Rate and Sequence Birth to 19 Years

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Ct230 Rate and Sequence, birth – 19 years. Social and emotional behaviour – From birth a baby can respond to touch and sound, they will recognise a parent or carers voice. At just a few months old they will smile and engage with their carer. At four months they will interact vocally by ‘Babbling’ or ‘Cooing’. Depending on their personality and time spent with other children, a 6 month old infant will become more interested in social interaction; some may experience a fear of strangers and become distressed when separated from a parent of carer. By 9 months an infant can recognise familiar and unfamiliar faces. When an infant reaches the age of 1 year, ‘Temper tantrums’ may have started, at this age they become demanding and assertive and express rage when being told ‘no’. Infants at the age of one have very little knowledge of sharing and strong ideas that everything is theirs. From 2 to 4 years a child is learning to be separated from their parents and carers for short periods of time, for example; nursery or babysitters. Some children will play in groups of 2 or 3 and will be able to share ideas. Most children of this age group may already have ‘close friends’ and will still play with both genders. Between the ages of 4 and 7 years a child should have started school and will be able to enjoy their independence although still needing comfort and reassurance. By now a good sense of self awareness (both positive and negative) will have been developed. These include fears such as ‘things under the bed’ and ‘ghosts’. Children around this age are able to form firm friendships and have begun to play in separate sex groups, they are fairly confident and know the difference between right and wrong. At 7 to 11 years olds are by now starting to understand more about the world and where they belong. Their friendships become very important and are mostly of the same
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