Domain Interrelatedness A child’s overall development includes their physical, cognitive, social and emotional growth (Poglitsch & Ryan, 2009). Developmental growth in each domain occurs simultaneously and affects each other (Poglitsch & Ryan, 2009). For example, changes in physical development can impact a two-year olds cognitive, language and social/emotional development. As their motor skills progress, such as their ability to open cabinets, drawers and boxes, they become more comfortable with exploring their surroundings, which is part of their cognitive development milestones. Hence, a delay in developing these motor skills would hinder their ability to develop their cognitive development. Their ability to engage in physical activity …show more content…
Playing games that promote gross motor skills and involves communication amongst teacher and student is an example of how the physical and language domain work simultaneously. If they cannot understand what the teacher is saying, they will struggle with understanding how to play the game. A two year old that engages in imaginative play while interacting and using language with their peers is an example of how language and cognitive development impact each other. Without language, it would be difficult for a child to engage in imaginative play with their peers. Language development also impacts their social/emotional development in that language is essential to establishing friendships with their …show more content…
Their understanding of how children develop and grow and their ability to identify healthy and unhealthy behaviors is important to the success of the child in the early childhood classroom. It is crucial that educators and caregivers understand what measures to take when a child is sick and how to tell if a child needs immediate medical attention. In some cases, the child may require exclusion from care in order to prevent the spread of infection to others. Immunizations are also important in preventing the chances of contracting and spreading dangerous diseases. By the time a toddler reaches two years of age, they should be immunized with all recommended vaccines and doses. It is also recommended that the Influenza Vaccine be given yearly. The class reading, Recommended Immunizations for Children from Birth Through 6 Years Old, states that children two years old or older with certain medical conditions may need a dose of pneumococcal vaccine or PPSV and meningococcal vaccine or MCV4. Other health concerns, not treatable through vaccines, are childhood obesity and pediatric dental disease. Childhood obesity has been characterized as a real and pressing public health problem in the United States (Lumeng, 2005). Studies indicate that children as young as two years learn food preferences from their peer group (Lumeng, 2005). Therefore, it is important for parents and educators to
Language plays a major role in a child’s life, because some children will dialogues with themselves through how they engage with themselves or other children through imaginative play. Vygotsky explains this as how they will make up their own story and give their characters different names, and also changing the voices of each character. This helps children with their vocabulary skills, in which it will help them in the long run to name, and negative the different things that they will start to come into connect with as they get older. Language is also known as a symbolic system of communication and a cultural tool transmit play, and cultural history both play a big part in language development, and understanding the world around them. And also
“Childhood vaccines not only have personal benefits, but for entire communities and the future of public health” (Espejo 1). If a child goes without immunization, then he or she is also putting others at risk. Most parents do not consider all of the options and effects that come along with not having their child vaccinated. Many are quick to reject because of the possible side effects and harm it could cause. However, nothing in today’s world is completely harmless. An adult can easily be in a danger at work, while the child is in danger of disease at daycare. That is why it is completely necessary to vaccinate. By doing this, family, friends, and others are being protected as well (Allen 71). “There are also children who cannot get certain vaccines for medical or other reasons, and those who are too young to be vaccinated. These children have no protection if they are exposed to someone who is infected with a communicable disease” (Espejo 4). Commonly, this is not thought
Healthy people 2020 is a guide to promote preventative care. In this plan there are three levels of prevention. Primary prevention is the first level. This level is the most desirable; it promotes activities and health promotion that prevent the disease from occurring in the first place (Ward & Hisley, 2016). Primary prevention can be many things such as physical activity and immunizations. This level is something that parents can provide for their child from beginning at birth by following an immunization schedule that is standard by the CDC, that is provided at their family doctor. According to Healthy People 2020 (n.d.), “Vaccines are among the most cost-effective clinical preventive services and are a core component of any preventive services package” (p.1). This prevention is something I have dealt with a lot when working in a family practice clinic; some parents are for vaccinations and some not so much. It takes education and proper resources to help a family decide on the vaccinations.
Also, childhood vaccines help children stay healthy from others who they may come in contact with who have a disease. Children need vaccines as they grow up to help them stay healthy. Children have to get certain vaccines before they may attend school (Childhood Immunization). When a child is born, the doctors start a regular vaccination schedule to keep them up to date. One thing that parents should be aware of is that before a child is two years old, the blood-cerebral barrier will still allow foreign proteins to directly enter into the brain where they might cause possible damage (Rau).
Each year, about 2.1 million people die from vaccine-preventable diseases. Many children may not receive their necessary first year vaccinations because of lack of availability, religious beliefs, and safety concerns (Healy, Rench, and Baker 540). The dictionary definition of a vaccine is a biological preparation that improves the immunity to a certain disease (Healy, Rench, and Baker 540). Although all 50 States in the United States require children to be vaccinated to certain diseases before entering school, the states also have exemptions for these vaccinations (Lu 870). Parents often choose not to get their children immunized, and it has proven harmful to the health of the global population. It is important for parents to have their children vaccinated against diseases such as measles, mumps, and polio because it is important to promote the welfare of the human race (Parkins 439).
