Wirtz 160 Fax: 753-1321 Office Phone: 753-6341 with voice mail or 753-1543 (receptionist); Helpdesk: 815-753-8100 E-mail: lederscheid@niu.edu; Blackboard: http://webcourses.niu.edu n development. Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage. Wadsworth‚ B. J. (2004). Piaget ’s theory of cognitive and affective development (5th ed.). Boston‚ MA: Pearson Education‚ Inc. READINGS: Other assigned readings will be placed on Blackboard e-reserve from the NIU library. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Analysis of the
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Why is it important to have a policy protecting children? This is a statement of intent that demonstrates a commitment to safeguard children involved with a charity from harm. The essential inclusions for a child protection policy are outlined below: the welfare of the child is paramount; all children without exception have the right to protection from abuse regardless of gender‚ ethnicity‚ disability‚ sexuality or beliefs; the policy is approved and endorsed by the board of trustees; who
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carer’s of each child‚ while In the nursery setting to provide everything necessary for speech language and communication development. We have a whole range of activities‚ games‚ songs and rhymes designed for this purpose that are used on a daily basis. An explanation of how speech‚ language and communication skills support each of the following areas in children’s development: Learning – Without speech learning would become a lot more stressful and difficult. Speech allows a child to convey
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Zack White is a 4 year old child who began Preschool 2 months ago with Fun Care Early Childhood Centre in the care of his teacher Ms. Apple. Mrs. White Zack’s mother explain to Ms. Apple during their interview session that‚ this is Zack’s first experience in a preschool setting and exposure to children his age. Mrs. White stated her interest in Fun Care Early Childhood Centre is to allow Zack the opportunity to learn interaction and socialization skills. Zack is from a Single-Parent Family and
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STANDARD #1: Promoting Child Development and Learning Students prepared in early childhood degree programs are grounded in a child development knowledge base. They use their understanding of young children’s characteristics and needs and of the multiple interacting influences on children’s development and learning to create environments that are healthy‚ respectful‚ supportive‚ and challenging for each child. The early years of child development are crucial to the development of all young children
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Physical Development Physical development is the development of the body. It is usually the development within a few weeks either side of the average age of a child under 5 years old. As physical development proceeds‚ the child acquires various physical skills‚ such as motor skills; there are two types of this‚ gross motor skills and fine motor skills. Gross motor skills are large movements‚ such as‚ hop scotch‚ skipping‚ kicking‚ throwing a ball and taking large steps. Fine motor skills are the
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Theories of Development Lacey Thomas Arkansas Tech University Theories of development provide a framework for thinking about human growth‚ development‚ and learning. According to Santrock‚ theory means “an interrelated‚ coherent set of ideas that helps to explain phenomena and facilitate predictions.” (Santrock‚ 2013‚ p.21) Having an understanding of child development is important for implementing developmentally appropriate practices. As educators‚ understanding
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Four Theoretical Models of Child Abuse Report I have been asked to write a report describing the four theoretical models of child abuse to include: Medical‚ Psychological‚ Sociological and Feminist approaches which I will start off by describing each. Next I will compare and contrast the different theoretical models of abuse then conclude by evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the four. MEDICAL MODEL The medical model was created by Kempe in 1968. He was an American paediatrician and suggested
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My family is the closest thing to me. I know my life can compare to my brothers and sisters. Out of three sisters and two brothers I went with one of my sisters. Her name is Holly she is 21 and we are similar more than any of my brothers and sisters. We have experienced going through pregnancy at a young age‚ family problems and becoming an adult. She got pregnant at the age 16‚ we all were upset with her. She went through a lot with all of us and my mom. We still excepted it and stuck by her
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young person’s development. Task B2 (Ref: 2.3) Theories of child development. An understanding of child development is essential; it allows us to fully appreciate the cognitive‚ emotional‚ physical‚ social and educational growth that children go through from birth and into early adulthood. Child development is a multidisciplinary subject; it draws on various academic fields‚ including psychology‚ neuroscience‚ sociology‚ paediatrics‚ biology and genetics. Child development is a non-negotiable
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