UNDERSTANDING CHILD DEVELOPMENT THE FOUR DOMAINS OF CHILD

UNDERSTANDING CHILD DEVELOPMENT

THE FOUR DOMAINS OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT PHYSICAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT

PHYSICAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THIS IS HOW A CHILD’S BODY GROW AND MATURES. IT IS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND SMALL MUSCLES. THIS IS HOW THE CHILD IS ABLE TO USE MOTOR SKILLS AND PERCEIVE THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THIS IS WHERE CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS CHILDREN DEVELOP A SENSE OF SELF CHILDREN LEARN TO BECOME DEPENDABLE THIS IS WHERE CHILDREN LEARN MORALS AND DEVELOP CHARACTER

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT HOW AND WHAT CHILDREN LEARN THIS IS WHERE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS IS WHERE CHILDREN LEARN TO UNDERSTAND IDENTIFY THEIR FEELINGS CHILDREN LEARN TO RECOGNIZE AND READ THE EMOTIONS OF OTHERS CHILDREN LEARN TO CONTROL THEIR OWN STRONG EMOTIONS

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN HEREDITY – ALL TRAITS PASSED TO A CHILD FROM BLOOD RELATIVES ENVIRONMENT – INCLUDES ALL THE SITUATIONS AND CONDITIONS THAT SURROUND AFFECT THE CHILD.

SIX CHILD DEVELOPMENT STAGES 1) PRENATAL – BEGINS AT CONCEPTION TO 9 MONTHS AFTER BIRTH 2) NEONATAL – FROM BIRTH TO 1 MONTH 3) INFANCY – BEGINS AT 1 MONTH AND CONTINUES TO 12 MONTHS 4) TODDLER – BEGINS AT 12 MONTHS AND ENDS AT 36 MONTHS 5) PRESCHOOL – BEGINS AT 3 YEARS AND ENDS AT 6 YEARS 6) SCHOOL-AGE – BEGINS AT 6 YEARS AND ENDS AT 12 YEARS

HEREDITY YOUR GENES PLAY A LARGE PART OF WHO YOU ARE AND HOW YOU LOOK GENES INFLUENCE YOUR BODY TYPE, HAIR & EYE COLOR, SKIN, AND FACIAL STRUCTURE. THEY ALSO INFLUENCE YOUR INTELLECTUAL ABILITY AND YOUR SOCIALNESS. GENES ALSO INFLUENCE YOUR HEIGHT & ATHLETIC ABILITY.

ENVIRONMENT THE ENVIRONMENT OF A CHILD CAN HAVE BOTH A POSITIVE AND A NEGATIVE EFFECT THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS THE CHILD IS RAISED AND BORN INTO CAN EFFECT HOW THE CHILD LEARNS AND GROWS THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ALSO EFFECTS HOW THE CHILD WILL GROW AND WHAT TYPE OF PERSONALITY THEY WILL DEVELOP

STRESS IS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS IF IT IS IN HIGH LEVELS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY. THIS CAN LEAD TO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, AND IT CAN CAUSE TOXIC SUBSTANCES TO BE RELEASED INTO THE BODY THAT CAN AFFECT THE GROWTH OF THE FETUS.

IN CONCLUSION THERE ARE MANY FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD. THERE ARE SIX STAGES OF GROWTH IN A CHILD’S LIFE THERE ARE 4 DOMAINS THAT ARE TO BE CONSIDERED IN A CHILD DEVELOPMENT