Laser Lessons - Lesson

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

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In this tutorial you will learn:

That it is normal for children to develop a certain skill within a given time span, known as developmental norms
How observation plays a crucial part in monitoring a child's development
About the times when you need to be particularly sensitive and supportive

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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.
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.
This article on ‘The ages and stages of child development’ contains links on different areas of specific development for the different ages of children.
Click to read more about ‘Child milestones: Key Stages’ from Dr Gummer’s Good Play Guide.
Use the internet to research and view child development videos and the different areas of development: Physical Intellectual/cognitive Social and emotional Communication