CACHE - Understand child and young person development Task 1.1 Physical Development 0-3 Years Babies are able to support their bodies by lying on their back. This shows that the back is strong enough to support their weight. Their head can turn to one side‚ which shows that their neck muscles have developed‚ and are in the first stages of developing physical mobility. Babies show reflexes e.g. sucking. When a baby is born‚ they adapt to their surroundings and have the natural instincts to suckle
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Physical development: Average 4-year-olds gain the ability to cut straight lines and cut out shapes with scissors. They usually have a noticeable preference for the right or left hand. They are able to participate more in self care by brushing their own teeth and‚ for the most part‚ dressing and undressing themselves. Most 4-year-olds can run‚ jump and ride a tricycle. Their sense of balance is increasing‚ and they’re able to stand on one foot for at least 5 seconds. Four-year-olds are learning how
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My age and physical development matches the adolescent’s category. Itis the period of life from about age 13 to the early twenties‚ during which a young person is no longer physically a child but is not yet an independent‚ self-supporting adult (Ciccarelli & Meyer‚ 2006‚ p.274). My numerical age and development is twenty years old. Starting in my adolescence stage‚ I have grown a beard‚ have grown taller‚ gained more weight and have also have developed more muscle. Cognitively‚ according to (Piaget
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Physical and Cognitive Development PSY/ 103 Introduction to Psychology This paper is will focus on the influences of physical and cognitive development in adolescence from 12 to 18 years of age. This part of the developmental stage has many factors that affect the physical development as well as the cognitive development in adolescence. In addition to influences of physical and cognitive development this paper will also focus on the hereditary and environmental influences that make
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Physical development is the way the body increases in skill and becomes more complex in performance. Physical development is divided into two main areas which are Gross Motor Skills and Fine Motor Skills. Gross motor skills involve co ordination and control of the large parts of the body. Some of the movements that are included in gross motor skills are walking‚ running‚ jumping and climbing. Fine Motor Skills relate to the control of the smaller muscles ‚ controlling finer movements such as pointing
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P.3 Explain the difference between physical and environmental factors involved in the development. People working in construction are being told to minimise environmental impacts when carrying out there work. Many negative impacts can be reduced during the planning stage of a build. Any new build will have a negative impact on home owners and businesses. There will be increased traffic on roads and the towns will be fuller. Once the construction has been completed there may be longer term impacts
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Children’s learning and development can be affected by certain person factors and external factors. Personal factors are to do with the person (it’s personal to them) and includes: Learning difficulties; Sensory Impairments‚ Disabilities‚ Health Status (good health or bad health)‚ diet (good diet or bad diet)‚ stress‚ the environment and any environment genetics (asthma‚ smokers). External factors are outside forces‚ such as: Education; Care Status/Family (in care/”broken home”)‚ Family Environment/Background
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One external factor that could affect a child’s development is poverty and deprivation. This splits into 5 categories; diet‚ housing‚ education‚ play & leisure opportunities and aspirations & expectations. If a child is born into a family of low-income‚ the 5 categories above tend to be negatively affected due to a lack of money and opportunities. A poor diet‚ for example‚ can mean that children are fed an unhealthy diet of processed food‚ meaning they are not as healthy and they are unlikely to
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TaNesha Hoskins June 9‚ 2012 Professor: Daudi Langat Lupus: Is It Hereditary? Lupus In the past‚ immune diseases have affected many people. Some immune diseases are classified as chronic inflammatory diseases which affect various parts in the body. Lupus‚ a mild disease‚ affects only a few organs. It’s also known as a “women’s disease” even though some men are also affected by this sickness. Modern medicine is providing information on Lupus through scientific research that is being conducted
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themselves in regard to cancer is‚ is it hereditary? Could I be more susceptible to the development of cancer based on my family history? Pancreatic cancer is considered hereditary when a person has certain genetic syndromes. These genetic abnormalities cause as many as 10% of pancreatic cancers. Genetic syndromes that can cause exocrine pancreatic cancer are: Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome Familial melanoma Familial pancreatitis Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (Lynch
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