When I Think of Child Development...

Developmental Overview: Ages 0-2

Developmental Overview: Ages 6-9

                                                                     

                                                                            Developmental Overview: Ages 3-5

When I think of childrenand their development, I will take with me the learning experience of early stages in childhood development, the major body changes, brain development, birth complications, physical development, environmental influences on a child, language development, cognitve skills and emotional development. The search instistute has advice for every develoment stage " The way parents choose to deal with these issues has an important impact on how healthy and competent their children grow up to be. That’s why we’ve organized our information into the ages & stages of child development" (Search Instistute, 2010). All of the images and stages in age represent my view on child as a demonstration of how a healthy environment, early childhood education and social awareness can make a difference with a smile on each child's face regardless of age, background, gender or culture.

Developmental Overview: Ages 10-14

Reference

Search Instistute (2010). Ages & Stages. Retrieved from http://www.parentfurther.com/ages-stages

Testing for Intelligence

When viewing a committment for young childre, i believe that the brain should be measured first because that is the primary development for a child's behavior and learning capabilities. I also believe that each child's aptitude should be assessed to see what they are good at in a specific skill. This will hep educator to better assist in other ares in which the child need the most help (Berger, 2006).

The school-aged children of China are based on a skill assessment system that consist of literacy. The skill that the children are tested on are math, reading and writing. China skill assessment is focused on the economy and the demand of labor market.The secondary education age of enrollment is age 6 and sometimes age 7. ( Zhang, 2004).

The additional concerns that I have with testing for intelligence is that school age children should not be under so much pressure to prove their intelligence. I believe that each child has a talent and it should not take a specific test that is outdated and used for so many years to test the skills of each child. The word test and the attention span for a young school age child is not focused enough to handle the stress. I fear test, quizzes and exams because I always have anxiety attacks and sometimes forget what I learned because I am trying to hard to focus and do well.

Reference
Berger, K. S. (2009). The developing person through childhood (5th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.
Zhang, J (2004). China's skill assessment system. Retrieved from China_Skills_Assessment.pdf

Consequences of Stress on Children’s Development

The stressor that I personally experienced was violence as a child. I coped and survived many of the violent acts by keeping my distance, staying focused and motivated to do what was right. Many of the violent acts that I witnessed as a child came from drug, gang activity and domestic violence. I always stated to myself and never indulged in any violence. When I did witness domestic violence, I would cry and pray that it never happens to me. I grew up in the projects and many of my neighbors and school mates were trying to do whatever they could to make a fast buck to get out. Unfortunately it did not turn out that way. many of my neighbors turned on each other, which resulted in gangs, shoot outs and other types of violence. may of them also started to abuse the drugs themselves which resulted in a overdose at times. In my opinion, children all around the country are experiencing some type of stressor.

Violence can target any region or country. The effects of violence on a child's biosocial, cognitive and psychosocial development can be detrimental for life. The child that have to experience or see this type of stressor can develop mental issues, depression, post traumatic stress syndrome, and behavioral issues such as being violent as well. The child can grow up not knowing how to interact in a appropriate manner when in a different environment or around other children. This type of stressor can affect their learning ability in school in which in they will not be attentive in school, focused or happy (Berger, 2009).

The region that I focused was Philadelphia, because I am from part of this area. There is not much that is being done, only that people are moving out due to the violence escalating over the years. The majority of the violence in Philadelphia are in the schools. There is not much security in the schools of Philadelphia and the administrators are pointing the finger at each and the parents. Some of the authorities are holding all that take part in the child's responsible, because they all have a role in the child's education and development (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2011).

Reference

Berger, K. S. (2009). The developing person through childhood (5th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (2011). Violence. Retrieved from http://www.philly.com/philly/news/special_packages/inquirer/violence/