Articles available from the EarlychildhoodNEWS site‚ http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/ |Theories of Child Development: Building Blocks of Developmentally Appropriate Practices | |By Terri Jo Swim‚ Ph.D. | |“The best teacher is not the one who fills the student’s mind with the largest amount of factual data in a minimum of | |time‚ or who develops some manual
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Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is becoming a big problem in America. In my paper‚ I will discuss the many ways that parents and healthcare providers can prevent childhood obesity. I will also discuss the study and the research methods used to conduct this research. We will focus on children that are infants all the way to age 12. Childhood obesity is becoming a growing concern for both parents and pediatricians. There’s an estimate of about 10% of the children that are from
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Childhood depressive disorder often goes unnoticed and is misdiagnosed because of lack of knowledge. This paper is an informative one that is meant to educate its readers on signs and symptoms of such a disorder. I will also be writing about the treatments for Childhood depressive disorder. There are therapies and prescribed medicines that help children who are depressed get through their daily lives. I took an interest in this disorder because childhood is supposed to be the most stress free‚ happy
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about obesity and its impact on health‚ we can say that children are pioneer of future of any nation. They have greater contribution in nation development and development is based on children health. Looking at the present scenario‚ we can say that childhood obesity is being increased and it is one of the global issue which needs more attention‚ as its lead to chronic disease and disability in future life. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics‚ there was 4 percentage of increasing in obesity
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strategies that are used to enhance learning in an early childhood classroom. Classroom management is such a broad topic‚ it can be as simplistic as the way a classroom functions‚ or as complex as the influences of environment to learning. It encompasses many factors such as student engagement‚ adult interactions‚ structure/routine‚ or policies/procedures. Whether you are in a primary classroom‚ high school classroom‚ or early childhood classroom‚ the management of that room must be able to
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head: CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND ITS IMPACT Childhood Trauma And Its Impact On The Brain The nature versus nurture debate in human development is longstanding with many opposing viewpoints. However‚ numerous studies have confirmed that the maturation and development of the brain has a “reciprocal relationship with the environment” (Wilson‚ Hansen & Li‚ 2001). With the brain developing at its fastest rate in childhood‚ it is especially
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Childhood Obesity: African American Cooking May 28‚ 2011 Introduction Obesity is a disease that has beset the lives of so many people around the world for decades. It is considered the most essential health concerns today. The focus of obesity has since shifted to concentrate on the obesity in children. Childhood obesity is on the rise at an alarming rate‚ especially in African American communities. The commonness of obesity in African Americans children is remarkably higher that white
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schizophrenic symptoms to appear before the age of 12 but it does occur. Recently‚ there has been a growing interest in childhood schizophrenia. It is less than one-sixtieth as common as the adult-onset type but the characteristics are very similar. Childhood schizophrenia also tends to be harder to treat and to have a worse prognosis than the adult-onset form. (Rapoport‚ 1997) Childhood schizophrenia is seen as simply an early version of the adult-disease but it stems from a more severe brain disruption
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Childhood Obesity: A Threat to Health Nicholas (Nick) Reeves‚ who weighs around 117 pounds at the young age of 8 years‚ is fighting the bulge (excess fat). According to his mother‚ Angel Reeves‚ “He’s just hungry all the time. He can finish eating a meal‚ and then‚ five minutes later‚ he ’s coming in the kitchen saying‚ “I ’m hungry again. I ’m hungry again ’". Angel Reeves states‚ “Nick is a very active child who loves to play basketball. But his weight has already impaired his health. Nick
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However‚ based on the studies in Unequal Childhoods by Dr. Annette Lareau‚ it is shown that cultural logic of child-rearing and the general success of children’s academic studies are significantly dependent and impacted by economically societal differences and family setting. Annette Lareau invites her readers to a new perspective of child-rearing‚ where people are not just individual human beings‚ but rather class subjects. Her book‚ Unequal Childhoods provides the best means to demonstrate her
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