ECE100 | Child Growth and Development

Running head: ECE100 CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
ECE100 child growth and development
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Executive Summary
In the paper, there is a brief discussion of the children growth and development. The
paper will help in the understanding of the ways of handling children during the stage of their
development. There can be changes in the children during the growth period that has to be
noticed by the parents and teachers.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Theories and Approaches to Child Development......................................................................4
Teratogens Brochure..................................................................................................................5
Critical Thinking Exercises........................................................................................................5
Physical Development in Preschool Years................................................................................5
Design an Early Education Program for Pre-schoolers..............................................................5
Building Self-Esteem.................................................................................................................7
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder..................................................................................7
Adolescent Viewpoints..............................................................................................................8
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
Reference list..............................................................................................................................9
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Child development is an important factor that helps a child to grow happily and with
enough nutrients. Children are the growing youth of the nation depending on which there will
be changes in the democracy of the country. Various factors have an impact on child
development. There can be diseases that can lead to slow child development. Depending on
the psychology and physical health, child development can be measured. Apart from mental
and psychological development, personality development also has a great impact on the
development of the child (De Onis 2017). The paper is an elaborate discussion about child
growth and development that includes the mental, physical and personality growth of a child.
Several diseases have been mentioned that have an impact on child development and growth.
Hence, the paper helps in a better understanding of child growth and development.
Theories and Approaches to Child Development
The psychodynamic perspective is a theory that has been developed by Sigmund
Freud. It is the theory that helps in the understanding of the unconscious mind of ours. This
theory helps one to understand the emotion, sensitivity, behaviours, preferences, and drives of
a person (Bornstein 2018). The behavioural perspective is a theory that helps in the
understanding of the behaviour of a person. It helps in the determination of the behaviour of a
person (Meichenbaum 2017). Various other theories have been identified that have a great
impact on child development and growth in early life childhood. The cognitive perspective is
a theory that helps in the understanding of the memory, thinking and problem-solving action
of the people. On the other hand, theories like contextual perspective is an understanding of
the relationship between physical, cognitive and social. The evolutionary perspectives theory
has been an attempt to understand the psychology or the mental condition of a person. It can
be also explained as an understanding of psychological traits. The behavioural theory is a