Care of The Schooler Flashcards
SCHOOL-AGE CHILD
Age:
6 to 12 years of age
Height increases from an average of ______________ at 6 years to ___________ at 12 years
45.5 (115 cm); 59 (150 cm)
Weight increases from _________ to ___________
46 lb (21 kg); 88 lb (40 kg)
By age ____, girls are taller and heavier than boys
12
One of the healthiest periods of life
SCHOOL-AGE CHILD
Fear:
displacement from school
Frontal sinuses develop at about
6 years old
Average child gains __ teeth between 6 & 12 years of age
28
By __ years old, brain growth is complete (refined fine motor coordination)
10
Timing of onset of puberty varies widely between _________ years of age due to genetic and cultural differences
8 and 14
Prepubertal Girls: ___________ taller than preadolescent boys; earlier growth spurt for girls
2 in or 5 cm
hypertrophy of breast tissue can occur in prepubescent boys usually in obese children
Gynecomastia
________________ start (increased seminal fluid) and ejaculation during sleep
Nocturnal emissions
develops when a child does not receive rewards for accomplishment; implications later in life will be difficulty in tackling new situations (can’t envision successful way of handling them)
Inferiority
at what age does child spend less time with family and more time with peers
8-9 years old
Interest in opposite sex at
11 years old
is achieved when children have tasks that are necessary and that they are able to complete well
Sense of industry
are two vital tasks for this age group
Adjusting and achieving in school
Cognitive Development:
concrete operational thought
ability to project one’s self into other people’s situation
Decentering
ability to adapt thought process to fir what is perceived
Accommodation
ability to understand that objects can belong to more than one classification
Class inclusion
Make judgements based on what can be reasoned
conceptual thinking
Can tell the time in hours, months, holidays and can add or subtract by __ years old
7
Discovers dirty jokes and uses swear words when angry by __ years old
9
Can carry adult conversation by __ years old
12
Moral Development:
Level II: Conventional Orientation to interpersonal relations of mutuality
*SEEKS CONFORMITY & LOYALTY
* FOLLOWS RULES
*MAINTAINS SOCIAL ORDER
Sleep : Younger school age:
10-12 hours
Sleep: Older children:
8-10 hours
Avoid carrying heavy backpacks that weighs more than ____ of the child’s weight; causes chronic back pain
10%
deviation of tooth position from the normal
Malocclusion
