Intro E2 Ch 5 Flashcards
School age children age
6 to 12 years old
Physical characteristics of school age children
Body image
Bodies are now slimmer and taller
Weight and height statistics for school-aged children
Weight: gaining 6 pounds per year
Height: growing 2 inches per year
When do boys and girls develop a height difference
Boys and girls are of similar height until girls start their prepubescent growth spurts at 10 to 12 years of age
Physical characteristics: tonsils
Tonsils are larger some children need tonsillectomy to decrease the number of infections
School age children dentition
School-age children are now losing their primary teeth and growing their adult secondary teeth (32) permanent teeth
May need braces
What does a school aged child’s G.I. system look like
They have a more mature G.I. system and can easily digested most foods with no problem eliminating
School aged requirements for nutrition and what should their nutrition look like
Are now growing and have increased calorie needs
Need up to 2400 cal per day because of increased energy
Must have healthy eating habits minimizing junk food that leads to childhood obesity
What school aged children are at higher risk for obesity why
Children in lower socioeconomic status are at higher risk for obesity
Consume fast food have unhealthy eating habits, lack exercise and have sedentary lifestyles
What does obesity lead to in school age children
Increases risk for type two diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancers
Sleep requirements for school-age children
About 10 to 12 hours of sleep per night with no naps
What does increased myelination of neural pathways allow for school age children
Allows faster transmission of signals two brain from body leading to motor coordination and hand eye coordination
Why are school age children more active
They have increased strength and endurance as well as increase density in long bones and muscle mass which still need to be protected
Why must bones still be protected
Bones are still growing and integrity must be preserved
Do school aged children still need supervision and why
Not as much as before but yes because they sometimes think they can do more than they realistically can and injury themselves
School age child psychosocial task
Age 6 to 12  Industry v inferiority  Activities/school
Question: how can I be good
Outcome: the need to cope with the new social and academic demands
Success: a feeling of competency
Failure: feeling inferior
What do school age children have a strong need to do
Have a strong need to achieve and be good at something
What do school-age children generally like doing and what do they ultimately want to be
School-age children generally like socializing with friends and want to be liked
When does inferiority occur
When children feel like they are not successful or liked over the long term
What is a parent task with helping school-age child achieve industry
Important to help children explore and find things they enjoy and can excel at
What is the most important thing a parent should emphasize when reaching industry
That not everyone is good at everything and that’s OK the experience of trying out things is to be enjoyed
What is important skills to help school aged children develop in winning and losing
It’s important to help them develop skills of coping with winning and losing and trial/error
What does school provide for school aged children
A perfect environment for industry to develop because of multiple activities they can participate and achieve in
Often receive rewards and ribbons
What do children like to have done with their work/ achievements
Like to have work/ achievements displaying (i.e: on fridge) to be able to “brag” and be recognized
What does industry cause school aged children to do
They can be competitive and strive to be the best
Why should school aged children learn to work in teams and groups
To develop the skill of working with others to achieve goals
Why is interpersonal reaction important for school-aged children
To learn to get along in the world
What might school-age children who consistently feel inferior resort to
Lying, cheating, or bullying
Why is building self esteem in children important
Allows them to know who they are and not just being in this world
Who do school aged children like to hang out with
Perfer to hand out with members of the same sex but are still friendy to both genders
When do hormones kick in for girls v boys
Around the age of 10 v boys 14
Who do school aged Children seek acceptance from
For their peers, they don’t want to be left out
Try to fit it by dressing/ acting similar to friends
What happens when School-age children feel unlike or picked last
They feel unsuccessful and inferior
What is the cognition operation of a school age child
They are in concrete operations
Conservation, classifying, ordering, reversibility
What are characteristics of concrete operations for school-age children
They see things in black-and-white love hands-on learning
I love hobbies and collecting things
What are the seven skills in concrete operations
Ordering memory classification sorting ranking reversibility conservation of matter
Ordering
Ability to organize info in logical formats and sequence
Memory
Learning many facts like capitals of states
Classification
Recognize similar objects can be grouped according to characteristics
Sorting
Like to have collections of things like stamps
Ranking
Ability to order in size value or merit
Reversibility
Able to recognize that some processes can be reversed x-> /
Conservation of matter
Understand matter remains the same even in different forms such a small and big containers
When do learning disabilities become a parent
During school aged years
Define an impediment to learning
ADHD seen more in boys than girls
- difficulty paying attention
- following instructions
- don’t like anything that requires Sustained focus
What is ADHD associated with
Impulsivity; is not conductive to orderly classroom and inhibits learning
Describe a learning disability
Commonly interpret the order of numbers and letters in reverse and scrambled manner
Do disabilities reflect lack of intelligence
Know many disabilities do not reflect lack of intelligence rather these school-age children are more intelligent they just learn differently
What do learning disabilities prove challenging
Learning disabilities prove achieving industry challenging
School-aged morality and what happened if not followed
The conventional stage of golden rule
A very black-and-white term strict rule followers
School-age children become frustrated when rules are not followed
What happens when school-age children are so desperate to feel successful
They lie and cheat because they MUST be good at something
Why does bully emerge
It is related with low self-esteem and indicative of other problems
What are school-age children often referred to as if someone does not follow the rules
Tattle tails because they rat people out
Pediculosis
Head lice
Respiratory illnesses (contagious)
Cold, flu, vaccines are essential otitis media
Pink eye
What is psycho somatic symptoms
Head/ stomach aches
May be stress related at home or peers linked with feelings of inferiority
What is important for parents to be in the life of school-aged children for activities
Parents must be involved with the children and their activities giving them praise and encouragement helping them be the best selves and except who they are
