...1 Life Interview Project involves interviews with three people at widely separate points on the lifespan: 1. An older child, teenager, or emerging adult (ie roughly age 9- early twenties) 2. A person in the prime adult years ( 30s- 60 ish) 3. An elderly person (60s+).Paper should be approx. 7 pages. Spend about an hour questioning each person. Take notes or tape your 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...
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...world every minute of every day. They leave their mothers womb, where they were safe and secure from all of the world. Suddenly, infants are exposed to bright lights, new sounds, new sights, many doctors and nurses touching them, cleaning them, and doing everything they can to make sure they remain safe and sound. They are also exposed to many new germs and bacteria that could be harmful to little babies and their weak immune systems. Health care is extremely important for infants because they are these new small beings on earth and they need to grow big and strong. They need different shots, check ups, and most importantly, a proper diet and nutrition to help them grow. This paper...
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...The Disciplining of Infants Marie Cross BSHS/342 November 19, 2011 Linda Branch, Ph. D. The Disciplining of Infants There are opposing schools of thought on the benefits of disciplining infants. Some experts and parents believe that infants cannot comprehend discipline or right from wrong. The other side believes that infants are clever and know how to test the limitations of their environments. It is a fact that infants do need structure and protection; however, doctors, parents, and other experts of child psychology differ in opinion about the effectiveness of positive discipline and negative discipline when applied to infants. According to Dr. Lawrence Kutner (2009), the connotations of discipline need to be reevaluated differently by the caretaker and viewed from another perspective. Instead of viewing discipline as punishment, parents should view discipline as a teaching opportunity between child and parent. Dr. Kutner (2009) advises that warnings, swats on the child’s bottom, and threats are nonproductive in achieving desired results. His advice is to use environmental controls. Environmental controls are a fancy moniker used in describing how to make the home or other environments child-proof and safe (Kutner, 2009.). For example, he asserts that covering the electrical socket is better than yelling at the child to stop playing with it. The parent must realize that the child has a natural curiosity to explore and he or she is not mentally developed enough...
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...1. Two of the first emotions to appear in infants are pleasure and pain. Pleasure is encountered when they are fed or when they are about to sleep. Pain is often felt when they are hungry, scared or tired. They also feel pain when they have a colic, which is the result of an immature digestion. 2. Anger in infants is usually triggered by frustration. Infants detest being held back from doing what they want such as being caged or strapped in. Anger is said to be a healthy response compared to sadness which suggests withdrawal. An overwhelming amount in sadness in early life associates with depression later on. 3. 1-year-olds usually fear being separated from someone they are accustomed to being around or sleeping with, such as a parent. This...
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...Observation 1 Sonshine Factory * They have not had any violations * Children are allowed to take naps * There is primary care * They focus on primary care * The caregiver did respond promptly. Baby begins kicking and making face like about to cry and caregiver responds immediately. Once baby is calm caregiver talk to baby in a calm tone. * The caregiver did acknowledge and was consistently interested in social interaction. The child was playing and caregiver played together. * When infant was calm the caregiver was attentive and began interacting with infant. Infant smiled and engaged with caregiver. * Caregiver made sure child was involved in his own activity before she disengaged. * Caregiver was with her group and once she noticed that there was a sharing problem she right away addressed it and to prevent the issue from escalating. * Caregiver did intervene at appropriate times for the most part. There was one time when she was focusing on a specific child when there were 2 other children not agreeing. * The caregiver gave them proper stimulation, did not over stimulate. The children were all being playful. * Caregiver made sure the child was engaged in its own activity and did not interrupt. * When the caregiver needed to change a diaper, she would let the child know that it was time to change their diaper. She was gentle and child obliged. * The caregiver when she wanted to steer the child from doing something...
