Understanding Child and Young Person's Development

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A child’s development can be measured through physical and language milestones, intellectual, emotional and social development.

All children and young people develop at different rates, but the order which they advance in differs very little. Children’s development tends to progress from head to toe, inner to outer, from simple to complex and from general to specific.

All children will follow the same pattern of development but at different rates and will reach their milestones at different times.

Through a young person’s development, from birth to 19 they are expected to follow a development pattern including physical, social, environmental, behavioural, intellectual and communicational. The expected pattern is seen as the average time period it would take to accomplish these skills.

* The baby turns its head towards light and stares at bright and shiny objects (1 month old)

Can kick a large ball. Can do simple jigsaw puzzles. Begins to ride tricycles. May move out of nappies and begin toilet training. Show some reasoning skills.

speaks, behaves, and moves. All children develop at their own pace – even within the

Every living being need to sleep. Sleeping is an important part of our daily life. Sleep has been connected with wellbeing of human body. Adequate amount of sleep is important especially in children. It is because sleep is in fact the primary activity of brain development in preschooler and it directly impacts mental and physical development. Several studies has been performed to study the consequence of sleep disorder or sleep problem. Preschooler should get proper sleep because lack of sleep can leads to various problem such as ADHD, obesity and may impact Executive Function.

This video describes 5 different development characteristics of children. Physical, cognitive, self, social and moral which are all equally important and often time may even affect one another. In particular I found the concept of self-development interesting. This concept deals with how we see ourselves and how we grow as an individual. The basis of our self-worth and how we handle emotions will always play a key role in how we handle tough situations in life and the amount of confidence we have in ourselves. Therefore, I selected this

4.1 Analyse the importance of early identification of speech, language and communication delays and disorders and the potential risks of late recognition. It is essential that speech, language and communication delays and disorders are noticed early so the relevant interventions can be used to support the child or young person. Answer the questions below.

This stage is how all learning is acquired, when children are beginning to link coordination and thinking skills. A one-year-old may begin to experience with rolling a ball on the floor, his senses are active from touching the ball, and seeing the ball roll away from him. This experimentation with objects and how he can make things happen depicts common interactions with the physical world, which continues to compound as language and social skills continue to develop and thinking merges from pictures into words. Practicing and repetition of learned motor skills and thinking skills allow the child to keep learned behaviors and outcome into the transition of curiosity and learning. When a teacher uses the observation and reflection process the repetition and new learning goals can be implemented. Journaling or keeping notes, even photo journaling can help an instructor be aware of what was effective in the teaching or

Social scientists have given us several theories on child development. There have been three influential theories that have really shaped how we look at the subject. Each one of these theories offers an insightful perspective that has been very influential in how we view child development. The first theory, we will delve into is George Herbert Meads Theory of the Social Self which focused on social interaction with developing human beings. Meads believed that, “a symbolic interactionist, saw the self as the basis of humanity that develops not out of biological urges but from social interaction.”(Benokraitis pg338) Mead also believed that children were blank slates and that an infant’s interaction with people around them is how they begin to develop certain behaviors.

During this early years learning is very important for a child’s development this continue from childhood, adolescence and adulthood.

In our child and adolescent development class, we have been asked to analyze the developmental tasks of children. So far, there has been two children to come in to be analyzed. One of these children’s initial’s is K.O. and she belongs in the middle childhood stage. K.O. is a very outgoing girl who has the perfect amount a sass. She’s at the average height for her age and she has beautiful curly hair. K.O and other children in this stage should be able to perform developmental tasks that challenge their physical activity, their cognitive ability, and their social and emotional skills.