pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years. Development is a holistic process but each child is different and will develop in their own way and not always at the same rate as others. Age Ranges: | Physical Development: | Communication and Intellectual Development: | Social‚ Emotional and Behavioural Development: | 0 – 3 years | From birth – very little control over their bodies‚ movements are reflexes i.e. sucking‚ swallowing‚ grasping.From their first year babies
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the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years‚to include; a) Physical development b)Communication and intellectual development c)Social‚emotional and behavioural development Working with Children does not only mean to keep children happy and safe.The professional adult working with children must have a complete knowledge and understanding of how they develop and learn. Expected pattern of a child’s development at the age of 0-3 months is as follows:
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understanding of child development is the result of decades of observations and research. This has given us the knowledge to predict how children will develop in the five main areas: physical‚ communication‚ cognitive‚ social‚ emotional‚ behavioural and moral. Patterns of development can be understood in terms of sequence and rate. The sequence of development from birth to 19 years describes the order in which we expect things to happen. We use this to predict the development of a child‚ as well as
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Obesity and associated health problems are a growing problem in the United States. Within the past 20 years‚ obesity rates have risen significantly. “Unhealthy diet and physical inactivity can contribute to or aggravate many chronic diseases and conditions‚ including type 2 diabetes‚ hypertension‚ heart disease‚ stroke‚ and some cancers.” (CDC‚ 2003‚ pg. 1). More than 80 percent of the youth do not do enough aerobic physical activity to meet the guidelines for Healthy People 2020. (Physical Activity
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Poverty on Intellectual Development It is widely known that poverty has many negative effects on the development of children who grow up in impoverished homes. One of the most influential outcomes of a person’s life is their intellectual development‚ which takes place primarily within the first years of life. Not only can childhood poverty result in less enjoyable childhoods‚ but adversely affects the cognitive and behavioral development; yet more specifically‚ children’s intellectual development
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very important to build a relationship with the children‚ young people‚ colleagues and people around us. For instance in the setting I work‚ the nursery‚ we communicate all the time to the parents and children to have positive relationship so that we can work together in providing the children’s needs. Simple greetings to the parents will be the start of harmonious relationship and we can develop a partnership in working together towards the development of every child. In our setting we often ask the
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Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years‚ to include: • Physical development • Communication and intellectual development • Social‚ emotional and behavioural development All children are unique and develop at their own rate. However there are key milestones we expect most children to reach during childhood. The table below summarises some of these milestones from birth to 19 years. Age Physical development (gross and fine motor) Social
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Factors affecting intellectual development There are two factors that greatly affect intelligence: 1. heredity 2. environment -Whichever has a bigger influence remains a debate until now because some studies proved that heredity has a bigger influence on intelligence while some studies showed the opposite. The important point is that the interplay of both heredity and environment is essential for maximum development of the intellectual abilities of the individual. Other factors affecting
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the promotion of Physical Development of Children and Young People. Task 1 A-LO1.1-Produce a chart or table containing the following below: Define Growth and Development and describe the stages and sequence of physical development in the following stages: Growth-Process of moving from one stage of life to another‚ it is also an increase in size. Development-Process of growing or developing. Stages | Sequence of Physical Development | 0-3 Years | At birth children start to develop survival
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One way to analyze children’s intellectual development is to assess their theory of mind. A theory of mind is a set of ideas that explain another person’s behavior‚ ideas‚ beliefs and desires‚ and it emerges in its most rudimentary form at around two years of age. By asking her questions used in the Smarties Task (which is widely used to test children’s theories of mind) I was able to have a glimpse into her development. The procedure used in the Smarties Task is very straightforward. First
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