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Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth to 19 years

This video is called ‘Development milestones - school age children’ and was produced by Jessica Bailey. Watch the video and make notes. Do your observations agree with these milestones or are there others that you have seen?

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This section of the Speech and Language UK website looks specifically at the communication development of children from birth to 17 years.
The Raising Children website from Australia has sections for development under each age group on the main page banner.
‘Child development’ on the WebMD website. Click on the icon to the left to read access a guide to children development from aged 2 to 17. Select the ages you want to learn more about and the milestones. To note, the milestones include physical development, cognitive and language skills, and social and emotional growth.
Use the internet to research and view child development videos and the different areas of development:
Try to obtain and read a copy of ‘Child Development: an Illustrated Guide’ by Carolyn Meggit, published by Pearson Education. The third edition covers from birth to 19 years.