Test #2 Chapter 8 Flashcards
What is the Just right Syndrome?
This is a wish for routines, which may be a sign of later OCD.
like with food: the child will get a burger with lettuce but wont have it on it, the parent has to take the burger out of sight to take the lettuce off in order to make the child think they remade the burger.
what plays an important part in the body changes during early childhood?
many children are malnourished in the form of eating way to much food. mostly hispanic and asian american but also African and European. Obesity is a huge issue.
Brain development?
at 2 years old the infants brain is at 75% of its adult weight.
at 6 years old the brain is at 90% of adult weight
most of the neurons are connected, and there has been substantial pruning by age 2.
what is mylenation, corpus callosum, and lateralization?
mylenation- axons become coated with myelin, which speend the transmission of impulses, more with age.
corpus callosum- connects the left and right hemispheres and allows communication
lateralization- this is the specialization of certain functions in each hemisphere
what are the parts of the limbic system?
amyglada, hippocampus, hypothalamus.
amyglada- regulates fear and anxiety (overstimulation can cause night terrors, fear or closet.) responds to comfort, not logic. tell monster to leave rather then say he isnt there.
hippocampus- processes memory, mainly for locations.
hypothalamus - produces hormones that control rest of body, responds to hippocampus and amyglada.
injury control/ harm reduction?
an attempt to prevent or reduce injuries.
what are the three levels of prevention to every health and safety issue?
primary- controlling situations (reducing everyones risk)
secondary - specific avoidance in risky situations (slat on roads, cross guard, lights on bus)
tertiary - limiting damage after injury occurs
forms of child maltreatment?
abuse - deliberate action that is harmful to child physical, emotional or sexual well being
neglect - failure to meet essential physical or emotional needs.
maltreatment - intentional harm or avoidable endangerment of anyone under age 18.
substantiated maltreatment - harm of endangerment that has been reported and verified
reported maltreatment - harm or endangerment that has been notified to authorities.
Three levels of prevention again?
permanency planning - this is when a child is taken from an abusive home and found a place to be raised until adulthood.
foster care - children are taken from parents and entrusted to another adult or family, foster parents are reimbursed.
what is kinship care?
this is when a relative of a mistreated child, usually a grandparent, becomes the approved caregiver of child.
