Cincinnati‚ Ohio. Amy lives with her mother and younger brother. Her father has not seen her since shortly after her birth‚ and has no role in her upbringing. Amy has been diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDDNOS)‚ which is an autism spectrum disorder‚ meaning that symptoms can range from mild to severe. She also has a fluency disorder‚ which affects her language development. Amy was diagnosed with PDD just recently at age 6‚ after her mother expressed
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“The term pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDDNOS) is also referred to as atypical personality development‚ atypical PDD‚ or atypical autism” (Fundukian‚ 2011‚ p. 3362). This disorder is not as severe as Autistic Disorder but is more severe than Asperger Disorder. So‚ to correctly diagnose a child
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Child and Adolescent Development PSY 104 6/26/2011 Introduction From birth through adolescence‚ a significant amount of developmental changes occur. Children grow and develop physically‚ cognitively and emotionally. Each individual aspect of development has an effect on the child as a whole. If a child struggles developmentally in any of the areas (physically‚ emotionally or cognitively)‚ it can affect one of the other areas of development as well. For example‚ if a child is underdeveloped
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Principles of Human Growth and Development There is a sequence to human growth and development. Just as you need to crawl and then walk before you run‚ all growth follows a pattern. Human development looks at five areas. They are physical growth‚ motor skills‚ language‚ cognition‚ and social and emotional skills. Each area represents a stage of rapid change in physical and cognitive growth‚ with important milestones to pass before moving ahead. The patterns of growth and development are usually
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