Module 33: Challenges during Middle and Late Childhood Flashcards

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What is the most common chronic untreated condition in middle and late childhood?

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Tooth decay remains one of the most common chronic untreated conditions

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What is important that young children should have access to?

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Access to proper dental care is important for young children

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What are the recommended calories per day?

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Recommended calories per day for schoolchildren 9 to 13 years of range from 1,400 to 2,600 depending on gender and activity level

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How much sleep do children in middle and late childhood need?

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average of 10 hrs a day

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Factors that affect Children’s Sleep

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+ Exposure to media screens
+ Physical inactivity
+ Secondhand smoke
+ Poor housing
+ Vandalism
+ Lack of parks and playgrounds

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Sleep-Disordered Breathing

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Persistent snoring, at least 3x a week, may indicate a child has sleep-disordered breathing, which is linked to behavioral and learning difficulties

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Body Image

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Body Image (how one believes one looks) becomes important early in middle childhood, especially for girls, which could lead to eating disorders during adolescence (may be influenced by playing unrealistic dolls such as Barbie)

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Causes of Obesity in Middle/Late Childhood

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+ Overweight parents or other relatives
+ Poor nutrition
+ Eating fast food
+ Sugar
+ Inactivity

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Acute Medical Conditions

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occasional, short-term conditions, such as infections and warts

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Chronic Medical Conditions

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physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions that persists 3 months or more such as asthma and diabetes

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Asthma

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chronic, allergy-based respiratory disease characterized by sudden attacks of coughing, wheezing, and difficulty breathing

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What are possible causes of asthma?

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Caused by genetics, smoke exposure, low levels of vitamin D

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Diabetes

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+ one of the most common diseases in school-aged children
+ characterized by high levels of glucose in the blood as a result of defective insulin production, ineffective insulin action, or both

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Hypertension

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high blood pressure; children with
hypertension are more likely to have learning disabilities and may have problems with executive functioning

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What is the leading cause of accidental death among school-age children in the US?

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Accidental Injuries are the leading cause of accidental death among school-age US Children

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Intellectual Disability

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+ significantly subnormal cognitive functioning

17
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Intervention Programs

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intervention programs have helped many of those mildly or moderately disabled and those considered borderline to hold jobs, live in the community, and
function in society

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Learning Disabilities

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difficulty in learning that involves understanding or using spoken or written language, and the difficulty can appear in listening, thinking, reading, writing, and spelling

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What are the different learning disabilities?

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  1. Dyslexia
  2. Dysgraphia
  3. Dyscalculia
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ADHD

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most common mental disorder in childhood

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Pervasive Developmental Disorder

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Asperger Syndrome

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mild ASD

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Autistic Disorder

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severe developmental ASD that has onset during the first 3 yrs of life

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Bullying

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aggression that is deliberately, persistently directed against a particular target

25
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What are the different parenting styles?

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  1. Authoritarian
  2. Permissive/Indulgent
  3. Authoritative
  4. Neglectful or Uninvolved
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Authoritarian

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emphasizes control and unquestioning obedience, high control, low responsiveness

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Permissive/Indulgent

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make few demands, warm, noncontrolling, low control, high responsiveness

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Authoritative

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emphasizes child’s individuality but also stress limits, high control, high responsiveness

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Neglectful or Uninvolved

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parents neglect children; low control, low responsiveness

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Altruism

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motivation to help another person with no expectation of reward

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Prosocial Behavior

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voluntary, positive actions to help others

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Instrumental Aggression

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used aggression as a tool to gain access to a wanted object

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Overt (Direct) Aggression

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boys; tend to openly direct aggressive acts at a target

33
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Relational Aggression

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more subtle; indirect social aggression

34
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Retaliatory Aggression

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to get revenge