...individual will lose his or her baby teeth and their permanent teeth will come through. Depending on the individual a child can begin the early stages of puberty during this time. Physical development (early adolescence) The physical development of a child in the early adolescence stages can be a drastic change for an individual. The hormones of the early adolescence are at a rapid growth and are better developed throughout the years. As the level of hormones increase this causes acne to form as well as his or her height and weight will increase. Emotional Development (middle childhood) As children develop in age each individual child will react to various situations differently. During the middle childhood stage an individual’s emotional development goes through some drastic changes. To give an example of the transitions that he or she will face is the start of school that will allow them to come into contact with new teachers and also the opportunity to build friendships with other children. During this stage a child will gain a sense of responsibility as well as the feeling of being more independent. A child has the capabilities to better control their feelings and emotions. A child during this time creates bonds that are outside of his or her family. Emotional Development (early adolescence) In the early adolescence stage a child begins to move from childhood to adulthood. Because of the hormonal changes that are occurring throughout this stage, individual...
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...services will increase the child's developmental and educational gains, increasing his or her eligibility for future employment and self-sufficiency. The programs offer services such as speech therapy, vision services and physical therapy. The programs also provide support and assistance to the family and maximize the child’s development to society. Parents are educated about the health and nutrition needs of their children. Intervening early with a special need child can enhance the child’s skills. To strengthen cognitive development early educational activities can improve social skills. Children can benefit early intervention education programs that provide child development services. Parents can receive education through home visits, center based settings focus on providing early childhood education. Benefits of programs for early childhood interventions showing: psychological, social benefits, and tangible economic benefits to children and families. Head start is an example of early intervention which is designed to give young children experiencing poverty a chance to improve their cognitive skills, encourage their social and emotional development. Parents are encouraged thru involvement as teacher aides...
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...Thinking skills including learning, understanding, problem-solving, reasoning, and remembering. • Social: Interacting with others, having relationships with family, friends, and teachers, cooperating, and responding to the feelings of others. Usually, there is an age range of several months where a child is expected to learn these new skills. Some skills need to be developed before new skills can be learned. For instance, children must learn to crawl before they can walk. If the normal age range fro walking is 9 to 15 months, and a child still isn’t walking by 20 months, this would be considered a developmental delay. Growth in each area of development is related to growth in the other areas. So if there is a difficulty in speech and language, it is likely to influence development in other areas such as social or cognitive development. It is important to identify developmental delays early so that treatment can minimize the effects of the problem. WHO DOES DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY AFFECT? In the...
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...The effect of television on a childs attention span Samantha Martin COM/156 May 6, 2012 Jodi Galvan Axia College of the University of Phoenix The effect of television on a childs attention span In watching my 13-year-old daughter, and constantly trying to get her to complete the simplest of tasks such as loading the dishwasher. I have often wondered if watching too much television has anything to do with her inability to complete the smallest of tasks. Some people think that children who watch too much television are likely to develop ADHD; however, it may be the opposite. The child who is prone to Attention problems may be drawn to watching television to sooth their minds (New Scientist, 2007). Is it possible that children too watch much television? According to Eric Landhuis of the University of Otago, children should not watch more than two hours of television per day (New Scientist, 2007). More than two hours of television can lead to attention problems in adolescence. Children who watched more than three hours of television had above average symptoms of ADHD (New Scientist, 2007). Rapid scene changes can over stimulate the brain. Recently their was a controversial news story on how the rapid scene changes in the cartoon Sponge Bob Square pants on the network Nickelodeon over stimulated the young brain of children under the age of six. The over stimulation can make real life seem boring. Landhuis goes on to say, “children who watch...
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...There are many Urban Legends and Hoaxes about pregnancy, but above all Lina Medina’s story made the biggest impression on me. She is famous in the medical community for being the youngest mother in recorded history. At the age of five years she gave birth by Caesarean section to a healthy baby boy. When Lina, who was born in Ticrapo, Peru, first became pregnant, her parents did not realize what was happening. Due to her increasing abdominal size, they thought she had a tumor. They tried many local remedies, but when nothing worked they brought her to a doctor who diagnosed that she would be giving birth to a child soon. Dr. Gerardo Lozada was not sure about his thoughts, so he took her to Lima, Peru to confirm her pregnancy. A month and a half later, on May 14, 1939, she gave birth to a healthy boy and she named him Gerardo, after her doctor. Although the story was called a hoax, based on documents, pictures, and doctor’s verification, it is easily verifiable. During her pregnancy, doctors took x-rays and biopsies which proved that she would be a mother. When Lina was seven months pregnant, doctors took a picture showing her developmental body. Peru’s best physician, Dr . Edmundo Escomel, discovered that Lina already had regular periods when she was only eight months old, and she had a hormone disorder which explained her fully developed ovaries and matured body. The father of Lina’s Gerardo was never determined. Due to her age, doctors determined that...
