Child Development Paper

John Santrock’s Child Development is probably the most up to date, well researched and therefore the most accurate book in its field. Now in its fourteenth edition it has certainly stood the test of time considering it was first published in 1978. This topically organised text presents a wealth of information that is applicable and adaptable and is uncomplicated to read and understand. Eloquently written and logically presented it covers all aspects of child development including physical, perceptual, cognition, language, socioemotional and social contexts. It also includes solid, cohesive analysis of significant matters such as families, school issues and culture and ethnicity.

Meggitt, C., 2006. Child Development : an illustrated guide. 2nd Ed. Oxford: Heinemann Educational Publishers. Available at: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/dundeecollege-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3384832

In the beginning, the Children’s Bureau was part of the Department of Commerce, but was later transferred to the Department of Labor in 1913. The law that brought the Children’s Bureau into existence also called for the Bureau to be headed by a Chief, who would be a Presidential appointee, subject to Senate confirmation. The first Chief of the Children's Bureau was Julia Lathrop, one of the Chicago women who helped lobby for the Illinois juvenile court. During the initial years, the Children’s Bureau took on as special projects child mortality, deaths of mothers in childbirth, child labor, and juvenile delinquency (Bradbury and Eliot, 1956). Through studies and surveys, as well as through public education programs, improvements were shown in

According to studies there has been an increase of unprotected intercourse in adolescents that leads to sexually transmitted diseases, psychological disorders, and the use of substance abuse (Jemmott, Fong, G. T. (2005)). Adolescents typically go to the use of drugs to throw away the feelings they encounter in everyday situations. Studies also show that most adolescents that involve their selves in intercourse at an early age will have a larger number of sexual partners, and use condoms less often when engaged in intercourse.

child is working in their own pace, they may take fewer or less time that originally predicted by the counselor. When using this approach, I will have patience. In general, I have learned never to expect anything from your clients because the clients do not owe anything to the therapist. The client is there for themselves.

At different ages children learn a lot differently, as babies they learn with their senses, through feeling different textures, looking at bright colours, and hearing different sounds. Therefore they learn through sensory play such as feely toys such as toys that have different textures and feels, as they grow to around 12 months they will be able to explore the world around them and play with sensory toys such as cornflour play and playdough. Also setting activities around the nursery is good for the children as they are able to chose their own play and initiate their own play, also this gives the practitioners a chance to recognise what each individual child enjoys playing with and what their own interests are to help them to focus activities

I conducted my observation at Oakwood Methodist Preschool on May 9, 2016 at 9:30 in the morning and 3:00 in the afternoon. The child I observed was a 16-month old female that I did have previously relations too. I use to work at Oakwood Methodist as an Extended Care Teacher. I use to care for Baby M in the infant room. During the observation there were two teachers, and 7 infants. The room that the observation took place in had many toys such as: balls, bouncers, walkers, rattles, and soft plush books. There was also a play mat where all the toys were, and two rocking chairs in the room. During this observation I focused on 6 different developmental domains. In my paper I am going to discuss perception, motor skills, cognitive ability, communication/language, social skills, and emotions.

My early childhood care situation was closely tied to my family context. My mother only worked a couple days each week, spending most of her time at home caring for my sisters (one older and two younger) and I. When my mother worked, I stayed with my father, grandparents, or family friends. My care situation, therefore, was mostly in a family environment, so there were few problems finding appropriate care or adapting to a care situation. Though preschool and pre-K were important to my development, I believe that my family care situation was one of the chief factors in my development. Their attentive care and purposeful engagement with my growth and play shaped my development in many ways.

Developmental psychology is “a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the lifespan” (Myers 2014), and human goes through development by series of continuity and stages. With humans, the processes starts with conception, where male sperm fuses with female egg, and then the newly formed cell goes through prenatal development, where rapid cell division occurs to form the embryo. After 9 months, the embryo developed into the fetus, where it has a physical form of a human.

Nature is inherited characteristic that affect development and nurture is environmental condition that effected development. They both have an influence on growth and development in children one way nature influences physical growth is if a child has a chronic illnesses such as asthma, epilepsy, kidney disease and multiple sclerosis. For example people who have multiple sclerosis have problems with their brain and spinal cord people with MS have weakness, tingling, numbness, blurred vison and muscle stiffness. Child who would be diagnosis with MS would have a hard time developing and growing because they man not be able to the things a normal child would be able to. Walking and trying to ride a bike might be harder for them than to a child

When an infant has developed into a toddler, it has emotionally separated from the parents and has gained independents (Early Childhood Development, 2013). The toddler is able to use its developing language skills to control the environment and establish independent feedings (Early Childhood Development, 2013). During the participation of social meals the toddler will begin to mimic eating choices and behaviour. The access of particular foods will shape the child’s eating behaviour and food preferences (Early Childhood Development, 2013). For example, as a vegan toddler it will be exposed to a variety amounts of fruits and vegetables. It will then mimic this behaviour and continue to consume large amounts of fruits and vegetables.

As a babysitter, I have never seen any set of parents who raise their kids the same way. Every couple is going to discipline and raise their children differently. This is why child rearing is such an interesting process. There are so many ways to raise a kid and each way might have the same or completely different outcomes. I interviewed Jennifer Stein and asked her about her disciplining practices and she explained to me how she believes it is important to make sure the child is aware of the exact thing they did wrong and that they reflect on it and apologize. When her daughter (Allison) was a baby Jennifer would discipline her child from biting her by stopping feeding her. If her daughter pinched her she would set her down to teach her if

My experience with the process of raising a child has become rather pleasant. Seeing your child grow into a productive and responsible member of the society is quite rewarding. It appears to me that, each decision that I made for Enoch in his early years of development played a key role in the person that he has become. Different activities that he used to partake in as a result of my wishes, he now participates without my intervention, and he seems to enjoy the activities. For instance, when he was growing up, I introduced him to sports such as soccer and baseball. Now he enjoys playing the game of baseball, and he has excelled in the sport making his coach and myself content. Along with his interest in various activities that he was introduced

Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is a theory used to analyze and understand human development and behavior. His theory is broken up into four stages: Sensorimotor, which lasts from 0 to 2 years of age, Preoperational, which lasts from 2 to 7 years of age, Concrete Operational, which lasts from 7 to 11 years of age, and lastly, Formal Operational, which the child enters at 11 years of age and stays in throughout adulthood (Santrock, 2010, p.24). Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is important because it stimulated the entire field of research and it still remains the most influential theory of cognitive development. Throughout my study, I will be focusing on the Preoperational stage, and more specifically, the concepts of

There are many key factors that play up to the role of early child development, starting from before the child is nonexistent, until the child is a full grown baby.