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Explain The Expected Pattern Of Development For Children From Birth-19 Years

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Explain The Expected Pattern Of Development For Children From Birth-19 Years
Understand Child and young person development

1. Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth-19 years

As a nursery practitioner I should know the sequence and rate of each development from birth-19 years of age. I have discovered that the sequence of development: broadly the same sequence and normal ranges of development. Something I studied, that I thought was very interesting, was the Kohlberg’s stages of moral development. He says that he agreed with Piaget's theory of moral development in principle but wanted to develop his ideas further. Here are some of the development stages I have discovered for children 0-19 years old, they are ;
1.3 Years of age
• Sleeps 20 hours a day
• Crying – main form of communication (fosters early interaction)
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Sharing information with parents and carers will help a child’s development because you can both share views and ideas on how to deal with any development issues. It’s good to share information with parents because the child might act differently at home then what it does at nursery. Also legal evidence to an appropriate professional such as the SENCO can help a child’s development.

There are some reasons why development is not following the expected patterns and that could be; disability, emotional or physical difficulties or communication difficulties.

There are many individuals that will influence a child’s development from 0 - 19 including parents, careers, childcare workers, and teachers , as well as the child's own peer group.Different types of inventions can promote positive outcomes for children where development is not following him expected pattern, for example, a social worker has support for looking after children, a speech and language therapist offers support with communication difficulties and a physiotherapist offers support with a child’s gross motor skills

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