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...Child Development I Infant Stimulation (100pts) Name______________ Date______________ Due Date: Directions: Create a mobile/wall hanging that can be used to stimulate an infant using the criteria we talked about in class. Recognizing that the needs of infants globally are to be addressed you are to use recycled materials and not buy any materials for this project. One need not buy a $100 mobile to stimulate infant’s cognitive growth. Your project must contain 5 items that can be used for infant stimulation, must fit the facts that we know about infant stimulation, and must contain a variety of items. Print this assessment out, self-assess your project and bring to class the day the project is due. Your mobile / wall hanging assessment will be based on: Student Grade /Teacher grade 1._____ _ ____Neatness (10pts) 2._____ ______Containing a minimum of five items (20pts) 3._____ ______Having a variety of items and visually appealing and stimulating to the child (20pts) 4. _____ ______Fits facts we know about infant visual stimulation (40pts) List detailed facts about visual stimulation that you included in your project a. b. c. d. e. 5._____ ______Being completed on time/contains name and period (10pts) Resources: www.ski.org/Vision/babyvision.html for additional information http://www.wpen.net/PDF/tots/U_Brains.pdf http://www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org/pdfs/healthandsafety/buildbabyinten081803_adr.pdf ...
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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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...kgetz 120006691 October 18, 2009 The Link Between Mother and Infant Depression Within many research attempts, a strong relationship has been established between maternal and infant depression along with the impact it has on the child’s developmental problems throughout childhood and even adolescence. Among these longitudinal studies, they also take the third-variable problem into consideration when measuring the contextual factors as well as the occurring interaction issues. The targeted hypothesis is that “infants of depressed mothers are found to be more likely to develop mental and socioemotional problems” (Van Doesum p.157). As a consequence, there has been a model-based intervention program is directed to improve the interaction between mothers and their infants to further prevent problems in their children’s development. It has been confirmed that children of mentally unstable parents remains to be the primary cause with chances ranging from 41-77%. Reports have shown that these children can exhibit deregulations in the behavioral and physiological areas not too long after birth. Three topics have been proposed when talking about the direct effects of maternal depression on child development. These include the early mother-child interaction(s), prenatal transmissions (impaired blow flow to the placenta), and the genetic transfer (how the parents’ genotype affects the infant). Along with these possible influences, children of mentally ill parents also...
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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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...CARE AND HEALTH CARE ACCESS ON INFANT DEATH OUTCOMES IN FIVE PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICTS WITH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST RATES OF INFANT DEATHS IN GEORGIA INTRODUCTION Infant rate mortality in Georgia is extremely high and is an indicator of the overall poor status of health among women and children in this state. Between 1990 and 2000, it is reported that Georgia was among the states with the highest rate of infant deaths. In 1990 the infant morality rate in Georgia was at 12.4 deaths for each 1,000 live births and decreasing to 8.5 per 1,000 in 1998. The infant death rate among the white population is 6.1 per 1,000 while the African American population was stated at a much greater rate of 13.5 per 1,000, which is over twice as high as infant death rates among the white population in the state of Georgia. (Georgia Department of Human Resources: Infant Mortality Fact Sheet, 2000) PURPOSE OF STUDY The purpose of this study is to investigate Infant mortality in African American women in Georgia for the years 2000-2005 in five public health districts with the highest rates of infant mortality and five public health districts with the lowest infant mortality rates (so we are looking at 10 public health districts total that can be found on the OASIS website) in the state of Georgia). LITERATURE REVIEW It is stated by the Georgia Department of Human Resources in the work entitled: “Infant Mortality: Fact Sheet” that the primary cause of infant deaths in the state of Georgia...
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...Infant And Child Development Case Study 1 Physical, emotional and social interaction with contact, and nurtured prenatal care is critically important in neurological, physical, sensory, intellectual, cognitive, social and emotional development (Drubach, 2000). Just as babies are born with the instincts for surviving and orienting to their new environment, most parents are programmed to love and respond to their babies cues. The plasticity of the brain has a positive and negative side. Children who receive positive physical, social and emotional interaction are more open to learning and enriching influences. On the other hand, a baby's brain is more vulnerable to developmental problems when their environment is negative due to impoverished or un-nurturing (Berk, 2012). The child I chose to complete my case study on is Spencer Hanson, the five year old white male in kindergarten who has a hard time expressing emotion and lacks gross and fine motor skills. He is a very bright child that is above average in most subjects, but is very dis-organized. Even though Spencer exceeds in math, science and reading, he struggles with keeping his work organized, poor handwriting and sitting still listening during rug time. Spencer has a hard time sitting without falling over into another child's space. He seems to always be in deep thought that distracts him from good listening skills. Spencer was born prematurely with possible exposure to drug abuse and lack of prenatal care from his...