This means children receive more than one vaccination for every time they arrive at the pediatrics office. Many parents question if too many vaccinations overwhelm a child’s immune system. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), no evidence suggests that the recommended childhood vaccinations can “overload” the immune system. In contrast, when infants are born, they are exposed to bacteria and viruses. Eating food introduces new bacteria to the digestive system. Most microorganisms cause no problems. Many found in the digestive system produce life- sustaining nutrients, which are essential for good health. When infants play with toys, they are also introducing new bacteria and viruses to their body. According to Brody, when a child puts things in their mouth, they are allowing their immune system to explore the environment. Not only does this allow for practice of the immune responses, but it plays a crucial role in teaching the mature immune system response to what is best ignored. Infant immune systems easily handle weakened or killed vaccine antigens (immunization). Therefore, vaccinations are little compared to what children face every
Vaccines are usually given in the first few months of life and work to protect the child from its first exposure to diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend that healthy children get vaccinated against 14 diseases by age 2 (with boosters later for some), along with an annual inoculation against the flu (Heyworth. sec. 2). There are some parents that believe choosing to vaccinate their children will result in making them sicker. However, vaccines contain the same antigens that cause that specific disease, but are either killed or weakened, which results in not making the person sick. The antigens make the person’s immune system remember the antigen, which allows it to respond faster in the case of being exposed again. If a child receives all the vaccinations recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), by his or her second birthday he or she will have received immunizations to protect him or her from mumps, measles, chicken pox, meningitis, and many other frightening diseases (“Vaccines”. par. 3). Although vaccinations are first given as a young child, there are many available throughout life. As an adult, you are also susceptible to various diseases that can come from working in certain environments and engaging in certain activities. For example, if you are a health care worker, you are surrounded by
A newborn child’s physical and motor development is an evident progression throughout their first years and later in life. A child’s motor development is more of a slower progress, from going to gross motor skills to more fine motor skills in a few months while physical development is an apparent process. The environment affects children in their physical and motor growth, as they learn and adapt to new stimuli everyday as they develop. Separately, these developments start at different times, but function hand in hand as a child grows. Physical development is apparent at conception, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence; while motor development
Cognitive Development and Language Skills Development “Cognitive development underpins all the other aspects of development as children start to explore and make sense of the world around them. It is closely linked to the development of language and communication skills as children interact with the people around them.” There are many theories written on the subjects of cognitive development and language and communication. These theories vary in several ways, but they all seem to make the link between the too subjects. Childcare settings put these theories into practise in a lot of ways, sometimes without even realising it, just through conversation.
The number of vaccinations a child receives, in the first six years of his/her life, has increased dramatically. According to “Vaccine Controversies” by Kathy Koch, “Today, an American child receives up to 39 doses of 12 different vaccines, most given during the first two years of life. And, unlike in previous decades, today’s youngsters are given multiple inoculations on the same day” (643). These twelve different vaccinations
"Virtually everything a young child does is affected if physical development is delayed" (Charlesworth, 2000). Adults and teachers need to do everything possible to keep physical development from being delayed. Adults can provide children with opportunities to help them in development.
During development, a child develops in a couple differnet ways. Physically, emotionally, and cognitively are the three that come to mind. When a child has developmental delays, there are many things that can be happening preventing the child from developing. Sometimes muscles aren't moved as often as they should be and become immobile. When a child picks up an instrument for the first time, he is not naturally coordinated to play that instrument. Children with that lack in motor skills can exercise, especially their hands, without even knowing it. There are...
A child’s education during the ages of one to nine is very important to the child’s development and the future (McKenzie & Pinger, 2015, p.217). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends vaccinating children against most vaccine-preventable diseases early in life. One of the community programs for Women, Infants and Children is the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, which is in charge with the responsibility for promoting and improving the health of our nations mothers and children. Another is the woman, infants and children program, which is a clinic-based program designed to provide a variety of nutritional health related goods and services to pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, infants up to one year and children under the age of five.
Physical and motor development are two similar but different areas that describe child development. Physical development encompasses all of the various changes a child's body goes through. Those changes include height, weight, and brain development. Motor development is the development of control over the body. This control would involve developing reflexes such as blinking, large motor skills like walking, and fine motor skills like manipulating their fingers to pick up small objects like Cheerios. It is important to objectively study physical and motor development in children to gain knowledge on what characteristics are considered typical for each age and stage of development. This will enable me to be aware of when a child or children are developing at an irregular pace, and devise recommendations or find experiences and other resources that can aid in stimulating their development and to work towards closing achievement gaps. This particular assignment was to observe the selected child and reaffirm the importance of studying physical and motor development, and to develop ideas on how to involve it in my work as an early childhood professional.
Rapid growth of the brain and nervous system continues during the early years of a child’s life, however because of birth defects or health problems some children may be at a risk of cognitive delays. Problems such as Autism, where children may have a difficult time with language skills and sensitivity to touch, behavioral problems, or chemical exposures can all affect a child’s cognitive development. For most children though with a proper diet and plenty of stimulation cognitive abilities will develop rapidly, and by about 7 years ones cognitive skills have become “functionally related to the elements of adult intelligence.”