At 7-8 months of age a child should begin to stand with some support. By 8 months, the child will begin crawling on their hands and knees with help. At 12 months a child will then use index finger and thumb to pick up small objects and can point to objects with the index finger. 12 to 24 Months The ability for a child to stand alone takes a bit longer so usually about 12-14 months a child would be walking. Between 13 and 15 months, walking skills increase and can begin to walk, a child may walk holding onto the furniture although some children may be walking unaided.
Factors affecting development There are a range of factors which can affect a child’s development which begins from the moment of conception, and which will influence how the child develops and at what rate. Development is measured by parameters which have been carefully researched and measured and to which many professionals such as doctors, teachers, social workers and so on are able to refer to when assessing a child’s development. These milestones in development enable professionals but also parents to see where a child is in their rate of development and if they are following the sequence of development that is expected of them by a certain age. An example would be that most children will start to walk between 10 to 17 months, if after this time a baby is still not walking then there may be professional intervention that can resolve the problem which is important to solve at a younger age in order to prevent any problems later on in life. There are many things that can influence a child’s development which can be divided into personal and external factors.
The above quotation captures what developmental assessment encampuses. WHY ARE CHILDREN TESTED? Children are tested to measure whether their development is on par with the expected level of competencies for their age. For their well-being, according to Brooks-Gunn (1990), children need to be assessed on their physical, cognitive, social and emotional development. Assessment of young children helps to pin point strengths and weaknesses (which can affect functioning later in life).
Understand child and young peoples development. 1.2) Explain the difference between sequence of development and rate of development and why the difference is important. Sequence of development is some thing that the child has to develop in order - for example they learn to recognise words before being able to attempt saying that word themselves or a baby has to learn to sit up and support their own weight before being able to crawl. The rate of development is the speed at which the child develops a skill. Some children’s rate of development is a lot faster then others, for example some babies learn to walk at 10 months while others don’t start walking until they are over a year old.
Physical Development: From birth a baby will start its development journey. At first a baby will lay on their back, then start lifting their head and kicking and will become fascinated by their own fingers and hand movements. By six months old, a baby can grasp objects, transfer them from hand to hand and as their head control is much improved, it becomes inevitable that with any object held, an attempt to put it in their mouth will be made. Mobility starts around the 9 month stage, starting off as rolling then progressing to shuffling, crawling, then finally attempts at walking unaided at 12 months. Every child is different and some children can go from shuffling to walking attempts, missing a big milestone such as crawling.
Coordination of Reactions 8-12 months is when the child starts to show clearly planned actions. Tertiary Circular Reactions 12-18 months is when a child may try out different sounds or actions as a way of getting attention. Next, it’s the Pre-Operational Stage which is from 18 months to 5 years. In this stage of growth children are said to be egocentric and stimulus-bound. Egocentric is being self-centered, and selfish.
Although all children will develop at different rates and in different ways, the sequence in which they develop will be roughly the same as they need to have developed one skill, for example walking, before they move on to develop another such as running and jumping. Development is often referred to on a timeline and is broken down in ages. As development is more rapid in early years the milestones start by being quite close together before becoming further apart as baby becomes a child and then a young adult. The aspects of development that children are measured on are physical, language, social and emotional, and intellect. From birth through to adulthood children continually grow, develop, and learn.
Understanding Child and Young Person Development Age Range | Sequence and rate of development | 0-3 months | At this stage children and young people can turn their heads to the side when place on their back or stomach. They are growing at a fast rate at this point, and gain weight quite quickly. | 3-6 months | Can sit up with support, may be able to sit briefly unaided, and can roll over. | 6-9 months | Can maybe walk holding on to things such as sofas, start finger feeding themselves. | 9-12 months | At this stage can walk un aided, and sit alone | 1-2 years | This is the stage when children and young person can climb the stairs.
Supporting emotional development of a child. This essay is going to discuss how multi-agency working can meet Cal’s emotional needs. Some of the educational children’s rights and acts will be explored. Furthermore, various practitioners who can be involved in trying to help Cal will be discussed. Hetherington et al (2006) see a child’s development as influenced by factors such as genetic inheritance, the environment into which the child is born and raised, family and peer interactions and others.
Infants cannot predict reaction, and therefore must constantly experiment and learn through trial and error. Such exploration might include shaking a rattle or putting objects in the mouth. As they become more mobile, infants' ability to develop cognitively increases. Early language development begins during this stage. Object permanence occurs at 7-9 months, demonstrating that memory is developing.