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

My virtual child name is Josiah. Josiah is a physically healthy, growing, smart young boy. He has the great ability to make eye contact, smile, and adapt to new environments very well, which he had begun to develop at a very young age. At just 9 months, Josiah was already advanced in his gross and fine motor skills. He enjoyed crawling, pulling up to stand, and manipulating objects. At 19 months, Josiah scored above average in all aspects of language development. He was able to engage socially with others and made good eye contact. By the age of 2, Josiah had already developed the ability to make suggestions, handle challenging tasks, and was even able to complete grammatically mature sentences. By the age of 6, Josiah was above

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.

TK is a male child 3 years old of average size to the other students in the classroom. He attends the McGill Child Development Center. TK’s hair is brown and is neatly combed to one side of his head. His eyes are of a dark color. TK was participating in circle time with the other children in the classroom. He was taking turns with the other children when asked different questions from the teacher. This show TK’s is social skills are developing nicely as he is able to take directions from his teacher and sit quietly while others talk while sitting in a group. He was able to focus on the activity for about 10 minutes before becoming restless.

Through out the observation both children were moving from place to place. The little girl would grab one toy then go find another one. She would play one type of activity then go back to building blocks. She would stack blocks and connect the rail road tracks for the train. For approximately 3 minutes or more the girl would stay fully engaged trying connecting the railroad tracks. She would forget that she was in a room full of other toys, for a moment I possibly thought she could be autistic because she was able to stay focused on one activity for a long period of time and not engage other children. Her fine motor skills were adequate for her age she was able to hold objects in her hand. While she was fascinated in putting together the railroad

This child observation was carried out at the ETSU Child Study Center, after an appropriate permission was taken. I arrived at the Child Study Center at about 7:50am on Friday November 13, 2015, and I was taken to the Cricket Preschool classroom for my child observation. When I got there, there was only one child present at the class, and when I asked the teacher if he was the only student in the class, she said the rest students were yet to come. So I began my observation of the child. For the purpose of this observation, I am going to call this child Dave.

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.

Chris presented as a nice mannered individual, as he open doors and said thank you and please. His brother stated there are no behavioral concerns. Chris enjoys going on walks with the family dog and watching TV.

When Alex was a toddler he moved around a lot . Alex’s parental grandmother died when he was a toddler. He attended preschool when he was a toddler. Once at Christmas time Alex got a bike that he very much enjoyed. Also, Alex won a baseball tournament when he was 4 years old.

First step in intervention is to identify meaningful situations or contexts to promote communication and social interaction with Aiden. Situations that are motivating for Aiden, provide chance for communication and that are appropriate for his development. Aiden is most likely to talk, interact, and learn if he is doing something he enjoys. Aiden will benefit most if the settings selected are a good fit for his interests, needs, and skills. As he becomes comfortable with this approach: Gradually we’ll add more and more contexts as opportunities for communication. Aiden will have many more opportunities with communication when he is older. At his early stages of development, it is easy to adapt activities so that they are age appropriate as well as developmentally appropriate. To ensure that Aiden has an effective means to communicate and participate in social interactions.

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.

Over time throughout the visits Fisher became a lot more open to me and wanted to tell me more and more every time I saw him, thus he developed socially. Another thing I

Over the weekend I observed my twin niece and nephew while they were at home, during which they were in the room their mothers call “the play room”. During my observation I focused on Julian, he is a twenty-one-month-old with brown hair, and blue eyes who was in the construction area of the room. The construction corner is a part of the room that is defined between two sets of shelving four feet away from each other and a wall with a wooden platform on the floor in the middle of the shelves. In the shelves, there are different size and shape wooden blocks, small cars and trains, and a basket of small animals. When Julien entered the room he quickly walked over to the construction area with a smile on his face and picked up the basket of miniature trains with

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.