Dylan's Eight Stages Of Middle Childhood Development

Childhood anxiety is quickly becoming the most challenging of all childhood problems. As the root of most problems, anxiety covers a long range of stressors that spread quickly if not treated or relieved early in life. Anxious feelings in children varies from children of all backgrounds. All people feel anxious at one point or another, and it is only when children are affected daily and unable to be calmed when people should become concerned. Many times, children are feeling overwhelmed and cannot express themselves or struggle to understand his/her feelings. Social and emotional development then plays a big part when facing concerns like anxiety in a young childhood environment. Teachers and caregivers need to take a step back and focus on what the child needs rather than what he/she can do to make children calm down. Through interventions, patience, and caring teachers, a young child does not need to be known as "The Child Who is Anxious", he/she can just be a child.

Elementary and middle school years (6-12) are Erikson’s fourth stage in which the child must resolve the crisis between industry and inferiority. During this stage, a child becomes more aware of themselves as individuals. It is important that a child learn the feeling of success; if not allowed enough success, they might develop a sense of inferiority or incompetence. Again, it is about the balance of industry and inferiority that leads to competence both intellectually and socially. Despite the fact that the Welsh school administration placed Jeannette in classes for students with learning disabilities, she knows she is smart. She was in honors classes in Phoenix and continues to excel academically under the guidance of her parents. She reads on her own and understands that education is important. Despite her placement in the lower classes and not having any close friends, she is able to develop a sense of industry.

The middle childhood is to leave the play years to start maturing years to start adolescence (Berk, 2010). During the middle childhood, children began to have a lot physical changes. As well as, they begin to discover there identify that they are. For example, secondary sexual organs begin to develop in the boys and girls, they will confuse about identify. The puberty is the cycle when children are out of control because they will transition to leave the children to enter adolescence. For instance, physical and behavioral changes will have some consequences if pre-adolescences do not deal well with them. Middle childhood is divided into two categories 6 to 8 and 9 to 12 years that reflects on children’s behavior (Nuru-Jeter et al., 2010). For instance, children learn to interact with other children, and how they will manage emotions and behaviors. Also, how they have to act with adults and children that totally different it. Also, the girl and boy have different physical and behavior changes for the gender difference. Middle childhood development makes for some factors that influence on physical changes, brain and nervous system, and social and emotional changes.

As children start school he learns more than reading, writing, and math. School is where they learn to give and take with children that they aren’t as familiar with. As Staff states “relating with peers according to the rules” (2011). Children learn that not everyone will have the same rules as their parents have. Especially if their mom is a stay at home mom they learn to do what another person in authority. Preschoolers play like they want they often make their own rules, as grow older they learn to play games that have rules that they need to follow (Staff 2011). And of course with growing older comes responsibility. As the child enters kindergarten and first grade it is expected that they will gain a certain amount of knowledge. Elementary school was hard for me. I struggled through it. I guess I would fit into Erikson’s theory of Industry versus Inferiority. I don’t remember how old I was when I was inferior but I do remember struggling with it. I think that personality can play in there sometimes. So far I’ve been pretty close to Erikson’s

During middle childhood there are many different changes in a child’s life and this is an important time for children to start gaining confidence. Every child is vulnerable and has his or her strengths whether they are a regular child, gifted or a child with special needs. Abnormality is normal and what makes us who we

Born in the early 1920’s, Mary Meeker’s father saw great potential in his creative little girl. He vowed to make sure she got to college, something which he had been unable to do. He fancied himself a business man, so the family moved from place to place as he looked for the elusive perfect opportunity. Every new school brought another Intelligence Test and eventually Mary skipped a grade. Mary’s sister who was learning disabled was often mistreated by the Nuns at one of the schools, causing Mary to turn away from her religion. Her mother did not see her talent or creativity and was often mean and abusive toward her children. As a result of these events, and recognizing that she and her sister were at different ends of a spectrum, Mary vowed to advocate for the development of diverse intellectual abilities. Educationally, Mary more than fulfilled her father’s hopes as she gained a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science, a Doctorate in Educational Psychology and continued with post graduate studies.

