Providing education to pre-school teachers to address pre-writing motor skills will ultimately equip preschool teachers with the confidence and skills to better prepare students to make the transition from preschool to kindergarten with greater success adding to the evidence supporting the role of occupational therapy in the preschool settings (Jasmin, Gauthier, Julien, & Hui, 2018; Lust & Donica, 2011; Murata & Tan, 2009). As well, occupational therapists know the motor skills needed to be successful
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Introduction The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW, 2012) stated that “The early years of a child’s life provide the foundation for future heath, development and wellbeing” (p. 1). Therefore, having a good health is a crucial key which help children to grow healthy and obtain a good quality of life (AIHW, 2010). According to AIHW (2010), there are several population subgroups who do not benefit the same standard of health (such as the Indigenous people, people in remote areas and
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As mentioned above, Outnumbered is based on a script, which is not shown to the children, but which the adults read. This means that whilst the children undoubtedly improvise, it is not clear to what extent the adults do, particularly in scenes in which no children appear. That is the reason why I chose to only include conversations in which at least one child takes part in the analysis. Even though the adults may still use some memorised lines from the script in these instances, they are naturally
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Throughout the course of life, the average person will have form thousands, maybe even millions, of impressions in the different contexts they will experience. From birth, babies create impressions about their parents or caregivers. These babies will grow into students who will eventually make impressions about teachers, classmates, and friends. In time, these students will transition into adults; these adults will form impressions about colleagues, spouses, and children. Salient traits and behaviors
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One of the main ways to support self-confidence and self-esteem is to cultivate positive relationships with children and young people. As I will be working with children and young people I can help to support their development of self-confidence and self-esteem in many different ways including: • Listen with respect and interest • Allow them to express their own feelings • Increasing a child’s confidence • Include them in decision-making • Provide consistent boundaries It is important for me to support
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Piaget’s fourth and final stages is formal operations. This is generally occurs between High school and College. Formal operations are mental tasks involving abstract thinking and coordination of a number of variables. During this stage, the focus of thinking shifts from what is to what might be. “The formal operational thinker can consider a hypothetical situation and reason deductively. Formal operations also include inductive reasoning or use specific observations to identify general principles
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The most important part of supporting children with changes is that they should be able to rely on someone who they have a positive relationship with. This person should also have a strong relationship with parents, family members and other professionals involved, so that information which may affect the child can be shared. The information that should be shared for example is when a new baby in the family is due or when court proceedings are due, all things that may have an effect on the child
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The key aspects of my evolving understanding of childhood can be divided by ideas of the agency, ability, qualities of children. Entering into the semester my ideas about childhood and children were largely informed by literary and cultural norms I had been exposed to, as well as my own experiences with young relatives. The popular belief that children are inherently innocent and vulnerable certainly has had a powerful influence on how I see and interact with children, but is now tempered in my mind
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Should Parents Limit Screen Time for Children? Instagram, Snapchat, Youtube and Fruit Ninja, sound familiar? These are all popular apps many people love on their phone, many think that these games are all fun, but there is also a bad side to them that many people don’t see. Parents need to limit screen time for children because it can cause depression and anxiety, a disconnection from nature, and puts them at risk for obesity and unhealthy eating habits. Children who have unlimited screen
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CHILD OBSERVATION – TYPE OF PLAY Children’s play can be defined by four main characteristics: flexibility, positive affect, non-literality, and intrinsic motivation (Krasnor & Pepler, 1980). Flexibility suggests that play behaviors vary from real ones (Lillard et al., 2013). Positive affect refers to the extent to which an individual is enjoying their experience (Lillard et al., 2013). Non-literality touches on the idea that play behavior takes place within a play frame rather than reality (Lillard
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