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Life Span

Life Span. School Age Chapter 9. School Age. AKA: Late childhood Formal education Ends with Puberty. School Age: Summary. Growth Slow and steady Relationships Family  peer Goal directed Permanent teeth Sexual tranquility. Height & Weight. Height 2-3 inch / year Weight

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Life Span

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  1. Life Span School Age Chapter 9

  2. School Age • AKA: Late childhood • Formal education • Ends with • Puberty

  3. School Age: Summary • Growth • Slow and steady • Relationships • Family  peer • Goal directed • Permanent teeth • Sexual tranquility

  4. Height & Weight • Height • 2-3 inch / year • Weight • 5 lbs / year • Girls > Boys

  5. Bone and Muscle Development • Growing pains • Posture changes • Center of gravity moves  • Downward • Pelvis tips backwards • Chest flattens • h strength • Posture

  6. Sensory Development • Visual maturity • Age 6-7 • Peripheral vision • Depth perception • Hand-eye coordination • Large print • No longer needed

  7. Teeth • Loss of deciduous teeth • 6-7 • Appearance of permanent teeth

  8. Dental visits • Q 6 months

  9. Development of the GI System • i GI intolerances • h stomach capacity

  10. Development of the Nervous System • motor skills • cognitive • Senses mature • Taste • Smell Discriminatory • Touch

  11. Development of the Immune system • Peak antibody levels • Tonsils & Adenoids

  12. Vital Signs • Pulse • 90 • Murmurs • 50% • BP • 100/60 • Resp • Alveoli • 20/min

  13. Motor development • Stronger • Better coordinated • Gender Differences

  14. Motor development Boys Girls Balance Coordination Fine motor skills • Stronger • Running • Jumping • Throwing • Endurance

  15. Motor Development: 6-7 • Print • Throw • Catch • Swim • Tie shoes

  16. Motor Development: 7-8 • Smoother • Ball & bat

  17. Motor Development: 8 • Pencil • Print  cursive • Musical instruments • Outgoing • Fearless • Select games based on interests

  18. Motor Development: 9-10 • Sports

  19. Sexual Development • Questions • “How would you feel?” • Relationships • Same gender • Puberty

  20. Psychosocial Development • See themselves as • Producers • Social focus • World • Motivated • Positive reinforcement

  21. Psychosocial Development: 6-7 • Energy • New projects • Short attention span

  22. Psychosocial Development: 9 • Initiate task • Completion

  23. Psychosocial Development: 11 • Delayed gratification

  24. Relationships • Friends • Numerous • Short duration • Same gender • Sibling rivalry • Family relationships • Parent affection

  25. Privacy • $ • Hygiene • Room organization • Expression of emotions

  26. Discipline • Balance • Limits • Praise / rewards • Chores

  27. Special Concern • TV Violence

  28. Special Concern • Video games • Computer • Avoid • Inappropriate • personal info • Chat rooms • Limit time • Report • Password

  29. Special Concern • “Latchkey” children • Specific place & time • Check in • Teach • Designate • Rehearse • Schedule

  30. Cognitive Development • Conservation • is when a child concentrates on an object's physical appearance instead of superficial changes

  31. Cognitive Development • Reversibility • the child understands that numbers or objects can be changed, then returned to their original state. For this reason, a child will be able to rapidly determine that if 4+4 equals t, t−4 will equal 4, the original quantity.

  32. Cognitive Development • Causation • Cause & effect

  33. Seriation • the ability to sort objects in an order according to size, shape, or any other characteristic. For example, if given different-shaded objects they may make a color gradient.

  34. Classification • the ability to name and identify sets of objects according to appearance, size or other characteristic, including the idea that one set of objects can include another.

  35. Cognitive development • Perspective • Time, space & dimension • Braggers • Bullying • School phobia • Somatic conditions

  36. Moral development • Transition • Reciprocity • Concern for others • Law & Order

  37. Communication • Vocabulary • multiple meaning • Swearing • Code language

  38. Nutrition • Calcium • Saturated fats • Breakfast • Obesity • Food not reward

  39. Sleep & Rest • 6 yr old • 12 hours • 11 yr old • 10 hours

  40. Play • Pretend  reality • Competition

  41. Safety • MVA • Protective gear • Water safety • Just say “no”

  42. Stranger Danger

  43. School Violence

  44. Substance Abuse

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