Developmental Milestones: Birth to Age Two
Developmental Milestones: Birth to Age Two
Unit 5
CE114-(add your course section)
(Name of Student)
| Birth to Age 1 | Age 1 to Age 2 | |
| Physical and Motor | 1. Lifts head
Strategy: Place baby on tummy to encourage lifting head (3 milestones in each area with anenvironmental strategy to address each milestone) |
1. Points to items
Strategy: Place interesting objects in toddler’s environment (3 milestones in each area with anenvironmental strategy to address each milestone) |
| Social and Emotional | ||
| Cognitive and Language | ||
| Behavior |
Please include a one-page discussion addressing the fact that children develop at varying rates and how biological and environmental factors influence development. Please be sure to use resources from units 1-5 to complete this project. Please delete all red type prior to submission and fill in with your original information.
Paragraph one should introduce the topic of typical development and discuss how expected developmental milestones are based on the idea that children tend to follow similar developmental patterns.
Paragraph two should discuss biological influences that may affect development and should include specific examples from what you have learned in the first five units.
Paragraph three should discuss environmental influences that may affect development and should include specific examples from what you have learned in the first five units. This paragraph should include a conclusion that summarizes your discussion.
References
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Developmental Milestones: Birth to Age Two
| Birth to Age 1 | Age 1 to Age 2 | |
| Physical and Motor | Raising head and bringing hand to mouth.
Strategy: engage the infant in a wide range of activities. Also, help the child to develop healthy eating habit
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The child has a better response to visual cues as compared to spoken cues
Strategy: emphasize the specific activities that require the cooperation of the child
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| Social and Emotional | Fear unfamiliar situations or environment
Strategy: evaluate and provide support for managing fear |
Discovers ability to manipulate and explore the environment
Strategy: prepare a child before a procedure |
| Cognitive and Language | Recognizes items and proceeds to recognize familiar persons and objects
Strategy: provide familiar objects to the child and limit the strangers caring for the child |
Links words to action and is able to comprehend simple requests and directions
Strategy: use a direct approach and allow the child to make choices |
| Behavior | Develops stable feeding patterns and sleep
Strategy: feed the child on time |
Communicates with others using words
Strategy: encourage the child to verbalize |
Discussion
According to Davies (2010), child development describes the process that enables a child to undertake complex tasks as they grow. During the growth and development process, children attain developmental milestones that depend…………………
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