Childhood

speech disorders is Childhood Apraxia of Speech, abbreviated CAS. This disorder is one of the most common disorders when discussing the controversy over the use of NSOMEs in the diagnosis and treatment of speech disorders. Children with this disorder struggle to say certain words, syllables, and sounds. It is caused by the brain having problems communicating with the muscles to move in the ways needed for speech. However, the muscles are not weak or paralyzed in any way (“Childhood Apraxia).…

This is my first semester in the early childhood program and I love it! This has been a great experience for me and doing what I love most. Children a great thing and we as early childhood teacher we need to know that. I have learned so many things about this program and how to better myself in my work. I hope that someday I can open my own daycare business and be successful. This program will teach me many things that I know or don’t know about kids. I’m excited for what the future holds for me…

sociable, and intellect changes over a period from conception through adolescence. Childhood is a multifaceted process in which many changes occur. To fully understand the changes throughout childhood, one interview and observation was conducted to a toddler perspective, and a second interview and observation was implemented on a school-age child. Vast changes arise from infancy and toddlerhood, jumping to later childhood, and that was deceptive when comparing the outcomes from the two…

Cross-Cultured Middle Childhood Middle childhood is every child’s remarkable period because it presents his or her outgrowth from the time of infancy. At this stage, the children become more independent due to the steady brain maturation. Although the children develop the same physically and intellectually, there are similarities and differences across cultures such as the choice of making a friendship and moral value. Children from all cultures share the same value of their friendship, and the…

In my part of the podcast I will be arguing that Dorian Gray is victim of childhood trauma in the Picture of Dorian Gray. In “Exposure to Interparental Violence and Psychosocial Maladjustment in the Adult Life Course: Advocacy for Early Prevention”, it is argued that what people experience in their childhood impacts their actions and psychological mindset in the future. The article lists various negative outcomes from a study that could occur from interparental violence and says that children…

This article states that childhood obesity is widespread and growing problem in the world leading to medical, psychological, and economic problems. Taiwan has experienced an increase in child obesity the past two decades, one in every four children are considered overweight. There have been reports stating that kids watch more television than any other activity. The weight cutoff points are clear for adults, the cutoff points for defining childrens weight status can vary significantly by age and…

Most of the kids by the first five minutes of this observational period finished and cleaned up their table. Seeing such a drastic that seems to come from about 4 to 6 is amazing, unlike the preschoolers and toddlers the middle childhood kids have begun to take on more responsibility for their actions and are actually able to contribute to the world around them. For example, one of the kids needed a napkin, and rather than just asking a caregiver to get it, they got up and retrieved the napkin.…

Children’s growth around this age is much slower but also steadier than it was in early childhood, averaging about 2 inches and 5 pounds every year (Berger, 2016, p. 240). Although I wasn’t sure of the other children’s ages making it so I couldn’t compare, Kylie seemed to be both a healthy weight and height for her age, as she did not appear overweight or too short. Childhood obesity is becoming an increasing problem in the United States with about 18 percent of 6- to 11-year-olds suffering from…

Public that childhood obesity has nearly doubled between 1999 and 2007 with much of the “overweight” children rising from 13% to 31.7% (Fontaine). At a time in their life when children shouldn't have any worries in the world, it is now becoming concerning whether or not children realize the horrible path they are heading in, full of health risks and alarming consequences. Childhood obesity in America is a growing disease that has become an epidemic due to the…

For my paper, I opted to do observations of children in the KUYC as well as interviewing a mother on her children, one during their adolescent years and another in the middle childhood stage (The mother’s children are both past these stages, but we conducting the interview and the questions were answered in the frame of the son being 10 years old and the daughter 15 years old to see different aspects of their development.) These interviews showed me a number of developmental characteristics that…