Growth And Development
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- Created on: 23-11-20 18:57
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- Growth and Development
- Growth
- An increase in some measured quantity, such as height or weight.
- Development
- Complex changes including an increase in skills, abilities and capabilities
- Growth rates not consistent
- Different parts of the body grow at different rates
- Growth rates vary between children
- Growth rates of boys is faster than girls
- Men are usually taller than women
- Growth rates also vary in different parts of the body
- head circumference grows more rapidly than other areas in the first months of life.
- When referring to growth it is important to consider two dimensions
- -Weight Length/height
- Birth & 6-8 weeks
- Baby's head circumference is checked to check size and growth of brain
- Changes in any one part have an impact on all of the others.
- 4-5 Months
- Baby's double birth weight
- Triples by 1 year old
- Baby's double birth weight
- Age 2
- healthy infant will be approximately half their adult height.
- Growth measurements can help identify other issues such as if they are overweight or underweight.
- First 2 years, infants length is measured lying down
- From 2 years
- Height is measured by standing
- Centile lines
- lines on a graph used to show average measurements of height, weight and head circumference. The lines represent the values of the measurements taking into account age and sex.
- Development Norms
- a description of an average set of expectations with respect to a young child’s development.
- Milestone
- An ability achieved by most children by a certain age. It can involve physical, social, emotional, cognitive and communication skills.
- Health Visitor
- Checks infant and plots measurements on graphs to make sure infant is meeting milestones
- rowing as expected their weight will rise steadily following the centile lines marked on their growth chart.
- Recorded in a personal child health record.
- Checks infant and plots measurements on graphs to make sure infant is meeting milestones
- Development should be viewed holistically, as children acquire skills at varying/different rates in different areas of development
- Physical Development
- Emotional Development
- Social Development
- Infancy 0-2
- Early childhood 3-8
- Adolescence 9-18
- Early Adulthood 19-45
- Middle Adulthood 46-65
- Later Adulthood 65+
- Growth
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