...Infant Observation Name of Child - Cyan Child’s Age - 10 Month After observing a tenth month old child for this Child Observation paper, I had taken many notes during the observing. The Purpose of this paper is recognizing the Physical, Cognitive, Biological, Social and Emotional development of the child. The child chosen for this child observation paper is a tenth month old male Cyan, who appears to a healthy normal child. His mother is half Indian and father is Indian. Mother and father are happily married. He lives in the hcyane with grandmother, mother, father, aunt, uncle an older female cousin who is three. Cyan comes from a middle class background and has no siblings. The author of this paper observed him in the living room of his home. His mother kept all of his toys spread out on the floor in the middle of the room so that the author of this paper could observe him while he plays. Cyan had many toys such as blocks, plush toys, rings, keys, a stationary jumper and a toy that is designed to help the child learn to walk. Erikson’s Psychosocial Stage : Cyan is in Trust VS Mistrust. Cyan is able to crawl across the room. He is able to stand and walk with the assistance of a piece of furniture. He is able to pull himself up from the sitting position holding on to the coffee table. Once he stands straight up he is able to walk around the table while holding on. He is able walk around the room if he is holding on to the toy that is designed to help an infant learn...
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...interviews. HOWEVER, MAKE SURE EACH PARTICIPANT WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING TAPED. Begin by describing the purpose of the interview: "I want to find out what being an X year old is like. What are your concerns at this time of life? What is important to you at this age? What are the good and bad points about your time of life? This interview is for my term paper in developmental psychology. Anything you tell me will be confidential. I will not use your name. Please feel free not to answer any questions and to conclude the interview whenever you wish”. Then give each person your consent form to sign. In collecting your qualitative data and writing your paper, use these guidelines: Demographic data/informal observations For each person note age, sex, and other identifying information (e.g. “10 year old girl, attends sixth grade in a public school”; “single college student age 22”; “mother of four with children aged X, Y, Z”; “ divorced grandmother, has X children, and X grandchildren). Describe the person's appearance and manner. Is she well groomed, attractive, overweight? Does she seem happy, depressed? Are there specific things that stand out visually about her? For a young teenager, where is she with regard to pubertal development? For an older adult, how does she seem to be functioning, physically, cognitively? How does the person respond to you? Does she seem guarded, anxious, delighted to talk? Do some topics seem very emotional for her? How...
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...Britney TravisECE 125 Infant Observation Three month old babies are so very interesting. You may think that just because they're babies that they aren't aware of what's going on. Wrong! They are very aware of their surroundings. Plus, they're so darn cute. I observed a baby girl that was twelve and a half weeks old. She was very wide eyed and constantly looking around. When I first arrived, she immediately made eye contact with me and smiled. I was happy to see that. She was sitting in a vibrating chair and just cooing to herself. Her mom put the show 'Yo Gabba Gabba' on the television and the baby girl actually watched. When the strange creatures on the television would laugh, or sing, the baby girl's eyes got very wide.She would also kick over and over again in excitement. Finally, after about twenty minutes, she finally lost interest and started crying. As soon as she started crying, her mom immediately picked her up and began rocking her. The baby then grabbed a chunk of her mom's hair and pulled down. Her mom made this- ouch, that hurt-face and then set baby in her swing while she went to prepare her daughter's bottle. Baby then continued to cry and lick her lips, signaling for food. She also kept stretching her legs out and kicking over and over again and raising her head up as if she was looking for her mom. Her mom dropped something in the kitchen and baby girl's eyes got really wide and she jumped, therefore making her cry even harder. About 5 minutes later...
