If a child of 12-24 months has a physical hindrance, such as a disability, this could have a knock on effect on their social development. It may cause a child to explore their surroundings less and restrict peer interaction, thus creating a social barrier. A child may feel different to peers and cause them to be less confident and less interactive. Adults can support this by providing emotional support and physical supports and aids, for example crutches, wheel chairs, and ramps so that the child can interact and socialise more effectively. 8-12 Years Effect of emotional on social
1.2 Describe, with examples, how different aspects of development can affect one another. A child being unable to express themselves through oral language may find it themselves frustrated and will show this frustration in their behavior towards others. This will affect their social and communication development strongly, as they won’t be able to communicate normally, they will probably show less want to join in with others and friendships may be harder to obtain. A child that crawls later than normal wouldn't be able to explore their environment the way a normal child would. This would affect their physical development and their intellectual development, as their learning at the age of crawling is sometimes dependent on their ability to move and touch things.
Examples of influences that affect children and young people’s development, including; background, health and environmental. Events that children may not understand may leave them confused, leading to frustration and aggressive outbursts. They may become withdrawn in their behaviour and develop unwanted habits through anxiety. The factors causing this behaviour may be: arrival of a new baby, bereavement, and divorce or moving home to mention a few. A loving and secure attachment to a nurturing adult influences a child’s capacity for social, emotional and cognitive development and the ability to have positive relationships.
TDA 2:1 1.2 Describe with examples how different aspects of development can affect one another. Holistic development means for example – A child with a physical disability may not be able to take part in certain games, may be left out by other children. This can affect social development; it may also affect a child’s emotional development as the child may lack confidence. A child with speech impairment may have language difficulties which may lead to social skills being limited, Intellectual skills may affect reading if sounds can’t be made, emotional , may lack confidence, could lead to behavioural problems due to frustrations, could show anger or could be unnaturally quiet, shy or withdrawn. 2.1 Describe with examples the kinds of influences that affect children and young people’s development including: • Background • Health • Environment Background A young child especially is mostly influences by their parent or parents.
Some children who have arrived from another country where formal education begins later may also find their intellectual development affected as they have had no previous education but could also affect their emotional and behavioural development if they feel they are not able to do what others have already learnt to do. Schools will often put appropriate support in place for children in these situations. Abuse/Neglect - If a child has suffered from any abuse or neglect it will almost certainly affect the
A child with mental retardation, autism, learning disability, or attention deficit hyperactive disorder may present with behavior problems that parents described as defiant, aggressive or temper tantrums, etc. where in fact, the behaviors are related to the child's disability and possibly unrealistic expectations. Mild disabilities may not be easily detected and undesirable behavior may be mistakenly attributed to the child's
This is a significant moment in their development as they moved into adolescence and then adulthood with the physical, psychological and emotional changes it brings, and each child deals with it differently. Some see it as positive change and a sign they are maturing, some see it differently and feel odd and different from their peers. Those that struggle to manage the change may lose focus and be affected with poor academic performance. They may withdraw from peer groups or physical activities for fear of being teased and bullied and will feel uncomfortable about getting changed in front of peer groups. Children often fail to communicate for fear of drawing attention to
Children’s friendship with others help them develop their emotional understanding, interaction, empathy and social skills. Children who lack friends tend to feel isolated, suffer insecurities and usually withdraw themselves more. They may struggle to communicate, share and understand the needs and feelings of others. As they grow older the insecurities may lead to self-hate and self-harm. They will also lack people to confide in or go to for advice Child neglect, often overlooked, is the most common form of child maltreatment.
A child’s social network and emotional development can influence development, along with the use of drugs and alcohol both (child and parent). A child may not understand what is required due to unidentified possible language delay. Child may be bored and uninterested at school. 2.2 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of external factor External factors can have an effect on a child’s development for such poverty, deprived of food, clothes and toys. Poor living conditions, inadequate diet and exercise and quality of life, leading to increased illness.
Understand how to support positive outcomes for children and young people 3.1 If a child or young person has a disability it can have a significant impact on their lives. They may face discrimination because they have a disability, this could involve not being included within groups of children, or because children and young people don’t have an understanding of what a disability is. If a child/young person with a disability is not included or given the correct support to enable them to be included they could become depressed and develop low self-esteem. If opportunities are not available to those with disabilities such as disabled access to schools, colleges and community centres these can be barriers for them trying to lead normal lives, it may cause embarrassment to the individual. If a disabled person cannot access public facilities this acts as a barrier and takes away their right as a human being to have the same chances as everybody else.