...How’s My Child Doing? Assessment and Communicating with Parents The Battelle Developmental Inventory, second edition (BDI-2) standardized testing instrument is a developmental test for children from birth-eight years old. The test takes about one or two hours if you do a complete BDI-2, and only 10–30 minutes for a screening test. This assessment can be used by an individual service provider or by a team of professionals. The BDI-2 can also be administered to children who have a variety of handicapping conditions by using modifications stated for the assessment tool (Newborg, 2004). The BDI-2 test is best for several uses: to identify children with disabilities; to evaluate groups of children with disabilities in Early Education Programs; to assess the typical developing child; to assess children for school readiness; and to evaluate the program for accountability. This new edition offers many new features. There are more child-friendly manipulatives and more colorful items for all ages of children. It offers new comprehensive norms, which are sympathetic to the quick development of children. It also offers a clear, all-inclusive scripted interview items that offer probes for follow-up (Newborg, 2004). This assessment can be scored via computer or hand scored processing. This test also offers an increased range of items that measure development from birth to eight years in all domains. Administration of this assessment can start in any of the five domains with the starting...
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...My Virtual Child Paper My virtual child covers physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development at several age levels. This gave me an opportunity to visualize "the whole child" at various points in development. I raised a virtual child from birth to 18 years of age. Each virtual child has a unique set of characteristics at birth, some of which were influenced by how I answered the assessment I completed when I first logged onto My Virtual Child. These characteristics gradually emerged and affected his behavior and development. My child was a boy so I decided to name him Wolfgang. Wolfgang was born about four weeks premature and underweight (four and a half pounds). To regulate his body temperature, he spent the first few days in neonatal care. After five days, his Apgar score had risen from a six to an eight, which allowed me to bring him home. I was somewhat nervous when I brought him home because Wolfgang was not very hungry and had lost weight. Eventually, he began to eat more and gained weight. My partner and I had decided to breastfeed. I liked breastfeeding because I began to feel a connection hormonally. During toddlerhood, Wolfgang’s language and motor skills developed rapidly. Eventually, he was able to imitate actions and words. He took an interest in his surroundings, causing him to experiment with and study objects. He also started using the word “me” a lot and wanted to perform tasks by himself. He was pretty sociable. He just needed to warm up a little...
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...My Virtual Child, Peyton Basically, this is all about my virtual child, Peyton. That's all I will be talking about in this...I know it's exciting! Thursday, November 27, 2008 Bonus Assignment 1. Are there any issues you had with your parents, your school work, your friends, or your romantic involvements in the last year of high school that continued to be issues for you in college? First of all, don’t all teenagers have issues with their parents? I didn’t have a ton of issues with them as most kids did when I was in high school. My school work has always been pretty consistent with me staying on top of things and doing my homework when I was suppose to. My last year of high school is when I had my first real relationship and that continued into my first year of college, but it was no big thing. I really didn’t have too many issues in high school, I’m not saying that I was perfect, but I was very quiet and I only had one really good friend in high school. The only big issue that I had was I had a tough time having a good work ethic. I started working when I was 16 and let me just say I had terrible work ethics. My parents had to help me come to like to work and appreciate what I was working for. By the time I got into college, this wasn’t a problem anymore. 2. Reflect on your own personality, interests and cognitive abilities at the time you graduated high school. How did these personality characteristics and abilities manifest themselves in subsequent years? How have they...
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...Running head: MY DEVELOPMENT STORY Development story paper Perlita Citrus Community College 1 My development story 2 My development story My personal development journey across the lifespan from birth to my current age which is twenty years old, was a long journey I don’t think I would ever change. In this paper I will cover and analyze the various dimensions of development at each stage, which are physical, cognitive, personality and social. Physical development is the growth of my body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills, and health. Cognitive development is Learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity. Psychosocial Development is my emotions, personality, and social relationship’s. That’s exactly what I am going to be talking about. As an infant to the age I am right now I have had my ups and downs, my bad moments etc. Child development takes over everything we do in life. “It focuses on the scientific study of systematic processes of change and stability in human child.” (Martorell 2013 pg4) When my mom was pregnant her prenatal stage was great for her. She did not have any difficult things happen to her. She had a pretty easy pregnancy and didn’t have trouble with anything. The OBGYN told my parents everything was perfect with her and I and it was true As I was born my parents got scared because I wasn’t breathing for a few seconds and then they heard my cry and they got relived and felt better to know...
