of the Child Article 1 (Definition of the Child): A ‘child’ is defined as a person below age 18‚ unless the laws of a particular country set a younger age limit. Article 2 (Non-discrimination): The Convention applies to all children‚ regardless of gender‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ culture‚ religion‚ family status‚ or ability. Governments are responsible for ensuring children are protected from discrimination. Article 3 (Best interests of the Child): With regard to decisions that affect a child‚ his/her
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Child Developmental Theories Ashford University PSY 104 Child and Adolescent Psychology June 29‚ 2009 Child Developmental Theories While theorists have different ideas and perspectives‚ insight on child and adolescent development can assist teachers and parents in helping children reach their full developmental and learning potential. Having knowledge about the development
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During this occupational study‚ it helped make it extremely clear to myself that this is definitely what field I would like to go into. I have always loved helping others especially when they are in need. My parents always told me that a nursing career would be a great job for me because I care so much. While at the job shadow‚ I thought everything that Nurse Whetzel had to do on an everyday basis was extremely interesting and I feel like I would enjoy doing what she did. Nurse Whetsell really inspired
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It is more important for a child to engage in creative play during their development.The main reasons to support this claim is for children to express themselves freely‚become independent thinkers‚and better interact with peers.These three reasons all support the fact that creative play is more important and needed for a child’s development. The first reason why it is more essential for a child to be a part of creative play is to express themselves more freely."Children need the freedom to
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resource helped me to in include all the right information in my article and also helped my widen my knowledge on the breast vs. bottle subject. I used ‘Lonsdale Essenentials Child Development Revision Guide’ and some websites from the internet. I mainly used these two websites: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/Pages/why-breastfeed.aspx#close and http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/feeding/breast_bottle_feeding.html. Both websites gave me gave me the majority of my information about bottle
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Child Developmental Stages Child development comes in stages‚ and although not all children develop at the same rate‚ this timeline describes what typically occurs from the pre-natal stage through infancy and up to two years old. Pre-natal development is the most significant segment of human development. 15 days after conception the embryonic stage begins and continues until about the 8th week‚ or until the embryo is around an inch in length. The cells of the embryo are multiplying and taking
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By Brandi Smith and Melody Wooten The Child Development Project (CDP) is a schoolwide improvement program that helps elementary schools build relationships between teachers‚ students‚ home and community. This is all set in order to promote positive development before antisocial habits occur. The central goal of CDP is to help schools become "caring communities of learners" by offering an environment of caring‚ supportive‚ and collaborative relationships to build students’ sense of community in
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April 29‚ 2007 Child Study- PLAY What is play? According to “The Nature of Children’s Play” by David Fernie‚ play is a time when children expand their understanding of themselves and others‚ their knowledge of the physical world‚ and their ability to communicate with peers and adults. We as educators must realize that play is not only a time for children to “have fun” but that they also learn while engaging in it. According to Piaget he describes play as sensorimotor practice. He says that
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The Preoperational stage would be known as the pre-school and early elementary children‚ or toddlers and early childhood children put into modern terms. During this stage child developments is demonstrated through the use of symbols. In a class of my choice‚ I would like to have numbers‚ shapes‚ colors‚ and toys animals to help teach children about the basics. Memory and imagination are also developed during this stage‚ so In my class would be game times‚ where each student could work on developing
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LO1 P.I.E.S How your child learns‚ speaks‚ plays‚ moves and acts offers you important information about how your baby is developing. Development milestones are the P.I.E.S‚ physical‚intellectual‚emotional‚social things that most baby can do by a certain age. 0-2 months Physically at 0-2 months babies can hold their head up with little help from their parents as well as being able to swiftly push themselves up when lying on their tummy. They are able to make smoother movements with their arms
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