Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects movement and coordination due to damaged areas of the brain. Different types of cerebral palsy exist, depending on the severity, the limbs affected, and the degree of motor function. There are several different interventions that physical therapists and occupational therapists use to treat children with this condition. The purpose of this literature review is to compare several research studies on pediatric cerebral palsy rehabilitation, specifically looking at the upper limbs, trunk, and lower limbs.…
Transition is very important when it comes to infants, toddlers, and families. Transitions help the children with their memory, cognitive skills, and it help there daily routines to be smooth. There are three things you should do when it comes to transitions which are inserimento,routines, and activities. Inserimento literally means “becoming inserted,” but is better translated as “settling in.” It refers to the method of fostering relationships and communication when the child is entering the infant and toddler program for the first time (Bove,1999,2001).…
Article 1- The Occupational Therapy faculty student collaborated on a research project about “occupational Balance in Religious Sisters of Mercy using Matuska and Christainsen’s life Balance Model,” which was published in the journal of Occupational Science’s online edition. The research project examined the effects of risen stress in today’s lifestyle contributed to discontent with life and diminished well-being. The researchers examined how the Religious Sisters of Mercy achieve life satisfaction and spiritual peace, and later looked for correlation to the occupational balance defined by the Matuska and Christiansen’s models. The result showed that participants found satisfaction in their personal life balance. The result showed the value…
Many babies will be crawling or finding ways of being mobile. They are also able to sit up without any support. These new movements mean that babies can explore more and also spend a little time sitting and playing. When they are mobile they can move quite fast, so this a period in which adults really need to think about safety. As well as…
Over fourteen million children in the United States, that is every one in five children has a mental illness. Several opinions and a variety of voices within the children’s mental health field have campaigned for modifying the approaches to children and adolescent’s mental health. The goal is to transform the system of care approach to understanding that “young people” are not just “little adults”. The mental health system has faced several challenges while trying to develop programs and services for children and adolescents based on an understanding of needs for specific stages of development, as opposed to just modifying the adult mental health systems of care approach. We are all aware that mental illness does not discriminate against age,…
Great post! I agree with you that the interview has to be wrapped up with the patient and parent (for non-confidential issues) to summarize the visit, address any final concerns or questions. Family or guardian influence is a very important fact to consider when conducting an annual examination on the adolescence. When I was doing my pediatric practical orientation, I realized that parents/ guardians or grandparents are most likely to bring their infants, toddlers but not the adolescents for annual well-visit, Vaughn, Gilbert, & Aalsma, (2014) noted in their research article that pro-active parents would most often encourage and bring their teens for annual well-visit, they will be engaged in discussing health issues and place a higher value…
The second type of atypical tone is hypotonicity. Babies and toddlers with hypotonicity have low muscle tone and may appear floppy or overly flexible, and their muscles may feel 'mushy'. This may show in many ways. For example; whilst standing the child may bend their knees, in sitting they may slouch or sit with a wide base of support (also known as the "W" position.…
Transitioning into the theoretical literature review, even though Brown, Dickson and Gibson (1984) argued that there is a considerably marked lack of investigation towards insight into children’s thinking on the conceptualisation of angles (p.115), it has been noted that available research tends to point towards the assumption that angles have been a difficult concept to comprehend for children (Browning, Garza-Kling and Sundling, 2008, p.284). This appears to refer to Keiser’s 2000 description of angles as being an abstract and diverse concept (as cited by Browning, Garza-Kling and Sundling, 2008, p.284), strongly advocated by Mitchelmore and White 2002 of which highlighted the importance of having spatial ability and proposed a teaching…
Consider the evidence for and against the assertion that play is crucial for children’s development Play is a child’s natural innate way of exploring the world around them through their senses; their desire to explore is guided through play and real life interaction. Many psychologists agree that play is crucial in childhood too gain higher levels of cognitive, emotional, social and academic development and without play development could be delayed. Research shows there is a strong link between play and developing socially, emotionally, and cognitively and also for language development. (Baron-Cohen 1987) identified that pretend play is a ‘key milestone in childhood development’. This is supported by the UK Education system as it is well reflected in the curriculum (Lantz et al 2004).…
What crawls on four legs in the morning, walks on two legs at noon, and leans on three legs in the evening? The answer is a human being, who crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs in adulthood, and leans with a cane as a third leg, in late life. Just as this well-known riddle points out, human development is continuous. With this very interesting concept, one questions what would the results show when observing the physical, cognitive and socioemotional concepts of two very different age groups. That of a young four year old child just beginning her journey, and a twenty five year old man, at the prime of his life.…
1 What are the general characteristics of the sensorimotor stage child? A child in the sensorimotor stage is between the ages of birth and 2 years old. Therefore, at this time the infant is using their senses and motor actions in order to discover and comprehend the world around them. At their youngest age they begin by functioning with innate reflexes, and as they grow to explore the world they progress towards “intelligent” actions.…
•Quantitative (continuous) change: It occurs when children get older, they grow gradually in size and weight which is a physical development, but they also develop gradually complex cognitive skills. Their development is a continue process that stay the same over the life span. •Qualitative (discontinuous) change: Refers to the change in the way children perceive the world, behave, the way they think, and how it changes as they grow older. The child is different from what he/ she was before in early stages.…
Exercise is a free time activity that helps children to feel good about every aspect of the health definition. This is going have the effect on children in the ways of; their physical health, mental health, and the way that exercise helps in the classroom. This is going to result in the healthier living of children all around the world, cutting down on the problems such as obesity and unhealthy living of children. In fact, exercise is one of the most important parts of keeping your body at a healthy weight. Exercise helps children lose weight and lower the risk of some diseases.…
Paper # C The early Physical Development in a child’s body is very critical; many factors play in physical and mental health. A child’s physical and mental development is affected from early experiences and relationship with parent, relative teachers and peers, which can shape the architecture of the developing brain and body. Mental health provides an essential foundation of stability that supports the functioning of a child’s development. Young children can be affected by many social, economic, and environmental factors both in a positive and negative ways, due to children being vulnerable and things parents, peers and teachers take for granted can easily affect them.…
This is Brenda Chuksorji, I wanted to thank you for your guidance and teaching during my pediatric rotation. I learned a lot from the rotation. I just took my pediatric shelf exam and a lot of the things I learned from you, like the developmental milestones and immunization schedule enabled me to answer a lot of my questions. I hope that I was of service to you during my rotation. I also wanted e to thank you for allowing me to be involved in direct patient care and diagnosis and presentation.…