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...My virtual child’s name is Lawson. He is a male with dark hair, dark eyes, and a light complexion. Looking at Lawson’s personality characteristics, behavioral patterns, and cognitive and social-emotional developmental patterns as an infant, he was very difficult to soothe when upset and was cautious and shy in new situations or with new people. It was rare for him to completely warm up to a new situation or person. He also had very strong emotional reactions and found difficulty soothing himself back down. As Lawson got older, however, some of these characteristics started to diminish. When he was 19 months old and had an assessment done at preschool, Lawson got along really well with the other children at school after he got warmed up to them. The early childhood specialist that observed him even stated that he was unusually cooperative for his age. He was, however, still shy and nervous around new adults at school. He also would occasionally get moody...
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...My Virtual Child I began the program with some certain goals in mind. My idea was to use these as a type of structure on how I wanted to raise my child. I knew first of all that I didn’t want to be a strict parent. I did enforce rules and punish her at times but overall I wanted her to be responsible for her own actions. Also that getting good grades and being active in social life was very important. Lastly that she would play some type of sport or at least be very active. These didn’t have to be set in stone rules for her, however I knew that in real life I would more than likely have preconceived idea of what I would want from my kid. Violet ended up being born almost three works early. She weighted only five pounds and had an Apgar score of six. This made me...
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...B. Society’s Child – My Autobiography In 1965 the civil rights movement was still at its highest. It was 10 years ago since Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to at white man in the bus. A lot had changed since, but some people could not stand the black, while others began to accept them as being equal with the white people – people were divided. Some did not dare to speak up about acceptance of the black, because they were afraid of being killed. It was the circumstances at that time, but the 15 years old singer/songwriter Janis Ian, was not afraid – at first. She wrote a song about an interracial romance, and not everyone found it acceptable. Janis Ian got a lot of hate mail, threats and even got shouted of the stage, but this only became a turning point for her life and singing career. Janis Ian’s autobiography is written as an article and is divided into columns. The main purpose of a structure build like an article is to inform the readers, and so do this autobiography. It also makes it very easy to read, and her messages also seem clearer. The text contains flashbacks on page 2, column 2 to page 3, column 1 and on page 3, column 2 to page 3, column 1. She uses the flashbacks as an information to the readers about the former circumstances. This gives us a better understanding of the situation. It is very important for Janis Ian that the readers of her autobiography understand how she feels, and feel compassion with her. She is very afraid of going back on stage...
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...Is My Child Gay? | By Jesse Bering | Jessica Raposo - April 18th, 2013 | In Jesse Bering’s “Is Your Child Gay?” which is excerpted from his book, Why Is The Penis Shaped Like That?, he talks about childhood behaviors that could potentially be an indicator for pre-homosexuality. Along with talking about his own experiences of how he came to find his own sexuality, Bering discusses several different studies that have shown, in fact there are certain behaviors that could pre-determine a child’s sexual orientation. Of course, just like many theories in child development, this is not something that is 100% reliable. The core of this article focuses on a child’s domain of play and how, who, and what a child plays with can be proof to this “pre-homosexuality” theory. The most obvious theme that is present in this article is the continuity-discontinuity issue. According to this view of continuity once a child begins down a particular developmental path, he or she stays on that path throughout life. On the flip side of this is the discontinuity part in which it is believed that early life experiences don’t necessarily carry out with you for the duration of your life. Of course neither one of these is 100% accurate but this article demonstrates the continuity issue, basically saying if a little boy plays with dolls when he is five years old it is likely for that boy to continue down that path and eventually be a homosexual adolescent and adult. The other theme that is stated...
