Chapter 7 PSY 201 Notes
Heath and sickness
For school-age children to develop slow and steady growth including: brain maturity, strong muscles, and other body organs good nutrition and hygiene is important.
Immunizations helps prevent a lot of childhood diseases and viruses. Two of the most common health problems seen in school-age children are asthma and obesity. If the three levels of prevention is applied this can help in the health of a child.
Primary Prevention- Happens before the sickness occur. Like making the environment better for a child.
Secondary Prevention- Avoid on-set conditions. Staying consistent with routine check-ups.
Tertiary Prevention- Treating the problem after it occurs.
Teaching and learning
Children begin to make sense of their situations.
Children become more systematic and objective
Thinking
Children are able to organize their knowledge and utilize it when needed and in the correct way.
Brain development
As the brain continues to develop in middle childhood, several behaviors that were common in early childhood can be controlled, like emotional outburst.
Ongoing maturation allows children to analyze the consequences of their behaviors before engaging in them which naturally improves with age.
This video shows a good understanding of what selective and automation attention is in middle childhood
Special needs children
There are many different disorders that a child can develop during middle childhood. Children with special needs may have mild learning disabilities or profound cognitive impairment, terminal illness or developmental delays that catch up quickly or remain entrenched, some are biological and some are unknown. When dealing with special needs children consider these four important lessons.
Abnormality is normal
Disability changes over time
Adulthood may be better or worse
Diagnosis begins with social context
Diagnoses like autism, Down syndrome, and intellectual disabilities often cause children to be removed from the mainstream and parents must be fierce advocates to make sure their children receive the services, therapy, schooling and inclusion they need and deserve.