April Archer-Gola Ms. Simpson Turks Nursing Program‚ LACC February 25‚ 15 Child Development Center Observation In this paper I will describe a child observation that I have done at the Children’s Hospital Child Development Center for about five hours in a play setting. The child development center deals with children of various ages‚ from infant to school age. Unfortunately my student peer and I were not allowed to observe the infants‚ and were only allowed to observe toddlers to school age children
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Effects of poverty on the physical development of a Jamaican child Physical development is defined by Tina Bruce and Carolyn Meggitt in the text Child Care and Education as “the way in which the body gains skills and become more complex in its performance.” Arnold Gesell a psychologist and pediatrician put forth normative development guidelines for a child (physical development milestones). The normative development guidelines are categorized into gross motor skills‚ fine -motor skills and balance/coordination
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Task 8: Explain how disability may affect development Disability can take many forms and is a serious risk factor when it comes to child development. A disabled child be it physical or learning is likely to have less opportunities in life than a child who is not disabled‚ restricting the choices of job‚ and life experiences. A child may be faced with prejudice and discrimination‚ maybe bullied and teased by peers and this will affect confidence. Children with learning and physical disorders may
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Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people Those who work with young people have responsibilities to safeguard and promote their welfare. This is an important responsibility and requires careful attention. It means being able to recognise when a child or young person is not achieving their developmental potential‚ or when their physical or mental health is impaired. It means recognising when a young person is displaying risky or harmful behaviour‚ or is being neglected
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Unit 024- Promote child and young person development Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development There are five factors to consider when assessing child development. They are motor development‚ social development‚ hearing and language‚ hand-eye co-ordination and practical reasoning. Assess a child or young person’s development in the following areas and explain the selection of assessment used. As I work in a semi-independent home‚ with our present clients
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CYP Core 3.2 – Promote child and young person development 1.1 Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development • Confidentiality and when‚ for the safety of the child or young person confidentiality must be breached. • Children’s wishes and feelings • Ethnic‚ linguistic and cultural background • Disability or specific requirements (Additional needs) • Reliability of information • Avoiding bias When assessing a child you must be careful to take into account
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Nursery Programs in the United States." Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation 48.4 (2009): 271-295. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 24 Oct. 2012. In their article “Converging Streams of Opportunity for Prison Nursery Programs in the United States‚” which appears in Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation‚ the authors discuss the problems‚ policies and political issues surrounding prison nurseries in the United States and the benefits of such programs for both mother and child. The authors
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GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENT TDA 2.4 Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people Submission Date: 22.4.13 The word limit of the assignment is 2000 words. Quotations‚ headings and the Bibliography included in your work will not be counted in the word limit. Please keep the section headings in. You MUST use each assignment criteria wording and number as a heading It is recommended that you use a 12 size font and a 1.5 size spacing. You
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Child Development and the Environment Many key factors contribute to and determine the development of a child‚ be it positive or negative. However‚ in my opinion the most influential factor is the environment; it has the potential to enhance or interrupt both their early years and later development. In her poem‚ Dr. Dorothy Law speaks about the link between the environment and a child’s development. When I read this poem for one point really stood out at me which was ‘if children live with hostility
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Lindy Warwick Life Span Development June 23‚ 2013 Child Development Project Piaget and Vygotsky believed that play gives children good practice in adult-like behaviors. Vygotsky believes that various forms of play enables children to develop increasingly sophisticated ways of thinking about relationships between objects and what they mean. Piaget suggests that knowledge is the product of direct motor behavior. For my project I observed my children playing the Uno card game. The age limit
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