Pervasive developmental disorders

4. Communication and language 5. Emotional It is important to look at child development from a holistic perspective, as each aspect of development is inherently interlinked with each of the other aspects. While every child will follow the same developmental sequence, they will not necessarily do so at the same rate. Physical Development: Babies to toddlers - 0-3 years: Babies and toddlers develop very rapidly moving from relying on reflex actions, such as latching on and grasping things, to…

The Effects of Daycare on Children’s Development Today’s children are tomorrow’s future. Therefore, how a child develops is not only important to the child, but also to our society as a whole. While realizing this factor, we come to the discussion of whether daycare helps a child to develop or is harmful to a child’s development. Despite some evidence that daycare can be harmful to a child’s development, many recent studies show that daycare for babies and young children has positive effects on…

I choose the principle 1 “An articulated philosophy that addresses the needs of children, families, educators and community”. I work in a program that follows Dr. Maria Montessori’s Method of education which emphasizes on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child’s natural psychological, physical, and social development. By following the criterions of this principle, I would first like to talk about our philosophy and methods of teaching, address our program’s strength, where…

1) What are the issues facing Dean at this point in his development? Being that Dean is in Erikson’s psychosocial developmental stage of Identity vs. Role Confusion and with the information provided about Dean in the case study, it would be accurate to say he is facing concerns of who he is, who he is to be, and what other’s think of him (p. 303). Dean as a teenager is faced with the task of moving from an innocent, dependent child to a young adult (p. 282). During such a child-to-adult…

Sharon Knight is a 68 years old woman, born in Edmond, Oklahoma in a small maternity home. She is the middle child of five in her family. Sharon currently lives in Piedmont, Oklahoma in a home that is small enough for the two of them, but also big enough for their four grandchildren to roam about. Sharon has been married for fifty years to the same man, and they still show each other the same love that they did the day they met. She is a wife, mother of two, and grandmother of four, but she…

Child labor should not be banned The International Labor Organization estimates that more than 250 million children are involved in child labor. The definition of child labor is work done by children who under the age of 15. Most people think that childhood memory, potential and dignity of children are deprived by child labor. Additionally, it can have some impacts on child’s physical, mental and educational development (kweifio-okai 2015). But, in my opinion, child labor is necessary for poor…

John Holt’s “SCHOOL IS BAD FOR CHILDREN” article was nothing short of a bogus, exaggerated, and an opinionated piece of writing that’s been filled with far too many generalizations about what and how a child should “learn” in school. It’s ridiculous that John Holt viewed school as something actually detrimental. Although it’s difficult to entirely disagree about his claims in every single point in his writing because some of it is applicable to certain types of students and school.…

The psychology of personality is a roadmap to the development of one’s personality. Helping develop these theories have been many great minds whose contributions to this field psychology have given us great insight to the formation of personality, ways we think, behave, and develop from youth. Of these great theorists four stand apart from the pack. These Theorists would be Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, and Erik Erickson. In this paper we will come to a better understanding of each…

In this paper I will provide an analysis of a developmental interview, I performed on April 10, 2016, for about 20 minutes. My interviewee, Joan Murray agreed to sit down with me in conversation and answer a few questions about her life. This opportunity gave me the chance to explore developmental themes and think about how to apply developmental theory in live situations. I will demonstrate my ability to integrate principles I have learned over the past 12 weeks and put them into practice. I…

The Smart Start Pre School Program “The developmental potential of a day care or preschool setting depends on the extent to which supervising adults create and maintain opportunities for the involvement of children in a variety of progressively more complex (ongoing) activities and interpersonal structures that are commensurate with the child’s evolving capacities and allow (the child) sufficient balance of power to introduce innovations.”- Bronfenbrenner (1979).The preschool years are the…