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...three tables away from them, but there were four other people at the tables around the baby and her family. Bailey was actively engaging the attention of those around her with laughs and smiles. Bailey did not seem to be afraid to be vocal to get a response from mom, mom’s friends, or those around her. It seems she was discovering her voice and what noises would get the most attention. Bailey enjoyed what seemed like a very funny conversation with the man at the table next to her. There was quite a bit of giggling and squealing during this time. Physically Bailey came across as an active baby. Her legs where constantly kicking and moving, and she was reaching and grasping for her toys and other items around her. Several times during my observation, mom had to readjust Bailey back to a secure sitting position due to her eager movements. While it seemed Bailey was more interested in human interaction, when she did focus on her toys there was quite the effort to assess them and then to get them into her mouth. She was quite happy to chew and drool on them while making verbal noises (they sounded somewhat like ‘ahh ahh ahh”). During my time spent observing Bailey, which went a little longer than the 20 minute mark, it appeared Bailey was expressing her normal behavior. Her mother, and the other woman at the table, where quite content with Bailey and her...
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...Child Development June 16, 2014 Child Observation Narrative I observed my two children; infant and toddler at the same time. The infant was 16 months, and the toddler was three. In my notes, child #1 is the infant and child #2 is the toddler. Both children are males. The setting for this observation is a scheduled playdate by the children’s parents. Both children’s mother and father are present. Child one screamed “AAHHHRRRAAA” a lot and had a toy truck in front of him. Child didn’t immediately start to play with the truck; he slammed down on the toy with his hands open and pushed it around. Child one tried to get up and ramble without a definite purpose around the room which he had difficulty doing because his gross motor skills seem to not yet be fully developed. Child ones mother grabbed him and said to him “no baby I need to keep an eye on you’ and sat him back down where he began. The child began to scream inaudibly “AHH!” Child two came out of his room, not knowing that anyone was there and slowly came near or nearer to the small group in his house and immediately moved with haste to where the other child was. Child two said “Ty, play trucks with me! This is your truck. Okay? Now let’s race!” Child one continued to sit in front of the truck, non-responsive to child two. Instead of playing with child two, child one stared blankly into the next room, and had drool forming at his bottom lip. Child one placed both of his hands firmly on the ground beneath him and with...
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...There is so much to learn from simply observing infants and young children. Watching the infants interact with their caregivers and the class was interesting, as I have seldom spent time just appreciating the behaviors of infants. Each baby was a little different; however, the infants of similar ages shared certain characteristics. This shows how unique each child is even when noticing the similarities between age groups. When observing the babies at the baby show I noted the differences between the one-month-old infants and the one-year infants. The older children were more eager to engage with the class and the professor and they showed more curiosity than the one-month-old infants, who were focused on eating and sleeping. This was to be...
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...to my observation. First, I begin a brief description of the child I have observed and the setting in which the observation took place. Next I attempt to show my understanding of normal child development, and aspects that can disrupt ‘normal’ child development. Throughout the essay, I will critically examine and reflect on the process of undertaking my observation. And finally, issues of ethics and anti- oppressive practises will be discussed. The child I have observed was three and half year’s old girl called Sara (not her real name), of African Caribbean background and English is the only language spoken at home. All three observations took place at the day-centre she attends. The day-care centre gave me permission to observe her, but not to interact and interfere with her educational activities. As this was my first observation, I was a bit anxious about how Sara might react about me watching her, and while her parents consented about the observations, Sara did not know that I am here to observe her; it is this scenario that made me uncomfortable. I was particularly more concerned about the ethical issues of not informing Sara about the observation. One element of anti-oppressive practice is to make sure that people’s rights are not violated. Social workers must put children’s needs first, and to respect their human rights, including rights to liberty, privacy and family life (Dalrymple and Burke, 1995: 57). In common with anyone who is undertaking child observations, I was...
