CHC30712 - Three External Factors That Impact A Child's Development

[Jag]

Your Assignment Module Number and Heading: CHC30712 Cert III
Your Assignment Type: Standard Question
Currently Working in Childcare? Yes
Your knowledge: Basic Knowledge

Your Question?
Factors that Affect Development: (identify at least three (3) external factors that can impact a child’s development. In addition, you will need to provide a brief outline on how the factors can impact the child’s development and long-term effects that may occur, minimum 150 words for each factor)

What is your answer so far or What have you done so far as an attempt to solve this question?
Growth – describes the physical changes that occur in the body.
Growth is generally measured by changes in weight and height.
Babies to 5 years grow very rapidly.
5 to 12 years is a slower growth rate,
12 to 18 years is period of rapid growth were physical changes occurring.
There are critical periods of growth during a child’s development it is most obvious during conception to birth. There are broad differences in sizes, shapes and rates of growth between children though all children follow a similar pattern of growth.
Poor nutrition can cause serious problems with intellectual development in children. A child with a poor diet may experience fatigue and be unable to fully participate in learning at school. Also, poor nutrition can make the child more likely to become sick and miss school.
Nutrition is so important for a child's intellectual development; Children should have at least one healthy, balanced meal a day. This meal is usually breakfast, because the connection between breakfast and improved learning has been clearly shown. Breakfast is particularly important. Children may feel tired and unmotivated when their breakfast is too small or they skip breakfast.
Children who regularly do not get enough nutrition have poor growth patterns and underachieve at school. Getting enough of a good variety of food choices is important for a child's intellectual development.
Learning – refers to changes that result from experience rather than from a physiological process.
Learning is changes that occur primarily through experience and interaction within the environment at home and child care centre.
The first and most important learning in a child's life happens within the family. Children learn from the way people treat them and from what they see, hear and experience starting as soon as they are born.
There are many ways of learning. Children learn by watching, by listening and especially by doing.
All children go through a number of stages but there are differences between children within each stage. There are also differences in the length of time it takes for children to move from stage to stage.
Children do best in an environment which is interesting and where they feel loved and safe. This leads to self-esteem and social development.
Self-esteem is very important - it is learning about who you are as a person and feeling good about yourself.
To help build your child's self-esteem show them that they are lovable and loved support them in trying new things and show them that you enjoy being with them and want to spend time with them help them learn new skills and praise them when they try these out.
Social development in young children is when they learn about feelings and how to get on with other people.
Maturation – is the natural process of completing growth.
Child maturation refers to the genetic, biological and physical development from conception through adolescence. There are several developmental milestones that occur in healthy children. Although there are normal patterns of maturation in child development, individual and environmental factors make it impossible to pinpoint exact time frames, as no two children develop in the same way.
Maturation refers to the successive characteristic of biological growth and development. The biological changes occur in progressive order and give children new abilities. These changes in the brain and nervous system help children to improve in thinking (cognitive) and motor (physical) skills. Also, children must mature to a certain point before they can progress to new skills (Readiness). For example, a four-month-old cannot use language because the infant's brain has not matured enough to allow the child to talk. By two years old, the brain has developed further and with help from others, the child will have the capacity to say and understand words. Also, a child can't write or draw until he has developed the motor control to hold a pencil or crayon. Maturational patterns are innate, that is, genetically programmed. The child's environment and the learning that occurs as a result of the child's experiences largely determine whether the child will reach optimal development. A stimulating environment and varied experiences allow a child to develop to his or her potential.

Apparently these are behaviour issues - looking for indicators for developmental issues

Description and Message:
Help with External Factors that can impact on a child's development

[Lorina]

Found this:

External factors such as:

Poverty- diet (nutritional issues - lack of energy and concentration); opportunities for play may not have finances to give extra opportunities such as music/swimming lessons; poor housing (poor conditions - overcrowding - ill health from damp & lack of finances for sufficiently heat in cold months); education (potential of reduced access to quality education and the best schools and limited access to variety of books and equipment as well as internet); motivation and aspirations - lack of this causing depression to either parent/s or child or both plus lack of motivation to learn and thrive in education etc.

family - drug/alcohol/abuse at home - obvious affects but also financial strain from drug and alcohol abuse leading to other diet related issues, broken family - both sides good relationship positive affects on child i.e. lots of stimulation and parents making most of time available and bad relationship - negative effects on child development - emotional aspects.

Children in care - lack of stable, loving warm environment as well as reasons why they have been taken into care in the first place - this is a big one but is quite straight forward on influences and affects.

Education and extra curricular activities - being part of the community and participating in activities- furthering and developing many skills. with the flip side being those who don't participate, are unable to or finances restrict opportunities - potentially not developing as well as those who have the opportunities.

Ref: silkysteps

Hope this helps,

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L.A

[Jag]

Thanks for the help certainly a good start