The mother states that her oldest daughter has ADHD and dyslexia. Because of this she maintains the routine schedule for afterschool homework where she can be available to help and to encourage that they stay on task. She encourages learning by taking the girls to outings to the library and bookstore and has instilled a love for reading since an early age in both girls. She leads this by example being an avid reader herself. The mother feels that education is a team effort between the teachers and parents and is in close contact with her children’s teachers in order to accomplish this.

The article gives the testimony of two people who had difficulty learning, in other words they had learning disabilities. The author of the article firstly gives the example of Stephen Koutsioukis who had ADD and would be distracted even by the slightest of sound in the colorful, occasionally loud room. For him on the spot question was an embarrassment as he would most often give stupid answers and at times fail to answer the question. For two years, the 10 year old kid took online classes through the South Carolina Connections Academy, a character school based in Columbia. In the online classes he watches lessons in the comfort of his own home computer and communicates with his teachers via email or through phone calls. His mother has been noted saying that Stephen has improved his self-esteem and demeanor because of the setting of the new

Shamia learned to read and write before school. She taught herself by watching her older brother learn to read and write since he’s two years older than her. She picked up on grammar rules and simple writing processes such as pre-writing, proof reading, and processing simple sentences. When she wasn’t learning from her older brother, she sometimes went to school with her mother. Dorothy, her mother, worked in the day time and went to school at night. When Shamia would go with her mother to class at the University of Memphis, she would copy down the notes on the board about English literature. Her experience in the University of Memphis classroom advanced her maturity in a classroom setting early on. Her behavior in the classroom was so mature she

Do you remember that kid from elementary school that couldn’t read out loud very well? I remember that kid, because that was my brother. Before my brother entered elementary school I was the kid making fun of them, the kid laughing as they struggled to read what was on the board. I could read out loud nearly perfect and I was amazing at math and science. I was the kid with all the answers, mainly because my dad worked with me every night when I was in first and second grade. I didn’t understand why didn’t “get” it, I didn’t understand that they were truly trying, and most importantly I didn’t help them.

He impressed his father when he was little by kite fighting, but when he grew older he stopped conforming and focused on his true passion: writing. Even though he had been a victim of conformity, he was able to stand up for himself and take a hold of what he wanted to do in life. This shows that even if peer pressure dominates a person’s life, they can still turn things around and head in the right direction.

Ella is a fifteen-year-old girl who suffered from a significant brain injury when she was four, which drastically changed her life. She enjoys attending school but “struggles to understand instructions given to her by teachers and has difficulty concentrating for long periods” (Hardman, Drew, & Egan, 2014, p. 234). The special education team at Ella’s high school has been committed to her success in the general education curriculum. She told her special educator, Mr. Allen, that she has a desire to move to the city and enroll in an acting school. However, Ella’s parents are concerned about how she will cope with others and stressful situations. Let’s find out what her future holds.

Children in middle childhood are growing psychosocially at a quick rate. During middle childhood they become industrious, develop a self-concept, and learn how to be friends, amongst other things.

Children in our communities are exposed to many challenges that need to be addressed by teachers and adults in order to keep a healthy environment that promotes their development. Parents need to be aware of children’s different temperaments to make socialization easier and to improve friendships and understanding. Teachers need to be aware of the developmental practices to ensure the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development of children. Also, they need to be aware of the risk factors that affect their school performance and their life to help them overcome their problems.

Social and Emotional well-being of a student plays a significant role in their academic and personal success. Brynee’s rude and rebellious behaviour is an indicator that she is unable to self- regulate her emotions and is showing signs of frustration. We have established that puberty is a vulnerable time where students will display these characteristics, consequently affecting their emotional state and social behaviour (Berk, 2006, p.200). Berk (2006) discusses that self- esteem is an important aspect of self-development as it can affect emotional experiences, future behaviour and long term psychological adjustment. The decline in self-worth is common in adolescents after transition from junior school to middle years. ‘Entry into a new school…[various learning area teachers] and peer expectations may temporarily interfere with…[Brynne’s] ability to make realistic judgement about behaviour and performance’ (Berk, 2006, p.450).