Disability and Child
Unit 331 p1 Understand Child and Young Persons Development Outcome 1 1.1 Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth to 19 years. Area of development | 0-1 year | 2-4 years | Physical | Physical development is usually very rapid. At birth babies depend on reflexes for movements so they can feed, or grasp a dummy and can kick their arms and legs by the age of one they have much more control over their bodies. They are learning to crawl, bum shuffle, pulling and pushing on things and trying to stand and walk holding on to thing. | Between one and two years the child will begin to walk unaided they will start toilet training and wash their own hands and face. Begin to enjoy imaginative role play. | Communication | Babies recognise familiar voices at this stage such as the voice of their parents they will stop crying when they hear them. Around the age of 3 months they start to make cooing noises and will also start turning their heads to sounds and movement. | Start to imitate what others are saying and answer to their own name. Be able to join in simple nursery rhymes enjoy books and story's they begin to use more adult forms of speech using short sentences. | Intellectual/ cognitive | Babies recognise their parents and bond with them. They will blink/twitch if they are startled by loud noises. Put things in their mouth. Respond to bright colours and lights. | Recognise pictures and books. Match shapes with other objects recognise colours use scissors to cut things out. Point to different parts of the body. Imitate other adults and children. Concentrate for longer. Start to show awareness of right from wrong. | Social/emotional/ behavioural | When babies are born they cry to communicate most of their needs because they are hungry/ tired. As they get a little older they accept feeding/sleeping. They have likes and dislikes and