Cognitive, Social And Physical Development Of A Child Flashcards
Key topics
Physical development
Why do we need to understand what is normal development?
Growth from birth-adolescence
• Tracking growth
• Our role in assessment
• Understanding what to expect means that when we are faced with something abnormal we can recognise it
Growth charts - what are they used for?
• Centiles used to track development
• Personal Child Health Record- ‘red book’
• 0-4 and 2-18
• Standardised weight/height
• Male / female / Down’s syndrome
• Use of BMI
Personal child health record
Contains observations for children
Red book
BMI charts
• Body Mass Index = weight (kg)/(height (cm))^2
• Simple and reliable way of monitoring body weight
• Identify and signposting for overweight/obese or underweight
• BSPD position statement
BMI axis - percentile BMI
Skull development
Measurement of skull growth
Skull is larger than lower face in children
• Head Circumference- usually used with children until 24 months of age
• Measurement of the maximum occipito- frontal diameter
Dental development
It’s the presence of teeth that help shape the mandible
The mandible AP length grows too accommodate more teeth with time
Cognitive development
Piaget’s theory of development
Children are not small adults
Their thinking is quantitatively different, not qualitatively
Piaget’s theory of development - Sensorimotor (1st stage)
0-18/24 months
Baby development relies on environment / senses
Can only see high contrast - black / white
Piaget’s theory of development - pre operational (2nd stage)
18 moths - 7yrs
Think in a more symbolic way
Experiences / imagination
Piaget’s theory of development - concrete operational (3rd stage)
7-11 yrs
Abstract thoughts
Logic / concrete reasoning
Understand others perspectives
Piaget’s theory of development - formal operational (4th stage )
11yrs- adulthood
Form abstract ideas
Make arguments
Give examples
Form own theories and arguments
Functions development
0-5 yrs
Gross motor - eg moving limbs / reflexes
Vision fine motor - eg holding pencil / moving arm
Social / emotional / behaviour - psychological development
Speech / language / hearing
Newborn baby