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H&SC |Unit 1| A
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- 1Physical Growth throughout the life stages:)
- 2Physical growth and Development continues throughout a person's life. But what is it not?Smooth
- 3During puberty, what might happen to your growth of height?Might have grown a few centimetres in a short period of time, then stayed the same height for a while after.
- 4A small child may....go from crawling to climbing the stairs.
- 5Birth and InfancyInfants grow rapidly. (half their adult height by age of 2 years)
around 1 infants can walk
2 they can run - 6Early childhoodcontinue to:
grow at a steady pace
develop coordination and strength - 7Adolescencegrowth spurts
develop sexual characteristics during puberty - 8Early Adulthoodreach their peak of physical fitness
- 9Middle AdulthoodAgeing process starts
some loss of strength and stamina
women go through menopause - 10Later AdulthoodContinued ageing process with gradual loss of mobility
older adults experience loss of height of us to a few centimetres - 11Growth and Development are different Concepts:)
- 12Growthan increase in some measured quantity such as height or weight
- 13Developmentcomplex changes including an increase in skills abilities and capabilities
- 14What are the principles of Growth?:)
- 15As height increasesso does weight
- 16what is this called?the process of growth
- 17Where can there be more rapid growths?in infancy or puberty - the rate is not smooth
- 18Are there different growth rates in girls and boys?Yes, and growth varies depending on the different parts of the body.
- 19An example of the different parts of the body is...head circumference grows more rapidly than the other parts of the body in the first months of life.
- 20When talking about growth what is it important to do?consider two dimensions:
weight
length/height - 21At birth and between six to eight weeks what will be checked and measured?check size of head circumference and growth of brain.
- 22What happens to infants in the first 6 months of their life?grow rapidly
- 23What do Healthy newborns do by the four to five months?double their birth weight
- 24and when they are a year they are...triple their birth weight
- 25who is helped by growth measurementshealth visitor to monitor the child's health and development
Can identify other issues = if infant is under - over weight or growing too slowly. - 26On average how tall and big will a baby grow?about 12cm (4 inches)and gain 2.5kg between 1 to 2 years of age
- 272nd and 3rd birthday how much weight will a baby gain?2 kg and grow 8 cm more
- 28What will a health visitor carry out?the measurements and plot the results on a growth chart to ensure that an infant is meeting their milestones
- 29What will happen with the centile lines if a child is growing as expected?rise steadily
- 30Where is all information recorded?personal child health record
- 31Where would the parent be referred to if there was a problem?paediatrician
- 32Principles of Development:)
- 33What is development described as?changes that might be complex and involve ability levels altering
- 34Development happens:head to toe - infant first be able to control their head / develop control over their body enable them to sit and finally have control over their legs and feet to allow them to crawl and eventually walk.
- 35Development happens:from the inside to the outside - infant learns to control movements in their body first / then their arms and legs
can control the small muscles in their fingers - 36development happens:in the same sequence but at different rates
- 37Development happens:holistically - areas of development are dependant on and influence each other
- 38What is development seen as?a journey
- 39As the journey continues what does the child reach a number of?milestones - developmental norms and describe the skills that infants, children and adolescents are expected to develop at particular ages or stages of their life.
- 40What do these norms include?walking, talking, tying shoe laces
- 41What are the four main areas of skills acquisition are:1 - physical - gross and fine motor skills
2 - social development
3 - emotional development
4 - intellectual development and language skills. - 42what do the norms help professionals describe?an average set of expectations
- 43If a child goes through milestones than others what does it not mean?that the child is necessarily gifted
- 44What does it not mean if a child goes through the milestones slower?that there is anything wrong
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