Assessment of the Well Child
Physical Development I observed a 3 year old girl at Brighten Academy on Shaw and Fowler. During this time, I watched her play with her peers. They were outside, playing on the jungle gym. She was able to move up and down the stairs, alternating feet. They children were fascinated with the slide, they spent much time playing on it. The little girl was able to climb and run around with ease. While walking, her arm and leg movement were reciprocal. While standing, I did notice she had a slight inward stance. Her knees were touching, and the lower portion of her legs fanned out. Her overall appearance was proportional. While on the jungle gym, she used her hands to balance on the rail. As well as, picking up the sand around the play area.
Language
While listening to the girl speak, she used simple words. Her sentences included about four to five words, using mostly nouns, verbs, and pronouns. For instance she said, “ I want to play on jungle gym.” When the girl needed assistance she went to the caregiver supervising them. For example, if she needed to go to the bathroom or help with something. I noticed when she was playing with her peers, they were talking back and forth. She expected to have a conservation, although it was short and simple. Throughout her monologue, her questioning was very direct. She either was asking for help with something, or asking peers to play with her. There were a few instances when the child would
The Developmental Assessment of Young Children-Second Edition (DAYC-2) is a test given to children from birth through age 5 to measure if there are any delays in the early childhood development through the five different domains: cognition, communication, social-emotional development, physical development, and adaptive behavior. This test is individually administered and is norm referenced measure of early childhood development.
The film Precious is an emotional movie that deals with the unfortunate realities of everyday life for some individuals. The film that stares Gabourey Sidibe who plays the main character Clarice “Precious” Jones is based out of Harlem in the year of 1987. Precious is a sixteen year-old obese and uneducated teenager whom has had to grow up in a severely dysfunctional family environment. Her mother verbally and physically abuses her, often times using her as a personal servant. Her father has been sexually abusing her since childhood, and has impregnated her twice. Precious has lived with the ugly truth that because of her weight, skin color, and sexual abuse, she does not fit in
Normal: Child should be happy and content with some sort of physical play. Child should show coordination and skill in some sort of exercise.
List two potential problems that a nurse may discover in an assessment of each age group.
She is oriented x3, alert and cooperative. She has fair short-term and intermediate memory, good long-term memory. Normal attention and concentration. Normal language. Normal fund of knowledge.
List two potential problems that a nurse may discover in an assessment of each age group.
She is oriented x3, alert and cooperative. Good short-term, long-term and intermediate memory. No aphasia. Normal fund of knowledge. Normal attention and concentration.
Based on the information presented by the child’s father, meets the physical milestones which include large motor and fine motor skills, given that he is able to balance himself on one foot for 2-3 seconds, copy squares and circles, pedal a bicycle and walks up stairs alternating feet as required for a three-year-old child (Gerber et al., 2010). The patient also meets language development milestones given that his speech is 75% understandable to strangers and talks in short sentences (Stevenson & Richman, 2016). The repetition of words including those at the beginning of sentences without the repetition of consonants and or syllables is very normal for a three-year-old especially when expressing important messages (Bellman et al., 2013). Also, the child meets the cognitive milestone given that he recognizes three colors. Lastly, the child meets the social milestones of a three-year-old given that he normally engages in imitative play, and has an imaginary friend in addition to talking about favorite activities, friends, and family, as required at his
We were unable to locate an eCAT link within e-view. Per DI 25230.001, “All Title XVI childhood disability determinations or decisions require an explanation of the findings, documented in writing, in a manner that we prescribe”. Additionally, the guidance noted “For non eCAT claims there must be one “official” prescribed form in the case record that gives the disposition and clearly supports it.”
While completing this student portfolio I had numerous chances to assess the child in their intellectual, physical and social development. One of the way that I was able to assess Jamie in her physical development was playing a game of Simon says with her and a few of her friends. This game allowed me to have Jamie complete a number of physical developmental task that were appropriate for her age for example, skipping, jumping, standing on their toes and so on. Another way that I was able to assess Jamie’s physical development was be using a checklist. I used premade list of fine and gross motor skill development for preschoolers. Though observation of Jamie on the playground as well as in gym along with the game of Simon says I was able
Wellbeing is ‘generally understood as the quality of people’s lives. It is a dynamic state that is enhanced when people can fulfil their personal and social goals. It is understood both in relation to objective measures, such as household income, educational resources and health status; and subjective indicators such as happiness, perceptions of quality of life and life satisfaction, (Statham and Chase 2010).’ It is important to acknowledge many factors play a role in measuring childhood well-being but it is necessary to look at both positive and negative indicators in orders to get a realistic overview as well as an overall understanding of well-being as a whole. Throughout the course of this essay both subjective and objective aspects of children’s well-being will be discussed as well as how the value of measuring both aspects can enable us to gain a holistic understanding of childhood well-being.
The Andersen family Bill, Jill, and Riley from Pixar’s film, Inside Out, was used as the subjects for a systemic assessment of child and family relationships. The author selected this film because it 's centered on an adolescent who has to deal with significant developmental and emotional changes occurring in her life that are brought on by a move to a new state. The move forces the character, Riley to leave behind everything that she has ever known and loved, like her best friend Meg and her hockey team, and travel to a far away unknown place. This causes an emotional as well as developmental change in Riley. The author is able to empathize with the character due to her own childhood experiences as an Army brat and having to frequently move, leaving friends behind, and as a parent in the military who had to frequently move her own children. She has first hand experience with the emotions an adolescent goes through as well as those of a parent who has to deal not only their own emotions, but with those of their child.
There are many factors that influence the health and well being of children and it is important to be aware of these factors in order to provide and promote a positive approach to health and well being. Whilst some factors can be externally influenced, others like biological factors are not but must also be looked at and considerations must be made to enable a positive approach to health and wellbeing.
The first children’s act was brought out in 1989 to make it easier for the laws which protected children and young adults. It was mad clear that all children had rights and all the children services should work together in the event of any allegations of child abuse. England & Wales produced separate documents WORKING TOGETHER TO SAFEGUARD CHILDREN. This was to make clear to responsibilities of professionals towards children who are at risk of harm. It was still proven in 2003 the professionals were still not working together
i. The child knows all the numbers up to ten and can sometimes say the number 11 and 12. She does classify things into groups whether that be farm animals, or what kind of things need to be recycled in plastic, paper and aluminum bins. She does plan somethings when she plays or draws, but most of the time she just jumps right into it. Thought she did take the time to plan her little kittens house before she started playing with them. Her attention span is avenged she does listen to the teacher when she is talking, but at some time she does get distracted by others around her and will start looking at them.