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Physical
–measured by height/weight
Cognitive
–thinking/intellectual growth
Psychosocial
–relationships/relations/communication
Physical Development
Brain and Nervous System The infant's experiences help to "fine-tune" the brain's responses to
stimulation.
Motor Abilities Brain maturation allows the development of development of motor skills
from reflexes to coordinated motor
abilities, including grasping and walking.
Cognitive Development
Cognitive Skills The infant progresses from knowing his or her
world
only through
immediate experiences that helps her to "experiment"
Language Language Babies’ cry is his or her first
language
Psychosocial Development
Personality Development Personality Development Personality Development Personality Development The infant's transition from total
dependence
to increasing
INDEPENDENCE.
Understanding Self and Others
attentive
reactions
Much more
attentive
to the
reactions
of others.
Parent Parent Parent Parent----Infant Interaction Infant Interaction Infant Interaction Infant Interaction Parents and infants respond to each other first by synchronizing
their behavior.
We should
start
thinking thinking
now?
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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Brain and Nervous System
The brain develops faster than any
other part of the body, attaining
90 percent
of its adult weight
90 percent
of its adult weight
Motor Abilities and Perception Large body movements, such as running
and jumping,
improve dramatically. Fine motor skills,
such as writing and drawing, develop more
slowly.
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COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Cognitive Skills
The child becomes increasingly able
To use mental representation
and
SYMBOLS
.
and
SYMBOLS
.
Language Language abilities develop rapidly;
By age of 6, the average child knows
14,000 words and demonstrates
extensive grammatical knowledge.
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PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Personality Development
The child to boldly and exuberantly initiates
new activities.
Understanding Self and Others Parent Understanding Self and Others Parent They engage in increasingly complex and
imaginative types of play, sometimes by them
selves and, increasingly, with others.
Child Interaction As children become more independent and
try to exercise more control over their
environment,the parents' role in supervising the child's
activities becomes more difficult.
The School Years (Age 7 through 11)
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Growth
Increased strength and heart and lung
capacity give children the endurance to
improve their performance in skills such improve their performance in skills such as swimming and running. Motor Skills Slower growth might contribute to
children's increasing control over their
bodies.
The School Years (Age 7 through 11)
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Concrete Operational Thought
Children develop the ability to
understand logical principles.
An Information
-
Processing View
An Information
-
Processing View
Children are able to
organize
their
knowledge.
Language Children's increasing ability to
understand the structures and
possibilities of language.
The School Years (Age 7 through 11)
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Personality Development
Understanding of cause and effect and their
awareness of the actions and attitudes of others
make them more susceptible to reinforcement.
The Peer Group The Peer Group The peer group becomes increasingly important
to children.
Social Systems and the Child Children are increasingly aware of, and involved
in family life , as well as in the world outside
the home, and therefore are more likely to feel the
effects of family, economic, and political
conditions.
Adolescence (Aged 10 through 18)
PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT
Physical Growth
At some time between the ages of 9 and 14, puberty
begins with increases in male
puberty
begins with increases in male
and female hormone levels. Changes in Sex Organs and
Secondary Sex Characteristics
Toward the end of puberty, the young
person's potential
reproductive capacity
Adolescence (Aged 10 through 18)
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Formal Operational Thought
By the end of adolescence, many young
people can understand and create
use
general principles and
use
scientific reasoning .
Adolescent Egocentrism Their feelings of invincibility and uniqueness
may prompt them to underestimate
risks, for example, with regard to sexual
relationships and drug use.
Adolescence (Aged 10 through 18)
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Identity
Development of the young person's
own sense of self .
Peers The peer becomes increasingly The peer becomes increasingly important to "try out" new behaviors
and explore different facets of their
personality, and to interact with
members of the opposite sex.
Parent-Child Relationships Increased assertiveness or lack of self-discipline
and self-control.
CDA’s Role in CD
Understanding child is a priority.
The child needs YOU.
CD helps to
empathize
with the role of
empathize
nature, in play, in his life.
The child is your mirror.
The hardest job kids face today is learning
Good Manners without seeing any .
Franklin P. Jones