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Obj. #1 Describe general principles of growth and development - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-interrelated and interdependent processes
-highly individualized
-has a pattern
-growth is related to increase in height and weight
-general principles of growth and development include: cephalocaudal,
proximodistal, differentiation
Cephalocaudal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔starts at the head and moves downward
Example: The child can control the head and neck before the arms and
legs.
,proximodistal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-starts in the center and proceeds to the
periphery
Example: Movement and control of the trunk section of the body occurs
before movement and control of the arms.
differentiation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-simple to complex progression of
achievement of developmental milestones
Example: The child learns to crawl before learning to walk.
what does failure to thrive mean? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔failure to grow and
develop at an expected rate can mean that a child is failing to thrive. the
diagnosis of failure to thrive is given to children who fall below the 5th
percentile ranges on height and weight charts
what are the six developmental outcomes categories? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-
physical/physiological development
-motor development
-social/emotional development
-cognitive development
-communication development
,-adaptive development
Physical/physiological development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔refers to the growth
and changes in body tissues and organ systems and the result of change in
function and proportion of the body
motor development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔two categories: gross and fine motor
-gross: involve the use of large muscles to move about the environment
(walking, running, walking up and down the stairs, etc.)
-fine: use of small muscles in an increasingly coordinated and precise
manner (writing letters, writing words, holding a pencil, etc.)
social/emotional development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-development of self
understanding, understanding others, and understanding social interactions
-knowledge of social/emotional skills is critical because it directs effective
communication
Cognitive development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-working memory capacity,
cognitive self regulation, and the processing and use of information about
the environment and objects in the environment
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, -these processes underlie the development of critical thinking skills and
execute functioning which includes learning, forming concepts,
understanding, problem solving, reasoning, remembering, and thinking
abstractly
communication development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-simple speech begins with
utterances of consonants which then increases to include vowels then
single words are formed and then two and three word combinations arise,
leading to the development of meaningful phrases and sentences
-language explosion is a demonstration of frontal lobe development and
typically occurs in children 18 mo- 3 years of age
adaptive development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-refers to skills that enable
independence at home and in the community
-adaptive skills are learned and include self care activities such as
dressing/undressing, eating and feeding, tolieting, grooming, etc.
Categories of development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔physical/physiologic, motoric,
social/emotional, cognitive, communication, adaptive
Obj. #2 Define cognitive growth and development according to Jean Piaget:
identified the following characteristics of cognitive development - 🧠
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Obj. #1 Describe general principles of growth and development - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-interrelated and interdependent processes
-highly individualized
-has a pattern
-growth is related to increase in height and weight
-general principles of growth and development include: cephalocaudal,
proximodistal, differentiation
Cephalocaudal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔starts at the head and moves downward
Example: The child can control the head and neck before the arms and
legs.
,proximodistal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-starts in the center and proceeds to the
periphery
Example: Movement and control of the trunk section of the body occurs
before movement and control of the arms.
differentiation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-simple to complex progression of
achievement of developmental milestones
Example: The child learns to crawl before learning to walk.
what does failure to thrive mean? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔failure to grow and
develop at an expected rate can mean that a child is failing to thrive. the
diagnosis of failure to thrive is given to children who fall below the 5th
percentile ranges on height and weight charts
what are the six developmental outcomes categories? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-
physical/physiological development
-motor development
-social/emotional development
-cognitive development
-communication development
,-adaptive development
Physical/physiological development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔refers to the growth
and changes in body tissues and organ systems and the result of change in
function and proportion of the body
motor development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔two categories: gross and fine motor
-gross: involve the use of large muscles to move about the environment
(walking, running, walking up and down the stairs, etc.)
-fine: use of small muscles in an increasingly coordinated and precise
manner (writing letters, writing words, holding a pencil, etc.)
social/emotional development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-development of self
understanding, understanding others, and understanding social interactions
-knowledge of social/emotional skills is critical because it directs effective
communication
Cognitive development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-working memory capacity,
cognitive self regulation, and the processing and use of information about
the environment and objects in the environment
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, -these processes underlie the development of critical thinking skills and
execute functioning which includes learning, forming concepts,
understanding, problem solving, reasoning, remembering, and thinking
abstractly
communication development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-simple speech begins with
utterances of consonants which then increases to include vowels then
single words are formed and then two and three word combinations arise,
leading to the development of meaningful phrases and sentences
-language explosion is a demonstration of frontal lobe development and
typically occurs in children 18 mo- 3 years of age
adaptive development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-refers to skills that enable
independence at home and in the community
-adaptive skills are learned and include self care activities such as
dressing/undressing, eating and feeding, tolieting, grooming, etc.
Categories of development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔physical/physiologic, motoric,
social/emotional, cognitive, communication, adaptive
Obj. #2 Define cognitive growth and development according to Jean Piaget:
identified the following characteristics of cognitive development - 🧠