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...Developmental Process Presentation Child Development 202 Developmental Process Presentation There are many noticeable physical and mental differences between early childhood (2-6 years old) and middle childhood (6-10 years old). In early childhood their language and communication skills start to develop quickly. The child will begin to learn new vocabulary, the correct use of language in social settings and their grammar has noticeable changes. Even with all these advancements that are taking pace, it is still noticeable that these children are just in the beginning stages of learning as compared to children in middle childhood. In middle childhood children have already developed a set of language skills. They have the ability to use correct vocabulary during a conversation, effectively use language for different purposes such as school or a conversation with friends. They can also restate ideas and have the capability to speak in front of their classmates when giving presentations with confidence. Physical development in early childhood and middle childhood is extremely different. In early childhood children have an abundance of energy that they have a hard time controlling. In this stage children run instead of walking. They jump and skip showing the exuberant amount of energy that they have. During early childhood gross and fine motor skills are starting to become refined. A child’s hand eye coordination improves and they develop the ability to do tasks such as jump...
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...returning home from the war. This was to integrate them back into society as useful members. They had spent so much time fighting they needed help on how to return to the work force. Also with the world becoming more industrialized society needed help on how to use their current skills to be an active member in the work force. Frank Parson founded the Boston Vocational Bureau to help men match their skills and interest with the appropriate job (p. 8). This assisted those with job placement to find a career that suited their needs. Several events occurred that promoted growth in the mental health field. Changes in testing and assessment technologies, nonmedical approaches to psychotherapy, theories to normal human development, innovations in group counseling and the development of psychoeducation approaches to treatment helped advance the profession as a whole. Learning how to appropriately assess...
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...Lifespan Development From infancy to late adulthood development on different levels take place. A lifespan can be long or short; children develop faster than others, this can come from heredity, some genetic deficiency or lack of parental involvement. A child development should be parallel with her chemical genetic balance, gifts and talents, proper eating habits from the mother, her environment, and under the watchful eyes of her parents. Cognitive happens when individuals knows, understand or believe what they are capable to know and understand, these cognitive development happens within stages of lifespan. People and nature goes through processes of development; there are factors which can affect physical development within middle age children. Middle Childhood Attention span is a condition known as A.D.D or Attention Deficit Disorder; children with this disorder have difficulties learning to perform physical tasks. The key factor to consider is whether the child abilities are affected by her paying attention to do what she is performing. Can she actually perform a task of building a pyramid block, or is she easily distracted by her peers on her other side playing with water colors? When a child does not have a relationship with their senses, this can affect their physical development. There can be a particular smell which causes a child to feel sick, but this smell may not bother another child, or certain noise that may make the hair on their backs stand straight up. This...
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...the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents” (Jane D.Hull). These words date back years ago, but are still relevant. For decades, parental involvement in the educational and social development of a child has been a topic of discussion, especially in elementary school, where children spent 70% of their time, including weekends and holidays, outside of school (Michigan). This is where parental involvement plays an important role, which, even though separation anxiety and unrealistic expectations could develop, positively influences children’s behavior and attitude, their grades and shows an immediate and significant increase in children’s IQ. Over the years, research has been conducted on this subject and results show that parents of high-achieving children set higher standards for their children’s educational activities than parents of low-achieving children (Michigan). Moreover, this means that consistent predictors of children’s achievements and developments are the parent expectations and the satisfaction with their child’s education at school. The more involved parents become with their child’s education, the better the child’s achievements will eventually be. These developments manifest a series of changes which positively influences several aspects of the child’s educational and social growth. First of all, research has shown an immediate and significant change in the child’s IQ. This can be explained by the fact...
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...Does Divorce Have Devastating Impacts on Children? Divorce is a hard pill to swallow no matter what age a child is. Children are like sponges they soak up everything. The immediate impacts that divorce has on children are loneliness, fear and worry, sadness, anger, guilt, and the feeling of being rejected (Riggs & Tweedell 2010). The long term effects are a child’s social development meaning maintaining friendships may become hard especially ones with the opposite sex, which in the end can lead to a lot of unhealthy relationships because children are trying to fill a void that was once there. Not only this but some reports have proven that children who come from divorced homes are more than likely to become divorced themselves (Arreola, J. 2013). Some parents’ really do not realize that divorce can cause children to feel guilt or embarrassed of what they are going through with their family. It affects them emotionally causing them to have behavior issues in and out of school. This can lead to the child dropping out of school or finding comfort in other activities such as drugs or alcohol. An article by Lauren Hansen called 9 Negative Effects Divorce Reportedly Has on Children stated, “In 2009, the law firm Mishcon de Reya polled 2,000 people who had experienced divorce as a child in the preceding 20 years. And the results did not paint a positive picture of their experiences. The subjects reported witnessing aggression (42 percent), were forced to comfort an upset parent...
