1 to 12 months of age
INFANT
Psychosexual Stage (Freud) of infant?
ORAL
Psychosocial Stage (Erikson) of infant?
TRUST VS. MISTRUST
Cognitive Stage (Piaget) of infant?
SENSORIMOTOR (0-2yrs)
WHAT IS THE PLAY OF INFANT?
SOLITARY
Purposes of Play:
To practice motor skills
To gain coordination
To relate to objects and people
They play with their own body or by themselves
SOLITARY
Should stimulate all senses and be bright, multi-colored
AGE-APPROPRIATE TOYS
7 example of age appropriate toys
WHAT IS THE GREATEST FEAR OF AN INFANT?
STRANGER ANXIETY
Starts after 6 months of age
STRANGER ANXIETY
An increase in physical size of the whole body or any of its parts and can be measured by inches or centimeters and in pounds or kilograms
GROWTH
Progressive increase in skill and capacity of function
DEVELOPMENT
They are well endowed with equalities and abilities needed to ensure their survival and promote their development
CHILDREN ARE COMPETENT
The physical and behavioral characteristics of each age and the changes that occur would increasing age are similar from child to child
CHILDREN RESEMBLE ONE ANOTHER
The differences from child to child are due to a combination of heredity and constitutional makeup, racial and national characteristics, sex, environment
EACH CHILD IS UNIQUE
Growth is more advanced at and near the head and gradually progresses downward to the neck, the trunk and the extremities
CEPHALOCAUDAL
Growth proceeds outward, from the central axis of the body toward the periphery
PROXIMO-DISTAL
Example. From crying at birth to complete sentence at preschool age
GENERAL TO SPECIFIC
Example. From walking at 12 months of age to pedaling the trike at 3 years
SIMPLE TO COMPLEX
4 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ARE DIRECTIONAL
Cephalocaudal
Proximo-distal
General to specific
Simple to complex
The whole body does not grow at once
ASYNCHRONOUS GROWTH
Different regions and subsystems develop at different rates and times
ASYNCHRONOUS GROWTH
There are only two periods of very rapid growth:
Fetal-Infancy period
Adolescence