Support Work in Schools Level 2 Unit 201

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Unit 201 Child and Young person development. Stages of development in communication 0-3 Years Personal, Social and Emotional - Can hold eye contact for around 5 seconds, generally know and recognise familiar faces and begins to know if someone is a stranger. Likes to play with others, especially parents, they respond to other people’s emotions and often seems happy. They also like to look at themselves in a mirror. Will show signs of being shy or nervous with strangers. They will cry when mum or dad leaves their sight and presence, show fear in some situations and will repeat sounds or actions to get attention. Will have favourite things and people and when doing things like dressing, they will put out their arms and legs to help. Will do things like hand you a book when they want to hear a story, find enjoyment in playing games like 'peek-a-boo' or 'pat-a-cake', likes to hand things to others as play and plays simple pretend, such as feeding a doll and will also point to show others something interesting. Will explore alone but with parent close by and may have temper tantrums. They will be aware of other peoples feelings and will show concern if they hear a sound of crying or distress and will show excitement if they hear a familiar or happy voice. Will copy others, especially adults and older children. They will tend to get excited when with other children and will play mainly beside other children, but will be beginning to include other children, such as in chase games. Will show more and more independence as well as showing defiant behavior, e.g doing what they have been told not to or not doing what they hav been told to. Will also begin to show understanding of some rules and routines. They are now at the stage where they are able to separate easily from mum and dad, however they may also get upset with

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