Expected Pattern Of Child Development Essay

First of all the child could have an emotional reason. If the child has had a catastrophic event happen in their life this may affect the child. For example, if the child no longer sees their mum anymore for whatever reason, the child may become quite emotional. Another example is if a child spends a lot of time with the mum or dad, they may have separation anxiety when they come to nursery. This means they would be feeling sad and down and therefore may not want to play or learn because they miss their parent/carer to much. During this instance they may not follow the expected pattern with their emotional development.

There could also be a physical reason for the child to not be following the expected pattern and expected norms. This could be for numerous amounts of reasons one being a physical development. A child who has a physical developmental issue may struggle to follow the expected developmental pattern at the same rate. In the past, we have had a child who had a problem with their hips causing the child be behind on …show more content…
Something such as autism can affect the child’s expected pattern because stereotypically someone who has autism, have difficulty communicating in certain situations and also have difficulty understanding facial expressions and tone of voice. This could mean that the child may struggle to reach the “expected developmental norms” at the same time as other children however; children with autism are very clever and can pick up things such as numbers and the alphabet very quickly. This could be another reason as to why a child may not be following the expected but however, exceeding and reaching certain subjects. In this case, the child may be slightly delayed in reaching the communication and language and personal, social and emotional development skills, however be very advanced in their mathematics and their