School Age Flashcards
(24 cards)
School agers (6 to 12yrs): BG
-Wt: 4-6lbs/yr
-Ht: 2 inches/yr
-Teeth - may have braces, still losing teeth
-Gen Appear: slimmer w/ long legs
-Inc in muscle (but not strong)
-Dec in head circum in relation to height
-Thinner waist
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Maturation of Systems
Bladder cap inc, HR/RR steadily DEC, BP INC, immune system becomes more competent (but are more sick when they start school bc they don’t have the antibodies to fight infections)
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Teeth (basics)
Deciduous teeth lost and perm teeth erupt/avg child gains 28 teeth btw 6 & 12 yrs, this is the time when kids get braces/orthodontist work
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Dental Health
Cavities are a huge issue in this age group, floss (most children hate to, atleast 2/day), brushing 2/day, promote good snacks (protein/dairy), fruits and veggies
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Motor/Sensory Dev
MILESTONE: Brain growth (size) complete by 10 yrs; greater stamina and energy, bone growth faster than muscle and ligament dev, susceptible to fractures, vision 20/20 by 6-7yrs
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Fine Motor Dev
6 yr-tie shoelaces, cut and paste, print (reverse letters)
7 yr - reads
8 yr - script writing/cursive
9 yr - mature writing
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Motor Dev for 6-8yrs
6-8yrs - rides a bike, runs, jumps, climbs and hops, has improved eye-hand coord, prints word/learns cursive writing, can brush/comb hair
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Motor Dev for 8-10yrs
8-10yrs - throws ball, participates in organized sports, uses both hands independently, handles eating utensils
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Motor Dev 10-12 yrs
10-12yrs - enjoys all phy activities, continues to improve motor coordination
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Stress & Coping
Super natural beings, storms, injury, the dark, staying home alone, separation from parents, things on tv/movies, failure in school, tests, being unattractive (starting to compare to peers)
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Sleep
Sleep time declines slightly, but inc during pre-pubertal growth spurt
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Play Summary
play changes to reflect new stage of dev, inc phy skill/ability, and fantasy, children form a sense of belonging with their group of friends, often seen as CONFORMITY AND RITUAL CHARACTERIZE THIS PLAY, really want to be with their peers (HUGE)
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Play at 6, 8 and 10 yrs
6yrs - have longer attn spans and cont to prefer structured act’s
8yrs - table games, hate to lose
10yrs - ready for competition
Observes/classifies- (Piaget comes in here), also loves music and logical thinking
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Social Dev
11 yrs - being “awkwardly” mixing, bullying can arise here
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Temperament
Easy children - adapt readily to school/new sit’s
Slow to warm up - uncomfy in new sit’s
Difficult/easily distracted - ACT OUT, may not fit in
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Social Dev Summary
continues to be egocentric, wants other children to play with, insists on being first in everything, becomes peer oriented, improves rel with siblings, greater self-control/confident, respects parents, engages in tasks of the real world
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Red flags (4)
School failure, lack of friends, social isolation, aggressive beh (fights, fire setting, animal abuse)
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Theorists - Erickson
Industry vs Inferiority - children get the skills to help them become active members of society, attain personal/interpersonal competence thru technologic/social skills, may take part in things that require practice, music/hobbies are enjoyed if they are small and short in duration, need freq reinforcement of the “process” rather than the “product”, short model in short amt of time helps them gain industry, accomplishment encourages dev (child with diabetes may gain sense of achievement by learning to assess own glucose level)
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Theorists - Piaget
concrete operational - able to use thoughts to experience events/sit’s, mental operations such as classifying things, much less rigid and egocentric, progress from making judgements on what they see (preconceived thinking) to making judgements on what they think (conceptual thinking), learn reversibility meaning they can think about things and the consequences of those actions, learn conservation of liquid, mass, length, area etc, can also serialize things -collections by age 7 and sort/catalog by age 8
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Cog Dev
they learn operational thought or concentrate on phenomena they can actually SEE occurring
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Theorists - Kohlberg
Conventional Morality - Stage 3 or 4 - individual acts to gain approval of others, good beh is what pleases others, RESPECT FOR RULES, laws and properly constituted author, RARELY QUESTION THOSE IN AUTH Ithis is a huge reason why so many children in this age group are sexually molested, they do not question the auth figure who is telling them what to do and to not say anything, for ex), believe what adults tell them to do is right, and feel guilty when they break rules
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Lang
learn syntax of lang and grammar, able to use lang to give directions, can make inferences about word meanings, meta-linguistic awareness (they understand jokes, riddles, puns, humor)
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Personal/Social Dev
peer groups huge, both sexes tolerant of each other, learn to argue/persuade/bargain, confidence in family gives them the ability to “venture forth” into the world, sibling conflict inc as siblings get older, parents must act as parents not PALS, CONSISTENT CONTROL AND STRUCTURE, parents help these kids not act on every urge, body image emphasis is huge here, head is most noticeable part of body, aware of disabilities, concerned but not express concerns to fam
School agers (6 to 12yrs): Prepubescence
2 yr period that precedes puberty, differences btw boys and girls, EARLY APPEARANCE of secondary sex characteristics in girls and LATE APPEARANCE in boys (associated with risk taking behaviors) Summary - girls who dev earlier become more involved in risk-taking beh, and boys who hit puberty later feel as though they must “prove” themselves and “take risks”
