CYPOP 1 Work with babies and young children to promote their development and learning

Children's interactions with their system impact their development. The system can include the parents, other kids, other adults and family members (Hutchison, pg. 423, 2013). In this stage as long as infants are receiving adequate

The first part of this documentary that I found interesting is the way Heidelise Als explains brain development is changed when a baby is born prematurely. She explains trying to filter out all of the new things their experiencing when their brain is not yet ready to process these things. The brain has a critical 12 week period before birth during which brain development is rapid.

Berk, L. E. (2012). Infants, Children, and Adolescents (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

In the Life-Span Development course at Dordt College, we observed two children on February 18th, 2016. With the approval of the parents, we watched the physical, cognitive, and social development of a 3-month old male, Cupper, and a 5.5-month old girl, Mariah. This observation was done in room 1320 in the classroom building of Dordt College.

Babies have an active in-utero brain development. The growth rate of a human baby is probably the fastest during the 9 months of pregnancy, the little one’s pre-brain makes out more than 8000 cells per second, it pumps out neurons at the rate of approximately 500,000 cells a minute. To ensure the proper neural development at this stage, it is crucial to leave the baby alone. During the first half of the pregnancy, the baby grows its neurological structure at an astonishing rate. Through a process called Synaptogenesis, the baby brain makes over 15,000 neural connections and continues to grow. During the second half of pregnancy, the fetus starts to grow sensitivity of the world through his semi-developed neural connections. It is at this stage that they become subject to external influences - they react to sounds and feel the touch. Medina even cited examples where kids could actually remember their in-utero experiences long after their birth.

Research has shown that the way the caregiver and infant interact has a significant effect on the maturation of the infant's nervous system,

The premature infants are vulnerable to the environment, because the earlier the birth, the more sensitive to diseases and complications. This is because the premature infant does not have the developmental capacity to endure environmental stresses the way a full term infant might (McGrath, et al., 2002). The difference is that preterm infants are born with underdeveloped organ systems. One system is the respiratory system, which does not full develop until the last weeks of pregnancy. This causes problems in respiration and breathing.

Babies typically live inside their mother for forty weeks compared to a premature baby that can be born as early as twenty three weeks. While the baby is inside their mothers whom it is the baby's chance to be lazy and rely on their mother to feed them healthy foods, keep their bodies healthy and safe. For premature babies they have to start doing it all on their own when their not ready that is why a premature baby is almost always on breathing assistants and feeding tubes when they are first born. They are also used to being scrunched up and in a very tight area and then when they are born they are stretched out and do not understand why. A premature baby can weigh as little as two pounds and up to about five pounds, while the average forty week baby can weigh about six to nine pounds. Unfortunately for mothers the doctors do not know why their babies are premature or how to prevent premature babies, even if the parents do everything they can to keep their babies healthy it can still

This type of exposure can have persistent neurological and emotional effects. This can lead to behaviors that affect the child’s experience of the world and the world’s view of the child. These behaviors

Brain growth from embryonic stage to early infantile stage positions the basis for everything in the forthcoming development. As soon as a child suffers trauma at such a susceptible and premature stage, this will effect in disturbed connection, intellectual adjournments, and diminished sensitive

The brain’s weight starts out at twelve ounces when the child is birthed. The newborns brain is one-fourth the weight of an adult. The child’s brain grows drastically through their young years. A neural plate is distinguished approximately three weeks after conception. After four weeks, the brain and spinal cord are then formed. Ten weeks after conception, the brain contains as many neurons as it will ever contain within the newborns lifespan. Neurons are created at the speed of about three thousand per second. Many of the neurons will die to be able to form space for connections needed. There are six layers that make up the brain. Each layer contains a number of neurons, which occurs seven months after conception. Four months of prenatal development requires myelin for the axons which continues through the adolescence years. Neurons containing information need myelin as their priority. The myelin improves the infant’s reaction times and coordination. By the child’s first birthday, the number of dendrites and synapses are at their maximum reach. Throughout the young years of the child’s life, the brain will begin to shrink. This shrinking process is known as synaptic pruning which rids of the unnecessary connections occurring between neurons. One of the three stages of pruning are the sensory and motor functions. Next comes the basic language and spatial skills. The final stage contains attention and

In Dr. Columbus Developmental Psychology class during the Spring 2016 semester, we learned several different theories on child development. In the child observation assignment I had the opportunity to put what I learned into action. For this paper we had to choose a child and teach them how to complete a new task or project. While teaching the child this task we had to observe their behavior and then relate it back to several different theories such as, Kohlberg, Piaget’s , Vygostsky and Erikson. This assignment gave me practical knowledge on how these theories played out in the real world. The little girl that I observed and taught for this assignment is a very happy and smart little girl. She truly enjoys learning new things and being

In normal prenatal development, individualized cells such as blood cells, kidney cells, and nerve cells begin to develop around 5-weeks gestation. This is also when the baby’s brain and spinal cord begin to develop, laying the framework for some of the most essential structures for human life. One week later, at week 6 gestation, the brain begins to form into 5 separate sections and spine tissue grows more rapidly. At week 27 the nervous system is so developed, it is able to control certain functions of the body. Once the brain is formed it processes information by way of neurons. Neurons are specialized cells that

Young children are not only growing physically but also mentally during early childhood. Children continue to advance their skills in observing and interacting with the environment around them for cognitive development in the early childhood. This paper answers questions regarding cognitive development in early childhood.

The development of the brain during infancy and toddlerhood concerns the formation of neurons and how the neurons send messages through neurotransmitters across a synapse. During this period, neural fibers and synapses are produced quickly. Because neurons create connections between one another, stimulation is necessary. When stimulated by the environment, the neurons continue to form synapses, which allows for more complex modes of communication. Stimulation, at first, causes an excess of synapses, allowing the child to have the necessary skills needed for survival. However, through synaptic pruning, neurons that are not frequently stimulated lose their synapses. The great increase of brain size during the first two years of life is attributed