H&SC |Unit 1| A

Question	Answer
Physical Growth throughout the life stages	:)
Physical growth and Development continues throughout a person's life. But what is it not?	Smooth
During 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.
A small child may....	go from crawling to climbing the stairs.
Birth and Infancy	Infants grow rapidly. (half their adult height by age of 2 years) around 1 infants can walk 2 they can run
Early childhood	continue to: grow at a steady pace develop coordination and strength
Adolescence	growth spurts develop sexual characteristics during puberty
Early Adulthood	reach their peak of physical fitness
Middle Adulthood	Ageing process starts some loss of strength and stamina women go through menopause
Later Adulthood	Continued ageing process with gradual loss of mobility older adults experience loss of height of us to a few centimetres
Growth and Development are different Concepts	:)
Growth	an increase in some measured quantity such as height or weight
Development	complex changes including an increase in skills abilities and capabilities
What are the principles of Growth?	:)
As height increases	so does weight
what is this called?	the process of growth
Where can there be more rapid growths?	in infancy or puberty - the rate is not smooth
Are there different growth rates in girls and boys?	Yes, and growth varies depending on the different parts of the body.
An 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.
When talking about growth what is it important to do?	consider two dimensions: weight length/height
At birth and between six to eight weeks what will be checked and measured?	check size of head circumference and growth of brain.
What happens to infants in the first 6 months of their life?	grow rapidly
What do Healthy newborns do by the four to five months?	double their birth weight
and when they are a year they are...	triple their birth weight
who is helped by growth measurements	health visitor to monitor the child's health and development Can identify other issues = if infant is under - over weight or growing too slowly.
On average how tall and big will a baby grow?	about 12cm (4 inches)and gain 2.5kg between 1 to 2 years of age
2nd and 3rd birthday how much weight will a baby gain?	2 kg and grow 8 cm more
What 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
What will happen with the centile lines if a child is growing as expected?	rise steadily
Where is all information recorded?	personal child health record
Where would the parent be referred to if there was a problem?	paediatrician
Principles of Development	:)
What is development described as?	changes that might be complex and involve ability levels altering
Development 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.
Development 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
development happens:	in the same sequence but at different rates
Development happens:	holistically - areas of development are dependant on and influence each other
What is development seen as?	a journey
As 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.
What do these norms include?	walking, talking, tying shoe laces
What 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.
what do the norms help professionals describe?	an average set of expectations
If a child goes through milestones than others what does it not mean?	that the child is necessarily gifted
What does it not mean if a child goes through the milestones slower?	that there is anything wrong

Next up

Description

Resource summary

Similar

	Created by Roni Brindley about 7 years ago