1.1 Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth – 19 years. 0 – 3 Months Physical development Many babies who are under three months old cry a lot. From birth‚ a baby’s reflexes will allow them to turn their heads and to suckle when you touch their cheek. Their sucking and grasping reflexes will develop. They can flex and extend their fingers‚ arms and legs. By about 4 weeks their eyes can follow a moving light‚ although it may only be for a few seconds. By
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Understand child and young person development Physical development 0-3 months - New babies start swallowing and sucking reflexes begin. They grasp your finger if you put your finger in their palm. If babies are held up on their feet they usually make stepping movements. When babies hear a sudden sounds or a light is suddenly switched on they will startle by moving their arms outwards and clenching their fists. Towards the end of 3 months babies look less curled up and startles less as they get used to their
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Challenging Behaviors of School Aged Children and Informal Interview of a BA Charles Gaskins PSYC 3002 Unit 9 Assignment 1 Capella University March‚ 2014 Introduction Over the course of this course I have learned many different things about the human lifespan development. I chose to do my informal interview with a BA (Behavior Analysis) about the challenging behaviors of school aged children. This paper will also go into literature that I read along
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Unit 004 Children and Young People’s Development The table below shows at what stage’s the expected pattern of development for children will occur. The development areas cover Physical‚ Communication‚ Social‚ Emotional and Behavioural Development. Physical Development This is an area of development‚ that is often assumed will come automatically as the child grows. Although children develop many skills naturally it is important that they are given the opportunity to develop in a variety of ways
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Child Development 0-3 Years Physical Development During the early stages of life‚ a child can progress from being physically dependent‚ to independent in the first three years. From birth‚ children are already developing physical skills‚ in the form of grasping‚ sucking and kicking. As babies grow older to the age of 1‚ they will tend to develop mobility skills such as crawling and rolling. Most children learn to walk at the age of 2‚ they are able to control their movements and becoming more
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Task 1.1 - The sequence and rate of development from birth - 19 years: Physical Development: Physical development includes a child’s movement skills‚ their gross and fine motor skills and their hand eye co-ordination. A childs development in this area can be supported by: providing equipment and space so the child is able to develop their movement and gross motor skills with adequate adult supervision. An adult could also allow access to materials and equipment that develops the child’s fine
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Development timeline of a child from 0-19 years This timeline is correct and includes all the main stages every child will go through and the milestones they will meet‚ although they may meet these stages at different rates then others because every child is an individual and develops at their own rates. Development for ages 0-3 years. Physical Development : There is a recognised pattern of physical development that children are expected to follow. From birth a child is born with reflexes
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have obtained evidence for the early emergence of prosocial behaviour. The studies describe acts such as sharing‚ cooperation and reactions to the distress of parents‚ other adults‚ siblings and peers (Bridgeman‚ 1983; Hay‚ Castle & Jewett‚ as cited in Rutter & Hay‚ 1994; Hay & Rheingold‚ 1983‚ as cited in Bridgeman‚ 1983; Zahn-Waxler‚ Radke-Yarrow‚ Wagner‚ & Chapman‚ 1992). Borke (1971) also suggests that children under the age of 7 can exhibit empathic behaviour. A common form of early prosocial
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Age Range 0-3 Months Many babies are born around the 40th week are born with reflexes which include swallowing and sucking reflex this is so they can swallow milk and in conjunct with that they also have the rooting reflex they move head from side to side in order to find the nipple or the teat. They also have the grasp reflex and standing and walking reflex. When first born they sleep a lot but after one month they start to become more observant and stay awake longer. Babies start to look
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Q1: Summarise the main development of a child age 0-2‚ 2-5 & 5-8 yrs. 0-2 Years As a child grows the changes in weight and height size are measured on a centile chart‚ these charts show the expected pattern at the particular ages. Development refers to the skills and abilities that you learn through life‚ but as we all know children are all individual and so when centile charts are used they are based on the “average” child but all children meet these different goals in their own time and don’t
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