Cognitive, Social And Physical Development Of A Child Flashcards

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Key topics

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Physical development

Why do we need to understand what is normal development?

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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

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Growth charts - what are they used for?

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• 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

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Personal child health record

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Contains observations for children
Red book

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BMI charts

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• 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

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BMI axis - percentile BMI

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Skull development

Measurement of skull growth

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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

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Dental development

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It’s the presence of teeth that help shape the mandible

The mandible AP length grows too accommodate more teeth with time

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Cognitive development

Piaget’s theory of development

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Children are not small adults
Their thinking is quantitatively different, not qualitatively

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Piaget’s theory of development - Sensorimotor (1st stage)

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0-18/24 months

Baby development relies on environment / senses
Can only see high contrast - black / white

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Piaget’s theory of development - pre operational (2nd stage)

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18 moths - 7yrs

Think in a more symbolic way
Experiences / imagination

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Piaget’s theory of development - concrete operational (3rd stage)

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7-11 yrs

Abstract thoughts
Logic / concrete reasoning
Understand others perspectives

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Piaget’s theory of development - formal operational (4th stage )

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11yrs- adulthood

Form abstract ideas
Make arguments
Give examples
Form own theories and arguments

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Functions development

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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

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Newborn baby

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7 months old milestone

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18 months milestones

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1 yr milestones

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2.5 yr milestone s

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4yrs milestones

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5-6yrs milestones

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6-12yrs milestones

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Adolescent mindset

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