Milestones of Development in Child Care Essay

experience has given me great insight into child health and the variety of nursing roles that exist in both acute care and community. At the beginning of the semester, our lecture focused strongly on growth and development, specifically the milestones at each stage of life (infants, toddlers, preschoolers etc.). This was very helpful when it came to working with the children at Piitoayis Family School, as there was great diversity in growth and development amongst all these children. Some of…

Attachment is a strong deep meaningful and loving bond that develops over time the bond is reciprocal. There are many types of bonds for example the bond between mother and child, father and child, owner and pet and the bond between partners i.e.; husband and wife. The two theories of attachment here to evaluate are ‘the learning theory’ and ‘the evolutionary theory’. The learning theory by Dollard & Miller (1950) this is also known as the behaviourist theory this states that attachment is a…

occurrence of play, allowing great developments to be made and set children ahead of pace when entering kindergarten and grade school. In the preschool years, children strengthen their own abilities, learn how to properly interact with other children and caregivers, and also burn off physical energy that can allow for the development of pre-literacy skills that will aid them upon entering grade school. Quality preschool programs positively impact child development…

Active Listening, Additional Support, and Effective Communication Active listening is imperative to be successful in any line of work, though it is specifically important in education because educators need to understand the parent’s viewpoints and feelings. Active listening can be defined as “the skill required to simply “feed back” the deeper felt message (not words) of the sender in the words of the receiver” (p. 151). Active listening involves going past listening to the sender in order to…

boosting grades in science and mathematics. III. Supporting the organization that support art development is a staple in our communities. IV. Per the drawchange Inc vision “children need…

life span development. The first prenatal stage of development is when the beginning of conception and last two weeks. The zygote single cell, that results when a sperm fertilized an egg. This happens when the ovum is fertilized in the fallopian tube. The zygote is grown and it starts to move thought the fallopian tube and into the uterus. The uterus is where it attaches itself to the uterine wall and implants. As long as the implant is successful, the second stage of prenatal development…

Eldridge, Jamie-Lynn October 4, 2015 Child Observation Option B: 10 to 13 month old infant Demographics Jordan is a 14 month old Caucasian, female infant. She lives with her mother, father, and newborn, baby brother in a historical, wealthy neighborhood on the south side of Philadelphia. Jordan’s parents have their doctorates degree in the field of dentistry. Since the birth of the new baby, the mother stays at home to care for the children. Both sides of grandparents are active participants and…

Studies and Child Psychology? and how do they differ? What is childhood? We can all relate to this subject as we have all been children at some point in our lives, but how is childhood defined and what factors impact on a person’s childhood? The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states that a ‘child’ means ‘every human being below the age of eighteen years unless, under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier’ Childhood studies focuses on the child and…

Perceptual Development Primarily, perceptual development occurs during the prenatal perception period and the initial stages of infancy to start interpreting and understanding sensory input. A sensory milestone “Touch” gets develop around seven to eight weeks of prenatal perception period where the first sensation of touch emerges in the mouth and developmentally trends to the palm of the hands and then feet. Similarly, by the age thirteen to fourteen weeks of perceptual development, the…

Child observations provide us with the hand on experience necessary to succeed and understand the material. The purpose of this observation was to apply what we have read about in the book such as children’s physical, cognitive, language and psychosocial development. We are left to apply the theories and subjects discussed within the text. For this observation, I observed Bruce, a 15 month old, at the Napa Valley College Child Development Center on February 29, 2016 at eleven in the morning.…