Skills My belief is every child should have the opportunity to achieve their potential so I am passionate about making sure this objective is potentially a reality. Consequential of spending years amongst children as a mum and aunt‚ one of my greatest attributes is the ability to adapt my practice to suit the various stages of human development. This was evident within my placements where I had no problem engaging with‚ and forming and maintaining appropriate relationships with families and children
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Taniya Moon September 19‚ 2014 Child Development 101 Cognitive Theory One of the first people to have a cognitive theory about development was scientist Jean Piaget. When Piaget did an IQ test on children he figured out something to look at differently about development: how the children thought as they came up with their answers was more important than what they actually knew. “In the cognitive theory equilibrium‚ a state of mental balance in which people are not confused because they can use
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Sequence of development A child’s development can be measured through developmental milestones; "significant skills which are developed in and around certain ages as part of the usual or expected pattern of development" (Kamen 2011). Sequence of development refers to the order in which these milestones are met. Sequence of development refers to the fact that development usually follows the same basic pattern‚ that is skills are usually acquired in the same order. For example‚ babies’ development
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Physical development is concerned with the biological changes of the body and the brain. It includes genetics‚ a foetus’s growth in the mother’s womb‚ the birth process‚ brain development and the acquisition of fine motor skills; it also encompasses behaviours that promote and impede health and environmental factors that influence physical growth. (McDevitt & Ormrod‚ 2010‚ p. 5). I have chosen to evaluate the physical developmental stage of middle childhood‚ children the ages of six to ten years
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Understand Child and Young Person’s Development All children are unique and a lot of their developmental milestones happen naturally as they get older‚ however some can be affected by different life factors‚ such as health‚ environment and background and more specific skills can be learnt and encouraged. There is an expected pattern of development but all children are individual and therefore the rate will vary. There are four categories of development: Physical Development (Birth -
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play and a reliance on cars instead of walking – even to the corner store – don’t help matters. By preschool age‚ many kids are already lacking enough activity‚ which often translates into poor exercise habits later in life. Environment: If a child opens up the refrigerator or kitchen cabinets and is greeted by bags of chips‚ candy bars and microwave pizza‚ then that’s likely what they will eat. Similarly‚ if you keep your fridge stocked instead with tasty cut-up fruits and veggies (berries‚
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Sequence: Although sequence is something that I use as needed‚ I feel as though I use this everyday. I make list during the day of things that need to be done at home‚ and work. I use this first on regards to school work‚ I list out what needs to be done and when it needs to be in. I use this as needed when I am at work‚ because when dealing with kids you can only plan so much before plan fall apart. I completely avoid this when dealing with my son‚ there is no planning or list making with a one
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Type of Influence | Give one example of the effect on children and young people’s development | Why recognising and responding to this is important | Background- Parents going through divorce proceedings or separation. | -A family brake up can be really stressful for the child and may even influence the development as the child could get very upset‚ could lash out at people‚ could go very quiet‚ could stop eating and could even stop talking as they may think that they had something
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Development of Movements and its importance in the Life of a Child This article briefly describes the process of the development of movements in a child and its implications on the personality of the child. The Philosophy of Movement The world of Man cannot be imagined without movement. Life is indicated by movement. In animal/bird/fish life we can realise that immobility is impossible. Even those classified as immovable (plant life) manifest their life by movement. The human kingdom isolates
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behavior can cause the act or motion within this behavior to be repeated. For example if a child climbs up on a chair‚ falls down and hurts themselves‚ the young one might not be too keen on repeating that action. This can also depend on the child as well‚ but generally children will learn what hurts them and what doesn’t. This theory also lends the idea that the positive encouragement we give to a child will be met with interest and excitement to do that same task over and more frequently
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