Infants and Toddlers Experience their Environment Flashcards
3 Ways Infants and Toddlers Experience their Environment
- Senses
- Reciprocal adult child interaction
- Learn from seeing the response on the adults face - Movement action and reaction
Under 3 Years of Age
- Most sensitive phase of learning- optimal window of opportunity
- Movement plays an important role
- Rhythmic activity important to growth (tapping, drumming, walking to beat) develops:
Coordination
Language and reading
Voice reproduction
Intelligence
Sets building blocks for movements
Infants/ Toddlers in Clinical Environments Will Have
- Delays in one of more areas of development
Cognitive
Physical
Communication
Social or emotional
Adaptive
Development of Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) Components
- What resources parents have and what gaps they have
(parent without support from family) - What is the goal to help the kid
- What services will achieve the goals
- Give services to the kids while they are in their natural environment
SHAPE America Infant Guidelines:
Overall goal
- Movement in a variety of ways
- Moving a lot
- Movement while engaging with parents
SHAPE America Infant: Guideline 1
- Infants interact with caregiving in daily physical activity dedicated to exploring movement
- Ex. facial expressions, clapping for them
SHAPE America Infant: Guideline 2
- Caregivers place infants in settings that encourage movement experiences and active play several times a day
- Ex. playpens, use their own body to move around
SHAPE America Infant: Guideline 3
- Infants physical activity should prompt skill development in movement
- Ex. give them reason to move around
SHAPE America Infant: Guideline 4
- Infants placed in an environment to meet recommended safety standard for performing large muscle activities
SHAPE America Infant: Guideline 5
- Parents are resolve for understand the importance of physical activity and should promote motor skills
- Ex. need to get kids moving
SHAPE America Toddler: Guideline 1
- Engage in at least 30 minutes of structured PA each day
SHAPE America Toddler: Guideline 2
- Engage in at least 60 minutes per day of unstructured PA, should not be sedentary for more than 60 minutes
SHAPE America Toddler: Guideline 3
- Given toddlers ample opportunities to develop movement skills to create building blocks for future
SHAPE America Toddler: Guideline 4
- Should have access to indoor and outdoor areas that meet or exceed recommended standards for performing large-muscle activities
SHAPE America Toddler: Guideline 5
- Parents are resolve for understand the importance of physical activity and should promote motor skills
- Ex. need to get kids moving
PA Guidelines - Age 3-4
180 min PA
10 to 13 hr sleep
Not being restrained for more than 1 hr
No more than 1 hr screen time
PA Guidelines - Age 5-17:
SWEAT
60 min moderate to vigorous PA
STEP
Several hours of light PA
SLEEP
9 to 11 hours of sleep
SIT
No more than 2 hours of screen time
