CT230 Understand Child and Young Person Development
1.1 EXPLAIN THE SEQUENCE AND RATE OF EACH ASPECT OF DEVELOPMENT FROM BIRTH -19 YEARS.
The aspects of development are:
Physical Development
Intellectual
Language
Emotional
Social
Spiritual
Physical Development
Physical development involves children’s increased ability to perform more complex physical activities. Gross motor skills involve moving the whole body eg. Walking, jumping and climbing. Fine motor skills involve hand movements, wrist action and procedures using the fingers eg. Drawing, cutting, writing. Co-ordination involves eye to hand control eg. Painting, threading beads and Whole body co-ordination. eg. Playing football.
0-3 MONTHS
Sleeps much of the time
Tries to lift head
Starts to kick legs and movements gradually become smoother
Starts to wave arms about
Begins to hold objects when placed in hand
Grasp reflex diminishes as hand and eye co-ordination begins to develop
Enjoys finger play
Learns to roll from side to back
Sees best at a distance of 25cm then gradually starts watching objects further away
Needs opportunity to play and exercise (soft toys, cloth books, play mat)
3-9 MONTHS
Establishes head control; moves head round to follow people and objects
Begins to sit with support; from about 6 months sits unsupported
Rolls over
May begin to crawl, stand and cruise while holding on to furniture (from about 6 months)
Learns to pull self-up to sitting position
Begins to use palmer grasp and transfers objects from one hand to the other
Develops pincer grasp using thumb and index finger (from about 6 months)
Continue to enjoy finger rhymes
Drop things deliberately and searches for hidden/dropped objects (from about 8 months)
Puts objects into containers and takes them out
Enjoy water play in bath
Needs opportunities for play and exercise...