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...Liberty University “Infant Baptism” A research paper submitted to Professor Seth Johnson In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements For THEO 350-D07 Liberty University Online By Jeffrey Robinson L21932989 Lynchburg, Virginia April 24, 2012 I did not come to the saving knowledge of the Lord until I was twenty-four years old. By this time I had two small children that were four years old and two months old. My wife was born and raised in the church. She wanted to get the children baptized. I did not know what that meant. So being the inquisitive new covert that I was, I went to the pastor and asked what the meaning of the infant baptism was. He explained that it was just an outward sign that I was going to raise my children in the church and the ways of Christ. I thought that was a great idea. Until this class, I did not know that there was any other reason than the one explained to me by my pastor nineteen years ago. The topic just never came up. Since I believe that this is the true reason I had my children baptized, this paper will try to argue that infant baptism is not for salvation purposes. I believe in true faith. I also believe that baptism can be an empty ritual. Through research and prayer, God has been teaching me about the church and the communal nature of faith. I have learned that a person’s view of the meaning of the sacraments, the Church, covenant theology, individualism, and God’s grace have a great deal to do with...
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...Conceptual Paper Embrace Infant Warmer Basically it is a product of an organization named Embrace global, the purpose of the organization in launching this product is, when premature babies are born in remote villages in developing countries, they often die from lack of medical care. Keeping in mind my own country I want this product to be available to poor people of the remote villages in Pakistan. Here we are aware of the fact that many premature babies die due to the lack of medical care. Embrace infant Warmer will not only be helpful but will also bring the technological improvement in our country so later own we can purchase and sell it to the people also. The Embrace Incubator is small and light, making it easy and inexpensive to transport to rural villages. The entire sleeping bag can be sanitized in boiling water. It is far more intuitive to use than traditional incubators, and fits well into the recommended practice of “Kangaroo Care,” where a mother holds her baby against her skin. The product uses an innovative wax incorporated in a sleeping bag to regulate a baby’s temperature. It stays warm without electricity, has no moving parts, is portable and is safe and intuitive to use. The Embrace Infant Warmer can be used in a clinical setting, for transporting babies, and in a community setting. It is easy to use, together it is known as “Embrace Nest”, which consists of one Warm Pak, one Baby Wrap and one Accu Temp Heater. Additional Warm Pak and Baby Wrap can be purchased...
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...Nestle was severely under attack by the world, many of the charges brought against Nestle were against the issues of their advertising and marketing campaigns. The charges raised against Nestle dealt with the alleged discouragement of breast feeding, particularly among third world mothers. The allegations claimed that the advertising and marketing strategies of Nestle are responsible for mothers of third world countries misuse of their products, which directly resulted in infant malnutrition and death. The major problem facing Nestle was that many people believed they were intentionally misrepresenting their products to the public. This however was very untrue. Nestle has never advocated bottle feeding instead of breast feeding. Also, it clearly states on Nestles products that breast feeding is the most effective way to properly deliver the essential nutrients and vitamins to growing babies. As evidence for their support of breast feeding, Nestle took a page from their oldest educational booklets on “Infant Feeding and Hygiene” dating from 1913 which encourages breast feeding (Murray). Nestles major problem was how they were going to show the world that they were in the support of third world mothers and organizations rather then against them. Nestles solution was to go along with the resulting World Health Organization (WHO) code. They began to tone down and almost immediately eliminate all mass media advertising. In 1978 all advertising in third world countries had been...
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...Some drugs are incredibly dangerous for human consumption and use. Such drugs have disastrous effects of people. Sometimes physically, other times, mentally. But the risk for an infant is much higher. In March 3rd 2015, the bill called Protecting Our Infants Act was introduced to the senate. The bill requires the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to “report on prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome.” The bill also states that programs were to be in place to prevent, identify and treat opioid dependency in women and neonatal abstinence syndrome. Parents and organizations who support children would support the bill because they would want children to be as healthy as they can when they are first born. Reports show that...
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