Child Development Case Studies Samples For Students

Psychology

Introduction
For this case study, an interview was conducted with the subject from whom the acquired information will be used to cross-examine with the various developmental theories. Her name is Sara Sanchez. She is 20 years old, and has a 2-year-old daughter. She has a full time job as a teacher at Bright Horizons. Her job is to work with preschoolers and toddlers. She’s been working there for 6 months. She is studying child development. She wants to double major in child development + forensic science of elementary school or administration of justice. When she was 9 years old, she was ...

Any daycare with a preschool curriculum that has been in existence for over 20 years is going to experience changes throughout time. The center of review is located in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City. There are no significant historical foundations for the center and there are no specific issues of the time to address. The center opened as a needed place to provide childcare for working parents in the community.
Some of the social and cultural changes that have affected the center have been the population of the neighborhood. Although the location of the center has not changed, the neighborhood ...

14- U5A1-Windshield Survey- 2/5

Introduction
A windshield survey, usually conducted from a car, gives a visual overview of the area, regarding development, and conditions that are prevalent in the community that may affect the health of the population. There is necessity to understand the community in community needs, housing, transportation, health related issues, services, geographic structure, habitat, economy, ethnicity, religion, community needs and strengths, the available resources and the gaps in the resources. This will help in proper planning in effective services within the community.

Sample questionnaire
Person identified was the health minister of the area and the Superintendent of local medical research ...

Response to Case Study Scenario

Physical abuse – is an act of violence against the child, made by a parent or carer as a result of physical punishment or sometimes with intension to get a pleasure from someone’s suffering and pain. (Briggs 2012, p.150)
Sexual abuse – is an act of undesirable sexual conduct by an adult upon a child. (Briggs 2012, p.204)
Emotional abuse – it is any kind of non-physical abuse over a child, which may lead to different psychological traumas. (Briggs 2012, p.89)
Neglect – is any act of dereliction that forms impossibility to provide conditions, which are needed for normal development of a ...

A child’s level of interaction with other children can be a good indicator of whether the subject is having psychosocial and cognitive developmental difficulties. By the time a child reaches six years old, he should already have a deeper understanding about his or her place in the world, more capable of establishing more complex social relationships such as friendship and team work, and have the desire to be liked and accepted by peers .
Antonio, the patient in this case, just does not seem to be exhibiting any of the important social developmental milestones that were just enumerated. In ...

The development of infants or toddlers occurs in a very predictable sequence which can be visible from the way a child begins by crawling prior to walking or even babbling before they can actually talk. Each developmental stage or milestone can vary from one child to another but the variation should be within acceptable variances that can be covered over time. For instance some children may achieve fast development in the initial 18 months and slower development in the subsequent stages; others may present with slow growth in the early stages and fast growth in the latter stages. However, ...

Whole Class Grade IV Literacy Lesson Plan

A Grade 4 school adviser, Kate Rollins, has been very keen on observing her class of 40 students in terms of academic achievement and physical development as part of the school curriculum. Kate’s students are children of well-off parents. Some of the students are well-behaved, while some are too naughty who likes bullying classmates. One of her students is Ruby Cruz, a typical quiet student who sometimes prefers to be alone and just watch his classmates play.
The teachers of Grade 4 students find Ruby very good in conduct as she is not a noisy and bully student. ...

Jay has flunked from his first year of college and is involved in a lot of drinking which interfere with his ambition of becoming a chemical engineer. He does not want to come for psychological treatment of his problems because of clear denial that he has a problem. Despite that, Jay was born normally with no complications at birth and during labor. He met all his developmental milestones early and was described as an advanced baby. Jay reportedly excelled in school with needing very little effort to maintain a straight ‘A’ report card even in the gifted and talented program. He is a ...

Is baby Steven gaining too much weight too quickly? Based on growth patterns and recommended weight gains for infants under one year, baby Steven is gaining weight on a perfectly normal scale. Based on reports by the CDC the average weight a baby is supposed to add in the first month is between 4-7 ounces or 112 grams to 200 grams. During breast feeding, infants who are breastfed grow differently from those gaining their nourishment from supplements and formula (Johnson, 2012). The average weight gain for a breastfeeding baby is between 0.5 kg to 1 kilogram every month if growth. The height ...

Early Childhood Development for a Mentally Retarded Child

Early childhood development is a common stage in human life, which defers in individuals child pace brought about by his/her interaction with the environment. Several factors influence children emotional, cognitive and physical changes some posing challenges to children development. In order to gain insight into children’s behavioral, thinking and strategies a step by step careful observation of the changes are considered for investigation bearing in mind the ages and sex of the children (Swift, 2005).
Considering a 4-year-old child (still in early childhood), being is introduced to Brooklyn Flatbush day care with the conditions that he is mentally challenged.

Observations and explanation

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