverty is a powerful factor in the development of children. Research on this study have revealed that the number of children living in poverty has increased. Though educators and various programs have been implemented to help with the disparity between the poverty stricken and the upper class children‚ the trend continues. Studies addressing both direct
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Working Mothers: The Effect on a Child’s Development Introduction What is working mother? Working mother is defined as women who are married or not participating in the labour force for income to raise their children. Women start to be active in the labour force once they open the opportunity to the women to work and it is shown that there were a increasing rate of women in the labour force which is 71.3% at the year of 2010 compare to the year of 1990 (66.7%). It also happened because of the
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UNIT 2 Promote Child and Young Person Development 1. Assessing the development need of children or young people and preparing development plans 1.1. Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development There are a number of factors to consider when carrying out observations. You must take into account the child’s wishes in regards to what they want to do‚ how they feel emotionally‚ their ethnic and cultural backgrounds as well as their linguistic capabilities. These
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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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