Explain the Sequence and Rate of Physical Development from Birth to 19 Years

On October 16, 2017, I observed in the infant room from 8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.. The child I observed was a female and just turned eight months old. Indicators given by the child during the observation, show that the child is progressing at a normal developmental pace and even excelling in other areas. Through observing her, I noticed her motor skills were excelling beyond what was expected. She was pulling herself up and standing. I would often notice her attempting to walk after she was standing or even balancing on one foot. She would often be standing on her toes and using her arms to hold herself up. She showed a lot of strength in her motor development. I even observed her using problem solving skills to look over a shelf that was

Babies and toddlers show amazing progress in all aspects of their development from birth to three years, considering they are born with simple reflexes and are quite helpless and dependent. It is essential to have a good understanding of the development stages in this group in order to support their development. The changes that occur in a child’s development in the first few years of life are truly remarkable. Practitoners note children’s

Their movement improves going from just leg kicking to rolling over and crawling, exploring their environment, showing an interest in objects and learning to play with soft toys . They will now see people as individuals, recognising different voices and faces, smiling and eager to make themselves heard. Eager to learn and develop attatchment they can show their emotions facial expressions and gestures. The development at this early stage is probably quicker than at any other time in a childs life, The first few years are so important in their progression into adulthood. Between 9 months and 18 months a child will develop an understanding of simple instructions and their vocabulary should begin with a few recognisable and simple words. They move on from crawling to walking and continuing to explore and learn from their surroundings. Their dexteroty increases, being able to scribble and hold onto things more precisely. They become curious and will often concentrate on things for short periods. A child at this age is still very self centered and will have many tantrums when they dont get their own

The 42 month assessment from Age and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) was selected. The child that was interviewed is 44 months old, equating to three and a half years old. This assessment was conducted around noon following lunch with her mother in the child's home in approximately about two and a half hours. The ASQ contained the following assessment sections: Fine Motor, Problem Solving, Personal-Social development, Communication, Gross Motor, and overall clinical results.

When born, babies show innate reflexes, such as swallowing and sucking, rooting reflex, grasp reflex, startle reflex, walking and standing reflex; in the first month babies become less curled up and the startle reflex is starting to fade; toward the end of the third month babies start lifting and turning their heads.

Development appears normal until about 6-18 months of age, followed by loss of acquired speech and motor skills, slowing of head growth and development of signature repetitive hand movements. Hand movements may change over time and additional medical needs may arise including seizures,

The hands are held open for most of the time now that the grasp reflex

6. Dad is sitting in the bed with the baby girl (birth -8m) playing with a rattle toy. She drops the toy on the floor and Dad picks it up, she repeats the action over and over. The baby is developing problem solving skills in the cognitive domain, dropping the toy and waiting for her Dad to pick it up, and experimenting a different use for the object. She is developing also gross motor skills in the Physical and Motor domain, sitting by herself, moving body and arms with coordination, she moves her body with a purpose to achieve a goal.

From the Infant to Toddler Room: • Responds to simple 1 step instructions. (cognitive) • Demonstrates simple signing and language. (language) • Puts small objects through a slot into a container. (fine motor) • Drinks from a cup with out an infant sippy- lid. (fine motor) • Has the ability to get in, out and sit in a chair without support. (gross motor) • Is walking steadily, can carry large object. (gross motor) • Plays independently of other children, occasionally interacting with them. • (social emotional) • Transitions to a new environment exhibiting stability and self assurance. • (social

During these first couple of years, they begin building brain structures that will support learning, and develop the physical abilities they will need to be mobile and independent throughout their life. As I am finishing off this semester in my Early Childhood Observation Class, I can easily spot, identify and understand children’s unique developmental patterns and needs. Now that I have a full understanding of a child’s development, it makes it easier to identify children who may not be progressing as well as they

In class we discussed many factors in how young children develop and learn. One of the topics we discussed was physical development

an infant will show much progress to simple movements across level surfaces including rolling to move closer to people and toy items. The ability to physically interact

Physical development between this age is very enjoyable. At this age they are getting used to their own bodies. I noticed that they put their fingers in their mouth. They love to look at their hands and feet. I noticed that they are more to observing their hands more than anything. When they are being feed they will crab your finger. When they lay the baby on their stomachs at the age of 6 months or so they try and kick their feet and look like they want to swim. They get their hands moving and they love to be touched. They react when you are touching their finger. Mary would grab the baby's finger as she is talking with them. The look at her and smile. Around the age of 5 months to six m At this facility they start

Delayed milestones such as controlling head, rolling over, reaching with one hand, sitting without support, crawling, or walking

For this assignment, my groupmates and I decided to use the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale. We chose this assessment because our patient was a chronological age of thirteen months (premature 1 week, 9 days) and were aiming to look at her gross motor function in the following areas: reflexes, stationary, locomotion, object manipulation. Our results provided us with raw scores of: 12 for reflexes, 36 for stationary, 53 for locomotion and 1 for object manipulation. Due to our patient, Olivia, being premature we decided to compare her percentile ranks to her chronological age and her corrected age. Upon doing so, we found that our patient was in higher percentile ranks for her corrected age than her chronological age.