Health and social Care-Life Stages.

Health and social Care-Life Stages.

1. Infancy

   • 0-2 years
   • Growth and development
     • Growth is an increase in physical size. Eg. height and weight
     • Development is the skills and abilities that are learnt through life.
   • PIES
     • Physical
       • Fine motor skills
         • The use of small muscles
           • Drawing, holding a spoon etc...
       • Growth motor skills
         • The use of large muscles
           • Walking, Climbing stairs etc...
     • Intellectual
       • Cognitive
       • Development of language
       • Respond to the world around them using their senses
         • If hungry, the child will cry
     • Emotional
       • Bonding
         • Growing closer to and developing emotional attachments to main carers
       • Attachment
         • The bonding process between a child and it's carer.
         • Achieved through close contact over a long period of time
     • Social
       • Learning about relationships takes place during play
         • In early infancy, the infant plays alone as it is not able to think of others
           • Solitary play
         • By the age of 2, infants can play along side others
           • Parallel play

2. Early Childhood

   • 3-8 years

3. Adolescence

4. Early Adulthood

5. Middle Adulthood

6. Later Adulthood