“Observation of developmental stages through life span” Michael is four years old boy. He is Hispanic descendent his parents are Cubans. According to his mother, his home environment is quite stable with established habits and routines. Michael lives with both of his parents, the grandmother from mother side, and one older sister who are nine years old. Their life style is very relaxed; they enjoy going on vacations every time they can. Their religion is Catholic, and they go every Sunday morning to the Church. After that, usually, they go to have lunch in a family’s favorite restaurant or go to the beach or maybe to the park for the children play. Michael is a healthy and happy child , his grandma is who are being taking care of him because
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Even though, Michael and his sister Melany have some years apart, he likes to play with her a lot. Melany is a sweet girl who is taking 3rd grade in a classroom for gifted children. The meal time at night is performed by all family members sitting around the table; they always pray before every meal. They are very close family. They help each other to meet basic families function, for example, Michael’s mom deals with children homework while Michael’s father helps drooping children off at school. So, they have a strong emotional bonding between all of the family members.
The observation was performed in The Tropical Park, a Saturday morning around 10:00 am. We went to one of the playgrounds which are covered with a large tent and there are a sand box, trampoline, three different slides, a monkey bar and two pair of swings. Michael’s mother said that Michael loves outdoors activities, so every other weekend she brings him to this park. “Here he can run, jump, play baseball and interact with other children” she said. Nearby, there are baseball and tennis fields. There also are plenty of tables, benches and BBQ grills. During the observation, …show more content…
This stage is when children begin to construct things and become more confident. Michael was able to construct the robot with the Legos pieces. Michael falls under the secure category of attachment. According to Bowlby & Ainsworth theory of attachment children are classified in these categories based on the response they gave when they reunite with their mothers after a separation (Mandich, 2015). Secure attached children are upset when their mother leaves and happy to see her when she returns (Mandich, 2015). When Michael left the restroom and saw that his mother was walking away from him and started cry, but then when she came back, he stop cry. After complete the observation on Michael’s developmental milestones while he was engage on playing activities allows me better understanding of human developing through the life span. I could see how the environment, as well as biological, physical, psychosocial and cognitive functions can affects person development in positive or negative way. This observation also provides me, as a future occupational therapy practitioner, with better ideas and tools of how to assess clients based on the knowledge of the different theories and its relationship with human
Even though, Michael and his sister Melany have some years apart, he likes to play with her a lot. Melany is a sweet girl who is taking 3rd grade in a classroom for gifted children. The meal time at night is performed by all family members sitting around the table; they always pray before every meal. They are very close family. They help each other to meet basic families function, for example, Michael’s mom deals with children homework while Michael’s father helps drooping children off at school. So, they have a strong emotional bonding between all of the family members.
The observation was performed in The Tropical Park, a Saturday morning around 10:00 am. We went to one of the playgrounds which are covered with a large tent and there are a sand box, trampoline, three different slides, a monkey bar and two pair of swings. Michael’s mother said that Michael loves outdoors activities, so every other weekend she brings him to this park. “Here he can run, jump, play baseball and interact with other children” she said. Nearby, there are baseball and tennis fields. There also are plenty of tables, benches and BBQ grills. During the observation, …show more content…
This stage is when children begin to construct things and become more confident. Michael was able to construct the robot with the Legos pieces. Michael falls under the secure category of attachment. According to Bowlby & Ainsworth theory of attachment children are classified in these categories based on the response they gave when they reunite with their mothers after a separation (Mandich, 2015). Secure attached children are upset when their mother leaves and happy to see her when she returns (Mandich, 2015). When Michael left the restroom and saw that his mother was walking away from him and started cry, but then when she came back, he stop cry. After complete the observation on Michael’s developmental milestones while he was engage on playing activities allows me better understanding of human developing through the life span. I could see how the environment, as well as biological, physical, psychosocial and cognitive functions can affects person development in positive or negative way. This observation also provides me, as a future occupational therapy practitioner, with better ideas and tools of how to assess clients based on the knowledge of the different theories and its relationship with human