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Flashcards by Roni Brindley, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Roni Brindley
almost 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Physical Growth throughout the life stages | :) |
| Physical growth and Development continues throughout a person's life. But what is it not? | Smooth |
| During puberty, what might happen to your growth of height? | Might have grown a few centimetres in a short period of time, then stayed the same height for a while after. |
| A small child may.... | go from crawling to climbing the stairs. |
| Birth and Infancy | Infants grow rapidly. (half their adult height by age of 2 years) around 1 infants can walk 2 they can run |
| Early childhood | continue to: grow at a steady pace develop coordination and strength |
| Adolescence | growth spurts develop sexual characteristics during puberty |
| Early Adulthood | reach their peak of physical fitness |
| Middle Adulthood | Ageing process starts some loss of strength and stamina women go through menopause |
| Later Adulthood | Continued ageing process with gradual loss of mobility older adults experience loss of height of us to a few centimetres |
| Growth and Development are different Concepts | :) |
| Growth | an increase in some measured quantity such as height or weight |
| Development | complex changes including an increase in skills abilities and capabilities |
| What are the principles of Growth? | :) |
| As height increases | so does weight |
| what is this called? | the process of growth |
| Where can there be more rapid growths? | in infancy or puberty - the rate is not smooth |
| Are there different growth rates in girls and boys? | Yes, and growth varies depending on the different parts of the body. |
| An example of the different parts of the body is... | head circumference grows more rapidly than the other parts of the body in the first months of life. |
| When talking about growth what is it important to do? | consider two dimensions: weight length/height |
| At birth and between six to eight weeks what will be checked and measured? | check size of head circumference and growth of brain. |
| What happens to infants in the first 6 months of their life? | grow rapidly |
| What do Healthy newborns do by the four to five months? | double their birth weight |
| and when they are a year they are... | triple their birth weight |
| who is helped by growth measurements | health visitor to monitor the child's health and development Can identify other issues = if infant is under - over weight or growing too slowly. |
| On average how tall and big will a baby grow? | about 12cm (4 inches)and gain 2.5kg between 1 to 2 years of age |
| 2nd and 3rd birthday how much weight will a baby gain? | 2 kg and grow 8 cm more |
| What will a health visitor carry out? | the measurements and plot the results on a growth chart to ensure that an infant is meeting their milestones |
| What will happen with the centile lines if a child is growing as expected? | rise steadily |
| Where is all information recorded? | personal child health record |
| Where would the parent be referred to if there was a problem? | paediatrician |
| Principles of Development | :) |
| What is development described as? | changes that might be complex and involve ability levels altering |
| Development happens: | head to toe - infant first be able to control their head / develop control over their body enable them to sit and finally have control over their legs and feet to allow them to crawl and eventually walk. |
| Development happens: | from the inside to the outside - infant learns to control movements in their body first / then their arms and legs can control the small muscles in their fingers |
| development happens: | in the same sequence but at different rates |
| Development happens: | holistically - areas of development are dependant on and influence each other |
| What is development seen as? | a journey |
| As the journey continues what does the child reach a number of? | milestones - developmental norms and describe the skills that infants, children and adolescents are expected to develop at particular ages or stages of their life. |
| What do these norms include? | walking, talking, tying shoe laces |
| What are the four main areas of skills acquisition are: | 1 - physical - gross and fine motor skills 2 - social development 3 - emotional development 4 - intellectual development and language skills. |
| what do the norms help professionals describe? | an average set of expectations |
| If a child goes through milestones than others what does it not mean? | that the child is necessarily gifted |
| What does it not mean if a child goes through the milestones slower? | that there is anything wrong |
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