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...Observation: Developmental Stages Liberty University December 2nd 2013 Where did I conduct my observation? My observation was conducted at my church on a rainy communion morning. I chose that Sunday morning because I knew that it was going to be somewhat crowded and I would get the opportunity to observe all of the developmental stages. I thought about going to the mall, but I dismissed that idea because I would get the urge to go and shop or even feel bad because I didn't purchase anything. This observation was completed on Sunday December, 1st 2013 at 10:00 a.m. My first observation was that of the late adulthood. Everyone calls her Mommy "T". As she sauntered to her seat, she had to make a few short stops. She hugged and kissed and even stop to tell a young child about the age of three to stop running in the sanctuary. I gave a slight chuckle because I knew when she was younger she would have held him by his hand and gave him a good scolding. Feldman (2011)refer to this type of aging as the "activity theory". Though she is 90 years old, she maintains the interests and activities as when she was in her middle age. She certainly has adapted to the environment by not withdrawing. She reminded me of my great grandmother. My great-grandmother attended church all the way up to her mid nineties. She washed, cooked, cleaned and read her bible without glasses. When she attended the senior citizen center she was the light of the gathering. My great grandmother...
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...Assessment – Year 1 Required Formative Assessment - Paediatrics Self Directed Learning Project The Paediatric Self Directed Learning Project (SDLP) aims to provide first year medical students with an introduction to children as patients, paediatric history taking, communication and developmental observation skills. This introduction will provide a context for Clinical Reasoning Sessions and paediatric learning in Stages 2 & 3. You will take a written history from the parent or carer of an infant or preschooler. You will also formally observe the child twice in a three month period and note changes in the child's development. Learning objectives: 1. Become familiar with an infant or preschooler in a non-medical situation where the child is comfortable. 2. Observe a child's development over a period of months. 3. Conduct a conversational interview with a parent or carer. 4. Structure the information from the parent/carer as a written history. 5. Write two sets of notes as a record of your own observations of the child at each visit. 6. Receive constructive feedback from a Paediatric marker. More information The SDLP Guidelines (pdf) contains detailed information about the project and marking sheets. In addition, an introductory paediatrics lecture will be given in Block 1 to outline the Paediatric SDLP. This lecture will be held at the Wallace Theatre on Thursday 25 February 2010 from 11am-1pm . For more information and an example project, please see the 2010...
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...Accepted Manuscript Title: National roadside survey of child restraint system use in Belgium Author: Roynard Mathieu Silverans Peter Casteels Yvan Lesire Philippe PII: DOI: Reference: To appear in: Received date: Revised date: Accepted date: S0001-4575(13)00346-1 http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.021 AAP 3271 Accident Analysis and Prevention 13-12-2012 22-7-2013 20-8-2013 Please cite this article as: Mathieu, R., Peter, S., Yvan, C., Philippe, L., National roadside survey of child restraint system use in Belgium, Accident Analysis and Prevention (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.021 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. National roadside survey of child restraint system use in Belgium Roynard Mathieu*1, Silverans Peter1, Casteels Yvan1, Lesire Philippe2 Belgian Road Safety Institute (BRSI), Chaussée de Haecht 1405, 1130 Brussels, Belgium Laboratory of Accidentology and Biomechanics PSA Peugeot-Citroën / Renault (LAB), 132 rue des Suisses, 92000 Nanterre, France 2 1 Abstract Keywords: Child restraint system (CRS), CRS use...
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...Environmental FACTORS THAT CAN AFFECT THE HEALTH OF AN INFANT: Infants are prone to environmental health hazards and this could be fatal, Awareness needs to be created on infants been at risk for environmental hazards, ways /measures of prevention, interventions. Infants are exposed to smoke inhalations, hazardous chemicals especially cleaning agents at home, choking hazard’s. ( July 2020 PRB) Overall child mortality declined significantly in the 1990’s , but environmental hazard’s still kill at least 3 million children under the age of 5 year. Infants are vulnerable due to their sizes, behavior, and developmental stage. These environmental factor lead can affect the infants health by causing brain damage, developmental problems. Infants have the behavior of crawling and anything / objects in their way, they put in their mouth. Infants are exposed to indoor/out door pollution, non toxic agents like cooking, smoking, air and heating. According to World Health Organization ( WHO) children are exposed to indoor air pollution on a regular basis, and it estimated that many children die from acute respiratory infection, lead poisoning ,and exposure to hazardous chemical and exposure to pesticides. The environmental factor I chose is lead poisoning. Lead poisoning is a build up of lead in the body, usually over months or years. Lead poisoning is a major environmental health hazard/ factor that affects infants in developing countries. According to the Environmental...