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...changed my life, well when, I think back on my life there’s so many changes for the good and some were bad but, there were some learning experiences that helped make me a better person. Graduation for one made me realize that I am no longer a teenager and I was no longer allowed to depend on my mother. It was time that I go out into the real world and make a life of my own. Then my first real job is another, having to make money for a living and support myself. Although, these two are major events that changed my life. There is one that changed my life forever, changed who I was, and my outlook on life. The birth of my daughter! Although, it was a . Having a child changes life so dramatically, regardless of how old you are when you have a child. I no longer lived for myself, my social life was taper down, I could no longer decide last minute that I wanted to watch a movie, or go shopping because I had an infant that needs my constant care. All of a sudden, I had this huge responsibility and this person I cared so much about. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to do the best job raising my child to be a good and successful person. Just as I had to change what I did on a day-to-day basis, I also had to change my thought process to the point where I was always thinking about what’s best for my child and to where I try to live my life so as to be an example to my child. On the flip side, I find that my life is more focused because I anchor my life on my child. Overall...
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...changed my life, well when, I think back on my life there’s so many changes for the good and some were bad but, there were some learning experiences that helped make me a better person. Graduation for one made me realize that I am no longer a teenager and I was no longer allowed to depend on my mother. It was time that I go out into the real world and make a life of my own. Then my first real job is another, having to make money for a living and support myself. Although, these two are major events that changed my life. There is one that changed my life forever, changed who I was, and my outlook on life. The birth of my daughter! Although, it was a . Having a child changes life so dramatically, regardless of how old you are when you have a child. I no longer lived for myself, my social life was taper down, I could no longer decide last minute that I wanted to watch a movie, or go shopping because I had an infant that needs my constant care. All of a sudden, I had this huge responsibility and this person I cared so much about. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to do the best job raising my child to be a good and successful person. Just as I had to change what I did on a day-to-day basis, I also had to change my thought process to the point where I was always thinking about what’s best for my child and to where I try to live my life so as to be an example to my child. On the flip side, I find that my life is more focused because I anchor my life on my child. Overall...
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...My Virtual Child Paper My virtual child covers physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development at several age levels. This gave me an opportunity to visualize "the whole child" at various points in development. I raised a virtual child from birth to 18 years of age. Each virtual child has a unique set of characteristics at birth, some of which were influenced by how I answered the assessment I completed when I first logged onto My Virtual Child. These characteristics gradually emerged and affected his behavior and development. My child was a boy so I decided to name him Wolfgang. Wolfgang was born about four weeks premature and underweight (four and a half pounds). To regulate his body temperature, he spent the first few days in neonatal care. After five days, his Apgar score had risen from a six to an eight, which allowed me to bring him home. I was somewhat nervous when I brought him home because Wolfgang was not very hungry and had lost weight. Eventually, he began to eat more and gained weight. My partner and I had decided to breastfeed. I liked breastfeeding because I began to feel a connection hormonally. During toddlerhood, Wolfgang’s language and motor skills developed rapidly. Eventually, he was able to imitate actions and words. He took an interest in his surroundings, causing him to experiment with and study objects. He also started using the word “me” a lot and wanted to perform tasks by himself. He was pretty sociable. He just needed to warm up a...
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...An essay on my virtual child by Kara Lamb: The gender of my child is male; I named him Nathan after my real life partner. Like my first attempt the program gave us a girl when Nathan was around the age of 3, of which I named Marley. I did not seek outside help for this trial or have help from my real life partner. The application I wanted to focus on was language and how it develops over the time in my virtual child. In early infancy we start to see reflexive cries. An example of this,” Nathan's crying is rhythmic and moderately loud when he is hungry, wet, or cold. If he is startled” (Manis, 2008). Around three months I started to notice Nathan attending to many sounds “Nathan smiles at familiar people and toys, is able to laugh at surprising or funny things” (Manis, 2008). As Nathan is going in ninth month he begins to show Jargon, Gestures and final by twelve months he shows complete Holo Phrases, “nine months old, Nathan began to understand a few words and point to something he wanted. At twelve months old, Nathan now clearly understands a couple of dozen words. In fact, Nathan just recently pronounced his first clear word and pointed at the object in question”. After Nathan second birthday does he only begin to develop telegraphic speech but still struggles to understand simple directions and test below average even into his third year report card; “He scored below average in language comprehension and production” (Manis, 2008). To help with this I chose...
