Child Development

CHILD AND YOUNG PERSON
DEVELOPMENT

CHILD DEVELOPMENT AGE 0-12 MONTHS

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Learns to roll over, crawl, and walk
Head control
Grasping large objects
Hand eye coordination develops as eye sight improves
Needs opportunities to play and explore different sounds and textures
COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Cries to communicate needs to others
Babbling, Copies noises first words like mamma and dada
Smiling
Responds to voices and noises
Attracts attention
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
Developing senses
Recognising voices
Shows interests in different objects and sounds
Processes information through images
Sees everything in relation to self (is egocentric)
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Cries or babbling to communicate to others
Responds positively to others specially family members
Older baby’s start to respond to their name

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Attached to family members or carer
6-12 months develop likes and dislikes
Experiences emotions e.g. scared anger upset happy witch can change in an instant
Requires security
BEHAVIOURAL DEVELOPMENT
They know what they want
Don’t like being told no
Temper tantrums begin as they get older
Watches others behaviour and sometimes imitates them
CHILD AGED 1-3 YEARS

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Learns to play with others
Still demonstrates egocentric behaviour
Starts to become more independent e.g. wants to do things them self
Seeks to please and approval
Imitates people around them e.g. cleaning the house role play
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Toilet training
Can feed self
Walks and runs
Climbing objects
Fine motor skills improve e.g. scribbling pictures on paper simple jigsaw puzzles grasping small objects
Likes playing with balls
Enjoys songs and games
INTULLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
Knows what they like and dislike
There five senses develop
Learn through play
Curiosity of objects and going on around them
Recognises people games and songs
New concepts
Shows some awareness of what’s...