Child Observation

I will be observing a seven-year-old child for my project. What I have learned from being a parent and watching my kids as they grow up the social emotional, physical and intellectual changes that occur in children between birth and the end of adolescence are that they all progress at individual intervals from dependency to increasing individualism. Because these developmental changes may be strongly influenced by genetic factors and events during prenatal life, genetics and prenatal development are usually included as part of the built in parenting skills we all possess. When children are born they have no sense of fear but quickly develop a fear of what

On November 7,2016 at 2:50 pm, Shawn was in the special education room for work completion. When his teacher showed him the work to be finished Shawn was adamant he had already completed it. Staff showed Shawn that the work was incomplete. Shaw refused to comply at which time staff started the sequence of his behavior plan. A timer was started for five minutes, to allow Shawn to comply with the directions. Due to Shawn behavior at the end of the five minutes, he needed to be escorted to the break room. During the transition to the break room, Shawn punched staff in the face, kicked, and attempted to bite staff. Shawn refused to enter the room fully to allow for staff to close the door. Staff entered the room, Shawn then began to hit, kick,

My observation began in the outside play, first with the animal pin and then played with the outside toys. When going into the animal pin Emily had a smile on her face and walked around and looking at each and every animal, she bent her knees down, reached using both hands she grabbed a chicken and when the chicken would move she would say, “silly chicken”. During the outside play Emily kneeled down, petted the pig with her right hand and said “Aww, it’s so cute!” Later on in the animal pin Emily reached put with both hand and pushed another classmate for trying to hold the same chicken. In addition, Emily would repeatedly tell other classmates “pet him softly, don’t hurt him” when they would try and pet the animals. When transitioning into

On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 1500 hours I was dispatched to 119 S. Main St. for an assault in progress. Schuylkill County Communications (COUNTY) advised me it is being reported that a male is assaulting two females out in the street. COUNTY advised me that screaming and yelling can be heard in the background on the telephone.

Child A, is sitting in his chair drawing a picture in his journal. He looks up at stares at the child across from him at his table for almost a minute.

All children are different in their unique way. The goal of this assignment was to observe different children in an uninterrupted environment. Although all the children observed were the same age, they all acted differently during their observation. The differences in the way we react to different situations are what make us human. These differences can be explained through the theories that different psychologist have developed over the years. Some children react better to things like praise from a teacher or being able to be creative in the activities that they are participating in.

For our child observation project, we interacted with a seven year old boy named Nolan.

I had the pleasure of seeing Luke a 10 year old male child in the office on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 with his mother Hannah for a well child care visit. He appeared appropriately dressed and well groomed. Luke has a history of Down syndrome, VSD and ASD and needs supplemental O2 when he has respiratory illness and at night when he sleep. Luke also has feeding difficulties and is on a g-tube. He was uncooperative and did not want to go into the exam room during his visit. We had to interview him and his mother in the corner of the waiting room as no other patient was around.

Ms. Williams stated that she resides at the above listed location with her children, sister, mother, and a boyfriend. Ms. Williams stated that her boyfriend name is Mr. Tavars Wiggins with a DOB of 3/15/1998, and he has been living with her for approximately 2 years. Ms. Williams stated that Mr. Wiggins never disciplined her children. Ms. Williams stated that she's the one who discipline her kids and taking care of them. Ms. Williams stated that she trust Mr. Wiggins with her children and doesn't think he is physically abusing her children. Ms. Williams stated that Mr. Wiggins and her children play fight sometimes in the living room. Ms. Williams stated that she normally disciplined her children by having them stand in the corner and taking

When I worked as a Paralegal, after retiring, the court appointed us to a woman that had an infant and was pregnant with another. The neighbors had called the Sheriff's Department because an infant was screaming from this woman's house and when they looked through the front door, when no one answered them knocking, they saw three adults sprawled out over furniture and the floor not moving. The SD entered the residence and all three were passed out from, what they believed was, drugs and alcohol. They had EMS check out the adults, while the SD searched for the infant that had gone quiet. They found the child on the floor next to the bed, she had a bump on her head, and they assumed she rolled off the bed. EMS checked the infant and she

Subject “Chris” is a 7 year old middle class Caucasian male. Observation is taking place in the child’s home over the course of two separate afternoons. Chris is a friendly and well spoken child who is small for his age. Chris is the youngest child in his family and both observations take place while his siblings are home. In each case one or both parents are absent.

On April 4, 2017, I observed two preschool students playing with magnet tiles in Ms. Carrilo’s Pre-K class at Pre-K 4 SA North Education Center. The two students that I observed are the following: Eda and Zander. Zander was a four year old little boy and Eda was a four year old little girl. Eda and Zander were playing with the magnet tiles in the toy area because the block area was being used. The materials that were available to Eda and Zander were trinkets (like buttons), toys (like mini plastic figures), and magnet tiles. The activity that Eda and Zander were doing in the toy area was the following: creating a “party” out of magnet tiles.

Overall, my movement stations were successful and helped me identify the motor skills of the children I worked with. My first movement station dealt with simple movement tasks such as hopping, balancing, marching, and leaping. My goal was to assess the children to identify their basic ability level. By doing this, I was able to accommodate their needs in my other movement stations. This movement station made me realize that I should have completed it with fewer children because it was slightly chaotic. The children lost focus and were all trying to get my attention. Therefore, I completed my second movement station by working with groups of four to six children. I also incorporated a carnival theme into my second movement stations so the children

I went to the Gracepoint Church’s Fall Fest on Halloween eve. Many interactive booths were prepared for the children, such as ring toss, dance floor, fishing for rubber dolphins, bean bag toss, beading station, and face painting. I hid behind my roommate who was working at the face painting booth that night. The location was perfect because of the high chairs at the booth gave me an easy view of the families in line and the children at the face painting station. I focused this observation on one pair of siblings, whom I will refer to as Jane (5 years old) and John (6 years old). Most children were impatiently waiting in line with their parents, including Jane and John. The two children discussed profusely what painting they wanted on their

For this child observation, I decided to observe my younger brother Jacob. Jacob is 5 years old, but he insisted that I write that he is almost 6. He is also in kindergarten this year and loving every second of being a loud, rowdy boy. I suppose I am at an advantage in this observation since I have seen the numerous developments in Jacob’s life thus far.