[92] Development Social, Emotional, Behavioural Flashcards
What does social development refer to?
Growth in relationships with others, within the construct of their culture and society
What is socialisation?
The process of learning the skills and attitudes peculiar to the community in which the child lives
What do children need to do in order to build and maintain healthy relationships with adults and children?
Develop an understanding of actions, intentions, and feelings of others
What is normal social, emotional, and behavioural development in a newborn?
- Responds to being picked up
- Enjoys feeding and cuddling
What is normal social, emotional, and behavioural development in a child of 6 weeks?
- Gazes at adult faces
- Social smile
What is normal social, emotional, and behavioural development in a child of 3 months?
- Smiles at familiar faces and at strangers
What is normal social, emotional, and behavioural development in a child of 6 months?
- Feeds self with fingers
- Shows stranger fear
What is normal social, emotional, and behavioural development in a child of 9 months?
- Waves bye
- Plays peek-a-boo
- Shows likes and dislikes
What is normal social, emotional, and behavioural development in a child of 12 months?
- Drinks from a cup with 2 hands
- Has seperation anxiety
What is normal social, emotional, and behavioural development in a child of 18 months?
- Uses a spoon
- Plays contentedly alone, near a familiar adult
- Eager to be independent
What is normal social, emotional, and behavioural development in a child of 24 months?
- Displays frustration (temper tantrums)
- Dresses self
- Begins to express feelings
What is normal social, emotional, and behavioural development in a child of 30 months?
- Eats skilfully with a spoon, may use a fork
- May use toilet independently
- Plays alone and alongside other children (parallel play)
- Enjoys pretend play
What is normal social, emotional, and behavioural development in a child of 36 months (3 years)?
- Shows affection for younger siblings
- Probably toilet-trained, though may still be wet at night
- Enjoys helping adults, imitating household tasks
- Has friends
What is normal social, emotional, and behavioural development in a child of 48 months (4 years)?
- Eats skilfully with fork and spoon
- Brushes own teeth
- Shows sensitivity to others
- Takes turns
What is normal social, emotional, and behavioural development in a child of 60 months (5 years)?
- Very definite likes and dislikes
- Shows sympathy and comforts friends
- Dresses without help, except laces
- Engages in co-operative and imaginative play, observing rules