1.3.1 Explain how to monitor children and young people’s development using different methods: When children and young people’s development is monitored and assessed, it enables practitioners and professionals to notice when they are not progressing as expected. Therefore, if necessary checks can be made to see why children are not developing as expected. If we intervene in early years, they will be able to get appropriate support they need and their development is promoted. There are several methods of monitoring children’s development. Observations play a very important part in assessing the children’s development.
At an early age boys tend to be more aggressive than girls, due to the ability to socialize being easier for girls than for boys thereby, creating gender difference in antisocial behavior. Also at an earlier age girls are more apt to show empathy and guilt than males. This difference may also include parenting and the way the parents respond to a difficult child, the mother being more empathetic to the child than the
Kendler 1995 studied twins in Virginia. He found women are predisposed to depression, meaning their twin already has been diagnosed, are far more likely to develop symptoms when faced with negative life events than women who are less at risk. Adoption studies provide the best way of disentangling genetic factors from environmental as they are brought up away from biological families. Caron and Zhang 2005 found that the neurotransmitter serotonin is important in mood regulation and low levels of serotonin in the brain have long been associated with depression. This mutant gene has been found to be 10 times more likely to occur in depressed patients.
Complications of the disease include encephalitis, blindness and pneumonia. Pregnant women are at high risk for miscarriage or preterm birth. (CDC) Those highest at risk for the infection are unvaccinated young children, unvaccinated pregnant woman and individuals who are non-immune to the disease. In the year 2011, 158,000 deaths around the world were caused by the measles, mostly children under the age of five. (WHO) Every year it is
• Evaluate different parenting styles and their influence on development during infancy and early childhood. Include which parenting style you feel is most effective and why. • Discuss early childhood education and its influence on cognitive development. • Include at least two references. • Format your paper to APA standards.
Although it isn't clear in the paragraph whether Harry has a twin or not, if he did this could have a massive influence on his behaviour. Let's say Harry had an mono-zygotic twin, who shared a 100% concordance rate with him. Early twin studies generally found higher concordance for criminality amongst MZ than DZ twins, which would support the suggestion of a genetic influence. However, this research has said to be flawed due to a combination of small samples and poor methods of determining whether a particular twin pair was MZ or DZ. The rationale underlying the use of twins in explaining criminal behaviour is that if 1 MZ twin shows signs of aggressive behaviour, and the other one does too, then it is down to genetic influence.
The number of children and adults seeking medical attention for health conditions related to exposure to second hand smoke is rising. Pregnant women who are exposed to smoke are placed at even greater risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and low infant weights. (AATCHB,
The Autism Epidemic DEP2004 Spring Term 2013 Autism is a rapid growing epidemic in developmental psychology today. The definition of autism has changed significantly over the years. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, autism is defined as a developmental disorder that appears by age three and that is variable in expression but is recognized and diagnosed by impairment of the ability to form normal social relationships, by impairment of the ability to communicate with others, and by stereotyped behavior patterns especially as exhibited by a preoccupation with repetitive activities of restricted focus rather than with flexible and imaginative ones. Autism is short for Autism Spectrum Disorder, also known as ASD. New studies are
These problems include cough and phlegm production, an increase in the number and severity of respiratory illnesses, decreased physical fitness, an unfavorable lipid profile and potential retardation in the rate of lung growth and the level of maximum lung function. An estimated 440,000 Americans die each year from diseases caused by smoking. These illnesses include Lung Cancer, bronchitis, heart diseases, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), and emphysema. As well as, of course, second hand smoking that presents the threat of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Many experts will also tell you second hand smoking is more dangerous than first hand, because of the unfiltered smoke containing 50 more cancerous substances than filtered cigarette smoke.
Type 1 diabetes in young children is devastating for young parents to go through when they have to give their children insulin shots intramuscular shots everyday. In recent, “Studies examining knowledge and metabolic control in a diabetes have been mixed in their results.” More than 180 million people worldwide have diabetes and it is likely to double by 2030. Young parents either have diabetes or their