An overview of_growth_and_development
The document discusses key concepts related to child development including growth, development, maturation, brain growth, motor development, and factors that influence development such as environment, heredity, injury, illness, experience, nutrition and others. It notes that brain growth lays the foundation for other aspects of development and that head circumference is an important measurement, being determined both by genetics and the prenatal environment, while postnatally it is impacted more by daily experiences. Motor development progresses from gross to fine and from cephalocaudal to proximodistal in an ongoing, sequential and interrelated manner, with individual rates and maturation playing a role, influenced by both heredity and environment.
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An overview of_growth_and_development
- 1. Betty McQuain Idaho State University
- 2. Growth—physical changes leading to an increase in size Development—an increase in complexity, from simple to more complicated and detailed Maturation—the process of completion of growth and/or development
- 3. Brain Growth Foundation for all other aspects of child’s development Head circumference—important measurement In utero, largely determined by genetics, but also impacted by environment in the womb After birth, largely impacted by daily experiences
- 4. Motor Development Gross Motor Fine Motor Cephalocaudal Proximodistal Refinement
- 5. Ongoing Sequential Interrelated Individual Rate Maturation plays a role Affected by heredity and environment
- 6. Environment Heredity Injury Illness Experience and Opportunity Nutrition Others?