Child/Family Observation Paper Sarah Walker Morgan O’Leary PSYC 2103: Human Growth and Development October 13‚ 2011 AM Introduction This paper is a child/family observation and assessment of a child in the life-span development stage of early childhood‚ so between the ages of 2-6. In the early childhood stage‚ children are entering the “play” years. They have vivid imaginations and rapid growth in language and cognitive development. Observation in the assessment of a child is very important
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expected pattern of children’s development. Age | Communication | Physical Development | Moral Development | Cognitive Development | Social and Emotional Development | 0-3 Months | Babies cry to attract attention for its needs‚ e.g. when hungry or upset. Around 6-8 weeks old‚ sounds develop - coos and chuckles join crying as a way to attract attention. | Babies are born with instinctive reactions‚ for example‚ rooting‚ swallowing and suckling‚ These ensure the baby can feed. Babies lose their scrunched
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UNIT 1 Assignment 1 – child and young person development Give at least three examples of transitions that affect MOST children and young people and three examples of transitions that affect SOME children and young people‚ show how the transition may affect their behaviour and development. 1/ NURSERY - Separating from the family every morning may be difficult for both children and parents‚ especially the mothers. This transition brings a lot of changes into family life and may cause some angry
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Understanding child and adolescent development Erik Erikson in 1956 researched and developed Eight stages of development. According to Erikson‚ the socialisation process consists of eight phases – the ‘eight stages of man’‚ his eight stages of man were formulated‚ not through experimental work‚ but through wide-ranging experience in psychotherapy‚ including extensive experience with children and adolescents from low- as well as upper- and middle – social classes. Each stage is regarded by Erikson
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As a childminder I work towards EYFS and meet Every Child Matters in everything I do. I would like children in my care achieve as much as they can so I start the learning and development process from torough talk to parents before child starts attending to my setting to find out child’s likes‚ dislikes‚ abilities‚ achievements. Then I do observe‚ asses particular child and plan activities following his interest‚ abilities‚ individual achievements‚ background. The important part of my observation
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Creativity is a key aspect of children’s development; it is highly related to one of the specific areas of development in the EYFS known as Expressive Arts and Design (although it does interlink with all the others). “Expressive Arts and Design involves enabling children to explore and play with a range of media and materials as well as providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts‚ ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art‚ music‚ movement‚ dance‚ role play
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Homework – Week 4 Unit 01 – Child and young person development (4.0) Analyse the importance of early identification of speech‚ language and communication delays and disorders and the potential risks of late recognition (4.1) There are many different reasons that a child can develop a speech‚ language or communication problem. Having hearing problems can prevent them from hearing sounds or language properly and using a dummy past the age of 12 months can both cause speech problems
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of beliefs and behaviors shared by a group of people that is passed down from generation to generation. Culture is important to cognitive‚ social-emotional‚ and physical development because it shapes the experiences that children are exposed to and influences a child’s perception of their surroundings. Depending on where a child grows up and who they are surrounded by influences certain values and skills that are passed down by past generations. Moral differences and parenting styles are only some
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Topic Sentence: People used to believe that the absence of the mother due to her professional life affect the development of their children. 1-To understand the emotions of the children The mother has to give explanations to the children She has to ansure that every night she will return at home 2-The children must take mental suport from their mothers The helping tools like toys The concentration of the children during the day 3-To pay attention to behavior of the children To have a conversation
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Understand child and young person development What is the sequence and rate of each aspect of development birth-19 years? Children do not all develop at the same rate as each other. Every child has a different rate of development. Areas of development‚ the main areas of development are; * Physical development * Social development * Intellectual development * Language development As there is a difference in the rate of progression‚ below is a guide to how a child might
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