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...When children start school around the age of six this is a time called middle childhood and it continues until the age of twelve. This is a stage that is just before the onset of adolescence. Between the ages of six and twelve is a time when children start to develop outward from their family alone. During this time children begin doing things more independently such as dressing themselves and tying their shoes. And others all the way up to having more contact and emphasis on the outside world. Also many new relationships start to form between teachers, coaches, and others. Children start to focus on the outside world which contains having more friends and having different social situations. It is a time when their social skills can develop quite rapidly. It is a time when children start to develop more friendships with other because of their changing interests. Your child’s personality starts to change as they prepare to enter puberty. In preparation for adolescence some children handle these changes with ease where other children may have more trouble adjusting. Some may act maturely whereas others may act more immaturely depending on their experiences. During this time parents can start to re-evaluate themselves as if they have done enough to prepare their children with enough information about forming good relationships and distinguishing between right and wrong. Up until now children have solely relied on their parents for all sources of information. This can be a constant...
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...AND LEADERSHIP COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF LEADERSHIP HUMAN DEVELOPMENT THE CASE MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE CHANGE THROUGH Submitted by: Gutema Eggie; ID No.: LE/159/05 Program: MA Submitted to: Mr. ___________ Term Paper Submitted for the Partial Fulfillment of the course Human Development Addis Ababa TABLE OF CONTENTS | | page | 1. Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. My Experience while I was 3-7 years-------------- 3. THE AGE FROM 8-12 SCHOOL AND ANOTHER SOCIAL ACTIVITY------------ 4. The age between 13-18 (Success and Disaster age) total change | 2334 | | INTRODUCTION Human Development: human development is a long or short duration of time process encompass in gradual, sequential, and even ordinary change of an organism through time from lower part to some higher position in three most important Areas. These three important developmental changes areas are: physical, cognitive, and emotional-social. In the process of development, all these three fundamental changes may cannot take place in equal proportion or in the same speed of development in an individual. Some of them moving with constant speed for some time and decrease its speed the other time. Some of them may take place soon and in an irregular speed. For example human physical developmental change from the age of the...
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...Running Head: HSCO 500 – RESEARCH PAPER TOPIC Overcoming a Forced Disability Promises R. Huff Liberty University HSCO 500 – Introduction to Human Services For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. Romans 8:18 – 21 What is disability? Disability is the consequence of an impairment that may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental, or some combination of these. A disability may be present from birth, or occur during a person’s lifetime. What is child molestation? Child molestation is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. I choose to research the effects of experiencing child molestation has on the mental, emotional, and human development of an individual. Research becomes more attractive and trustworthy when the researcher is able to provide concrete evidence to support noted hypothesis and or theories. Throughout my research paper, theories and documented claims will be utilized...
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...Television and Child Development By Gabriel Pitaro For my book report I chose the book Television and Child Development by Judith Van Evra. In her writing Van Evra delves into the increased presence of media and technology amongst children in todays society and the effects it is having on their development. She breaks it down into four different categories, physical, cognitive, social and emotional development. Throughout the book Evra explores the ways in which media actually effects children as well as the other variables that come into play in the development of a child. By doing all of this research her goal is to find ways to maximize technology’s potential for improving development while neutralizing the negative effects as much as possible. Her research spans well beyond television, observing the effects video games, DVDs, cell phones and the Internet have on children as well. Overall I found it to be a very compelling book that had many strong connections to the material we learned in this course. Evra begins her book by reviewing previous findings and theories about psychology and child development. Many of the theories she covers are ones that we have also reviewed in our course. She discusses Bandura and his theory of model behavior as it applies to television. Bandura conducted a study where two groups of children would watch an adult act aggressively towards a doll before being given a chance to interact with the doll themselves. For one group, the adult was...
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...than just television, Parental control and guidance, surely will contribute the affect that television will have on a student’s academic progress. Television Effect on Children Academic Progress The average person in the United States now watches over 151 hours of televisions a months, which is well over 5 hours a day, and while there are many concerned, people are convinced that watching television has a negative impact on our children’s learning process. Although, some content may be inappropriate, some programs on television promote positivity and learning. (Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/5112258). Increased television watching among children can have a impact on a child’s academic progress and social and emotional development because research shows that 35% percent of children living in a home were their television was always on spend less time doing homework, being social and having healthy eating habits. All things consider would have an impact on a child’s academic progress (Vandewater et al, 2005). Television can be means of education for children. Although, television has been deem one of the most environmental factors that influence a child’s educational progress. Several...
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