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...Nosocomial bloodstream infections play a big part in infections that affect the very premature low birth weight infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units which can cause morbidity and mortality. Numerous attempts have been made to prevent infections and the outcomes have gone both ways with mixed results. The rates have varied from unit to unit and research has been performed to distinguish if the models that are used in each unit have made a difference in the prevention of infection. The population of the NICU is vulnerable and the effects of infection can increase the length of stay and the cost of the hospitalization. Many efforts have been successful but some variances in the rates still exist. Strategies have been attempted to be identified to minimize the risks of nosocomial infection in low-birth-weight infants (Newby, 2008, p. 421). In the NICU population the nosocomial infection rate is the highest in the VLBW (very low birth weight) infants. They are amongst the largest of the groups of infants that require more interventions and support procedures that come along. The smaller, less mature infants are more prone to infection since they have sensitive and immature skin that from any portal of entry, the higher infection rates are almost impossible to overcome. There are several factors to consider such as if the problem exists because of the prematurity of the infant or is it the effect of the environment or treatment given in the NICU. Hospitalized neonates, who may have...
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...to other health care providers, changes in family or home) | | Apnea | | Yes | | No | | Monitor | | Breast every | | hours | | Formula | | oz every | | hours | | With iron | | Yes | | No | Type or brand | | | City Water | | Well Water | Elimination | | Normal | | Abnormal | Sleep | | | Normal (2 – 4 hours) | | Abnormal | Additional area for comments on page 2 | WIC | | Yes | | No | Maternal Infant Health Program | | Yes | | No | Screening and Procedures | Neonatal Metabolic Screen in Chart | | Yes | | No | Test Date: | | | | Normal | | Pending | | Today | Hearing | | | Responds to Sounds | | Neonatal ABR or OAE results in chart | Developmental Surveillance | | | Social-Emotional | | Communicative | | Physical Development | | Cognitive | Psychosocial/Behavioral Assessment | | | Yes | | No | Screening for Abuse | | | Yes | | No | | | Screen If At Risk: | | | Vision-Parental observation/concerns | | Immunizations: | HepB Given in Hospital? | | Yes |...
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...incredible strength of your tiny miracle….” The most common infant health issue in America is the birth of premature babies, which have many short term and long term effects on an infant and mother. Imagine awaiting one's little miracles, and having to experience the complications of a premature birth. A staggering 15 million babies are born premature each year around the world. Of that number, 1 million of those infants die due to complications. Premature birth is defined as “ a birth that takes place more than three weeks before the baby is due” (mayoclinicstaff). The normal gestational period for a full term pregnancy...
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... p. 198). Mercer has extensively studied the process of MRA with a focus on mothers of normal newborns. Purpose of Article According to Miles, Holditch-Davis, Burchinal, and Brunssen, (2011), one of the purposes of their study was to identify the most important maternal and infant behaviors in measuring the components of MRA in mothers of medically fragile infants. Another purpose was to examine the impact of specific maternal and infant qualities on the components of MRA over the first year of life (Miles et al., 2011). Finally the authors hoped to “contribute to nursing science about MRA with this rare population of infants” (Miles et al., 2011, p. 21) as there has been little research regarding the process of MRA in mothers of medically fragile infants. Critical Elements of the Theory The authors assumed that maternal identity would be delayed because of difficulty in taking on parental roles with infants requiring high levels of care (Miles et al., 2011). They also surmised that maternal presence would decresase as the infants became older and health increased (Miles et al., 2011). And finally competence would increase as the mother learned how to meet the health-related needs of her infant and was able to participate more fully in care activities (Miles et al., 2011). The assumptions regarding presence and competence were proven correct according to study results; however, maternal identity was not delayed in the...
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