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...Do you know who you are? Seems like a crazy question, but it is real. You are my greatest gift from God. You are not only my greatest gift; you are apart of God's greatest creation. This is a stressful time for you. Your body is going through so many unfamiliar changes. These changes are probably super uncomfortable for you. These changes are called puberty. Believe it or not, mom went through these same feelings that you are going through right now. Looks like you will be putting on a bra pretty soon. If you have not already, expect to feel some tenderness around your chest and nipple area. Do not panic! You do not have breast cancer. You will have boobs soon. This is just the beginning of you blossoming into a beautiful young lady. The sensitivity in that area will go away. Also, get ready to wake up one of thes mornings to have grown more inches than you ever have in your life. "Puberty" brings forth the fastest increases in your growing since you were a baby. (70, Santrock) Both of your grandmothers and I reached a height of about 5'5, 5'6. You will more than likely reach these heights too, due to heredity. You will gain a few pounds to go along with those new inches. This is not a bad thing. This is a great reason to go shopping! Shopping for new bra's, shirts, pants and panties. Yes, new panties are going to be needed also. When there are changes up there, there will also be changes down there too. These changes are very natural. Embarrassing, but natural. Everyone goes...
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...Letter to My Future Child I am writing this letter in a hope that I will live to see your eighteen birthday party celebration. In this state I am twenty four years of age and just completed my undergraduate studies in the university, moreover secured a job with an insurance firm as an underwriter. You will be much blessed to be brought up in a loving family with two brothers and a beautiful caring mother who is an accountant by profession. Your family setup is a monogamous situation and all of your siblings are of the same parents. Infancy will be the most crucial part in your development hence I plan to ensure that your are well taken care of, this will be done by employing babysitters who will carter for your needs while mum will be at work .I would like you to have a very good childhood and live life to the fullest. For preschool I would want for you to attend school at a private institution where special learning facilities are availed to all the students. Based on the fact that children require special attention in there early stages of life it would be imperative that all your psychological needs should be addressed in order to ensure that your personality shall be well developed and that your may not suffer from inferiority complex and lack of self- esteem in future. Both I and your mother will be involved consultatively in the processes of your parenting. This will ensure that in your growth and development any socialization issue shall be addressed to assist in making...
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...Choosing the Right Pet for My Child ENG121 Composition I 6 August 2010 Choosing the Right Pet for My Child Choosing a pet can be a very challenging and difficult process. There are many things to consider before you can really choose the perfect pet. Pet type would be my first consideration. Other things to think about include how frequently the animal will have to visit the vet, whether there is a family member or friends that have pet allergies, and whether you want an animal that is a house pet, or if you want a pet that will stay in a cage or outside. Pet types to be considered are dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, reptiles and small animals like gerbils and hamsters. The most popular pet types are dogs and cats. In any case, choosing a pet should never be taken lightly. When considering a pet type, safety should be a major factor in that decision making process. A dog or a cat would be a perfect pet for my family. Either could easily fit my family’s life-style. Dogs have always been considered man’s best friend. Cats on the other hand are very playful; they are not demanding, they are affectionate and they can be your best friend too. Family interaction with a pet is very important. Dogs have to be walked daily. Many people love to walk their dog. It gives the owner the opportunity to exercise and enjoy it. Cats do not have to be walked. They are self sustaining. That is great for the very busy owner. Dogs come in different sizes. A dog’s size can range...
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