Category: Child Development
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Psychological Development of a School-Aged Child
Table of Contents Introduction Physical Assessments Typical Developmental Stages Conclusion References Introduction The assessment of school-aged children is a vital part of preventive healthcare. The process of monitoring young patients’ progress through the developmental changes allows clinicians to see whether children are meeting their age-related milestones and if there are any signs of developmental issues…
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The School-Aged Child: Developmental Assessment
Developmental assessment involves specific techniques that allow for evaluating whether a child has reached significant milestones in terms of physical and psychosocial development. Since children’s capabilities and skills vary greatly depending on their age, developmental assessment techniques should also be adjusted to the child’s age. Apart from knowing which methods to use, a nurse performing…
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Assessing Development in School-Aged Children
Table of Contents Introduction Needs of Children Physical Assessment Assessment Theory Application References Introduction The appropriate development of individuals throughout all stages of their lives is critical as it guarantees their effective functioning in the future and the ability to live in society, communicate with its members, and engage in collaborative or successful relations. For…
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Child Development in Rogoff’s “Thinking With the Tools and Institutions of Culture”
Table of Contents Introduction Creating Context and Considering Cultural Specific Tools Schooling Practices, Intelligence, and Maturity Generalizing Experience and Achieving Situational Flexibility Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Barbara Rogoff’s book The Cultural Nature of Human Development makes numerous topical points on how cultural conceptions influence people and society. The chapter “Thinking with Tools and Institutions of…
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Father Absenteeism and Child Development
The development of people’s ability to form intimate, as well as parent-child, relationships occurs at different stages of their lives. It has been acknowledged that the basis of this capability is formed during the early stages of human development, but it is also shaped throughout the person’s life (Makusha, Richter, Knight, Van Rooyen, & Bhana,…
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Difficult Childhood and Personal Development
It is universally accepted that the childhood environment influences the development of cognitive functions. Mainstream research has shown that early socioeconomic status plays a huge role in shaping the future performance of individuals. Generally, children growing within a harsh environment characterized by a low cultural level, scarce economic resources, and even abusive situations feature-poor neurocognitive…
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Child’s Development: The Case Study
M. is an appropriately developed girl with specific skills and interests that should be discussed. First of all, she has good locomotor skills as she can interact with multiple objects, care for herself, and perform daily activities without any assistance. It can be seen from her behavior and how she copes with everyday tasks. Furthermore,…
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Child Psychology Peculiarities and Erickson’s Perspective of Psychosocial Development
Table of Contents Infancy Toddler Pre-school Adolescence (teen to 20) Work Cited In personality development, childhood is considered to be very significant. Therefore in an attempt to analyze appropriate moves about children breaking away stand by me or hope, I will consider Erickson’s perspective of psychosocial development, as far as childhood is concerned. According to…
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Psychology: A Child’s Cognitive Development
Introduction Cognitive development is related a child’s development process. It focuses on the child’s memory, development, problem solving skill development, thoughts and language development and social and meta cognition. Cognitive development is mainly related to human’s brain growth. It can be discerned as the development of intellectual abilities in a child. Intellectual development has several…
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Childhood Trauma, Development, and Spirituality
It is almost impossible to find a person in the world who has not been haunted by trauma since childhood. Nowadays, parents spend less and less time on a person’s future development and instead fixate on what the child looks like right now and what his habits and characteristics are. These factors, which have become…