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Multi-Disciplinary Assessment:
Psycho-Developmental Aspect
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Psychological Development
Biological processes
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Biological Processes :
Prenatal Development & Birth
Conception
The penetration of an ovum (egg) by a sperm cell
Zygote
A single cell formed though fertilization
Germinal period
First 2 weeks after conception
Creation of the zygote
Embryonic period
3 to 8 weeks after conception
Fetal period
2 to 7 months after conception
Preterm infant
An infant who is born prior to 38 weeks into the
prenatal period
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Color-blindedness
Hemophilia (bleeders disease)
Muscular dystrophy (Duchennes form)
Diabetes
Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (lack of sweat glands and
teeth)
Night blindness (certain forms)
Deafness (certain forms)
Atrophy of optic nerve
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Biological Processes
Reflexes in the newborn
Survival reflexes
Breathing reflex
Pupillary reflex
Rooting reflex
Sucking reflex
Swallowing reflex
Biological Processes
Reflexes in the newborn
Primitive (subcortical) reflexes
Babinski reflex
Grasping reflex
Moro reflex
Swimming reflex
Stepping reflex
Withdrawal reflex
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Biological Processes
Motor Skills
Biological Processes
Motor Skills
Principles of Motor-Skill Development
Differentiation
Cephalocaudal development (head to tail)
Proximodistal development (center of the body to
extremities)
Experience
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Biological Processes
Motor Skills
Controlled eye movements
Reaching and grasping
Walking
Biological Processes
Motor Skills
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Assimilation
The incorporation of new information into ones
existing knowledge
Accommodation
An individuals adjustment to new information
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Cognitive Development
Piagets Concrete Operation Stage
Concrete Operation Stage
From 7 to 11 years
Children acquire and use cognitive operations
(mental activities that are components of logical
thought); understand basic relations among and
properties of objects and events.
They become more proficient at inferring motives by
observing others behavior and the circumstances in
which it occurs.
Lack of abstract thought
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Cognitive Development
Piagets Formal Operational Stage
Formal operational stage
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Socio-emotional Development
Reciprocity
Emotional reactions to the unfamiliar
Stranger distress
Formation of attachments
Imprinting
The tendency of an infant animal to form an
attachment to the first moving object it sees or
hears
Socio-emotional Development:
Attachment
Patterns of Attachment
Secure attachment
Anxious attachment
Anxious-resistant attachment
Anxious-avoidant attachment
Disorganized-disoriented attachment
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Socio-emotional Development:
Infant Temperament Characteristics
Activity
Rhythmicity
Approach-withdrawal
Adaptability
Intensity
Threshold
Mood
Distractibility
Persistence of attention
Socio-emotional Development
Easy child
Difficult child
Slow-to-warm-up child
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Socio-emotional Development
Eriksons theory (Freud)
Trust versus mistrust (Oral)
Birth to 1 year old
Autonomy versus shame and doubt (Anal)
1 to 3 years old
Initiative versus guilt (Phallic)
3 to 6 years old
Socio-emotional Development
Industry versus inferiority (Latency)
6 years to puberty (12 years)
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Conventional level
Intermediate internalization
Stage 3- interpersonal norms
Stage 4- social system morality
Postconventional level
Full internalization
Stage 5- Community rights vs. individual rights
Stage 6- Universal ethical principles
Care perspective
Sees people in terms of their connectedness with
others
Focuses on interpersonal communication,
relationships with others, and concern for others
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Communication disorders
Expressive language disorder / mixed
receptive/expressive language disorder /
phonological disorder / stuttering
Elimination disorders
Encopresis (lacks bowel control)
Enuresis (lacks bladder control)
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Validity:
Is the test really measuring what it is intended to
measure?
Norms:
Where do you stand in comparison to a group with
characteristics similar to yours?
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Sitting
Standing
Walking
Stair climbing
Manipulatory skills of hands and fingers
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Verbal
Perceptual-performance
Quantitative
General cognitive
Memory
Motor
Piagetian Scales
Fagans Test of Infant Intelligence
Infant-Toddler Developmental Assessment
Ravens Progressive Matrices, esp. Colored
Progressive Matrices for children 5.5-11.5
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Projective Tests
Goodenough Draw-a-Man Test
Variations: The Woman scale; the Self scale; Draw
a House; Draw a Family
Childs accuracy of observation and the
development of conceptual thinking, rather than
artistic skill
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