Child Development is one of the most important times of a person's life. From birth to early adulthood we are almost constantly experiencing new changes and factors that shape who we are as a person. If we do not receive the right key elements to develop healthy relationships, coping mechanisms, and life skills, we could have several developmental issues that occur in later years of our life. Developmental Psychology is the study of lifelong, often age-related processes of change in the physical, cognitive, moral, emotional, and social domains of functioning. Some of these changes include the way our bodies change physically, the way we change socially and start developing friend groups with common interest, or the way we create …show more content…
At this age in Janes life, the abuse was at its worse and she would be put into the foster care system at age 7. While in her biological home, Jane encountered sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. Jane was exposed to sexual encounters at a very young age in her life, causing her to lose a sense of her childhood. She had to become the motherly figure for her younger sister, taking care of her when their biological mother failed to do so. She was never taught any educational material outside of school, making it hard for her to accomplish any type of academic goal related to her age groups. Jane's biological mother's rights were terminated on June 7,2010. This put both Jane and her sister into the foster system, where she was adopted by my aunt.
My aunt says that the first sign of behavioral problems she noticed in Jane was ADHD symptoms. Jane was having problems focusing in school and was even diagnosed with ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder). She quickly realized that she had to try much harder to get Jane to listen and follow simple task such as cleaning her room, doing her homework, or just getting along with her sister. Jane was put on medicine which seemed to lessen the symptoms, but never truly get rid of them.
As Jane enters adolescence, she is experiencing more issues than ever before and all underlying psychological issues are now coming to a head. Jane sexually matured at a very young age, creating the question of whether the sexual
The expected pattern starts at 0-3 years where a child is expected to develop the most. They have little control over their bodies at 0-1 years and are dependent on their natural instincts eg: sucking, grasping.
The preschool years which are the ages between 2 ½ years to five years old is an exciting time for children. It is during this time that they use all of the development learned during the infant and toddler stage to actively explore and engage in school. Preschoolers learn how to make their own choices, develop socially, and explore their environments. Parents and caregivers still play an important role in helping children during this time take initiative and explore their environments. Adult’s behaviors, attitudes, and styles of thinking contribute to preschooler’s
I always try to respect race, religion and cultural identity as there is the need for continuity and security, This is one of the reasons why I always address each young person by his/her name.
Many people have different passions, some might share the same ones while others might have some that no one has heard of before. Mine would have to be anything that had to do with working with kids. I love teaching them, babysitting them, and even playing with them, it's a new and different experience every time. I find it amazing that you could learn more than you think from someone who is 10+ years younger than you. They can teach you the smallest things that you never realized they could. For example how they treat everyday like a new one, they don't focus on the past events from the previous day they always have a fresh look on things; which can be hard to do as you grow older. Children have this energy to them that can’t be found in adults
The Toronto Star published an article reporting that Toronto currently has the highest rate of children living in households that are considered low income in Canada (Monsebraaten, 2015). The article reports that in Toronto the child poverty rate is higher than the poverty rate of any other age group. This paper will discuss child poverty, how this is a challenge to public health practices and policies, and finally, discuss potential solutions for public policy that address this issue.
My dad, because he has a good job and he can be lazy whenever he wants to and he gets to buy whatever he wants.
Outcome 2 Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice.
Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years, to include: physical development, communication and intellectual development, social, emotional and behavioural development.
When an infant arrives in the world they are helpless tiny humans who depend on adults for every need from love, to feeding them. It is amazing how these tiny babies grow into adults able to make decisions and become self-dependent. There are many theories about how children develop and what roles the environment plays, what people affect their lives and how events can shape their personalities. Some of these children have and easy life and some have a harder time making that journey to adulthood.
Equipment- Dress up clothes, pushchairs, doll’s, hair dryer, brushes, rollers, tills, shopping baskets/trolley’s, play food ect……
A child's development affects how they learn. All children don't fit the norms of development but not all children should be looked down on because of this. The development of the body and mind leads to the development of skills a child learns in life. Teachers need to help the child expand their skills and the knowledge to do the skills well.
At 6 weeks infants develop a social smile, at 3 month laughter and curiosity develop, at 4 months full responsive smiles emerge, from 4-8 months they develop anger, from 9014 months they develop a fear of social events, at 12 months the are fearful of unexpected sights and sounds, and at 18 months they are self-aware, feel pride, shame, and embarrassment. In the first two years, infants develop from reactive pain and pleasure to complex patterns of social awareness. Emotions in infants are produced from their body as opposed to their thoughts. Therefore fast and uncensored reactions are common in infants. During their toddler years, the strength of their emotions will increase.
When Jane got old enough, her step-father would tell her to date certain guys. Whenever she wanted to spend time with them, he would let her go only if he got a “favor”. He would also make her start fights with them
Observer visited a play place of a restaurant in New Jersey, Hackensack. Why I have chosen the place is easy to observe every part of child development such as cognitive, social emotional, language as well as physical at the same time. Observer performed the observation on April 28 from 1 pm to 3pm. The child was an Asian boy. He has strait short black hair with dark brown eyes and thin black eye brows. His height looked around 37 inches that he may be a little smaller than other early childhood children. He looks thin and has a full set of teeth inside his mouth, full cheeks, and a small button nose.
In this assignment I am going to describe a child observation that I have done in a nursery for twenty minutes in a play setting. I will explain the strengths and weaknesses of naturalistic observation through the key developmental milestones based in Mary Sheridan (2005) check-list and provide a theoretical explanation to support the naturalistic observation.