Child and Adolescent Psychology

Psychology It is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors. Study of the mind and mental functions.

Free will and intellect Human personsChild stage of innocence, with protection, love and care.Adolescent Stage of human life to an adult. (developed Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, social, Cultural, moral and Spiritual.

P.D. 603, Article 3.Rights of the Child.- All children shall be entitled to the rights herein set forth without distinction as to legitimacy or illegitimacy, sex, social status, religion, political antecedents, and other factors.

1) Every child is endowed with the dignity and worth of a human being from the moment of his conception, as generally accepted in medical parlance, and has, therefore, the right to be born well.2) Every child has the right to a wholesome family life that will provide him with love, care and understanding, guidance and counseling, and moral and material security. The dependent or abandoned child shall be provided with the nearest substitute for a home.3) Every child has the right to a well-rounded development of his personality to the end that he may become a happy, useful and active member of society.a. The gifted child shall be given opportunity and encouragement to develop his special talents.b. The emotionally disturbed or socially maladjusted child shall be treated with sympathy and understanding, and shall be entitled to treatment and competent care.c. The physically or mentally handicapped child shall be given the treatment, education and care required by his particular condition.4) Every child has the right to a balanced diet, adequate clothing, sufficient shelter, proper medical attention, and all the basic physical requirements of a healthy and vigorous life.5) Every child has the right to be brought up in an atmosphere of morality and rectitude for the enrichment and the strengthening of his character.6) Every child has the right to an education commensurate with his abilities and to the development of his skills for the improvement of his capacity for service to himself and to his fellowmen.7) Every child has the right to full opportunities for safe and wholesome recreation and activities, individual as well as social, for the wholesome use of his leisure hours.8) Every child has the right to protection against exploitation, improper influences, hazards, and other conditions or circumstances prejudicial to his physical, mental, emotional, social and moral development.9) Every child has the right to live in a community and a society that can offer him an environment free from pernicious influences and conducive to the promotion of his health and the cultivation of his desirable traits and attributes.10) Every child has the right to the care, assistance, and protection of the State, particularly when his parents or guardians fail or are unable to provide him with his fundamental needs for growth, development, and improvement.11) Every child has the right to an efficient and honest government that will deepen his faith in democracy and inspire him with the morality of the constituted authorities both in their public and private lives.12) Every child has the right to grow up as a free individual, in an atmosphere of peace, understanding, tolerance, and universal brotherhood, and with the determination to contribute his share in the building of a better world.

Development Progressive Development

Purpose of development1. To know what society expect to us 2. With the expectation of the society, society motivates us.3. For the individual to do what society expected to us.

Learning The result of the day to day activities or experiences of the individual. Development Orderly change occurring in an individual life.Progressive development The preparedness and awareness of an individual to learn. Maturation and Learning complement one another.

Changes occurs:a) Change in size physical and mentalb) Change in proportion (balance)c) Disappearance of old featuresi. Thymus glandsii. Haley hairiii. Locomotiond) Disappearance of new features or acquisition of new featuresi. Neurotic behaviorii. Moral norms

Rate of developmenta) Rapid prenatal period, (plateau the first two weeks where there is no chages occur. No physical development) b) Slow - 6 years old to adolescent, Childhood to adolescent

Saturation point the point where there is no learning has acquired.

VariationEncouragement to learn

TAWID Trustworthy, Available, Willingness and Openness, Interested, Duable

Developmental Readiness is the state of preparedness or awareness to one or more areas concerning the responsibilities and functioning of the individual. The effectiveness of learning depends upon Maturation. That one cannot learn Sine quo non unavoidable

Factors influencing Attitude towards development1) Appearance visible and visual representation of oneself2) Change in Behavior (senescence or mental lapses)3) Cultural Stereotypes the media and other forms of media and society affects us. (example No Originality)4) Cultural Values bending the law Pakikisama Pakikibagay Age gap5) Role changes Dual career family6) Personal experiences

Significant facts about development1) Early foundations are Critical2) The role of motivation and Learning Change occur when there is proper motivation3) Development follows a definite and predictable pattern The physical law of Cephalocaudal and Proximodistali. Cephalocaudal growth occurring from head to footii. Proximodistal growth spread outward from the central axis of the body to the extrimities4) All individuals are different Maturation is the complement of learning Life Span development Life long process, from death Late adulthood, 65 years death5) An education has a characteristics pattern of behavior6) Each phases of development has hazard7) Development is aided by stimulation8) Development is affected by cultural changes9) There is always social expectation for any stage of development10) There are traditional beliefs about people of old ages kinship Family ties

Life span development1) Prenatal from conception to birth 2) Infancy From birth to the end of second week3) Babyhood from 2nd week to the end of 2 years old4) Early childhood from 2nd year to 6 years old5) Late childhood from 6 years old to 10-12 years of age6) Puberty/ Pre-adolescent from 10-12 years of age to 14 years of age7) Adolescence 14 years of age to 18 years of age8) Early Adulthood 18 years of age to 35 years of age9) Middle Adulthood 35 years of age to 65 years of age10) Late adulthood 65 years of age death

Developmental Tasks:

Babyhood and Early Childhood1) Learning to take food2) Learning to walk3) Learning to talk4) Getting ready to read5) Learning to control the elimination of body waste6) Learning sex differences and sexual modesty7) Learning to distinguish right from wrong8) Learning to develop a conscience

Late Childhood 1) Learning physical skills necessarily for ordinary game2) Learning to get along with an age mate3) Aware of yourself as growing organisms or individual4) Developing an appropriate masculine or feminine social roles5) They learn/developing fundamental shells in reading, writing and calculating6) Developing a concept for everydays life7) Developing a conscience as sense of morality and such values8) Developing an attitude toward a social group or institutions9) Personal freedom or independence

Adolescence1) Achieving one or more and mature relation with age-mate or both sexes2) Acquiring Masculine and Feminine role3) Accepting ones physique and using ones body effectively4) Desiring , accepting and achieving social responsible behavior5) Achieving emotional independence from parents or other adults6) Preparing for an economic life or economic career7) Developing an ideology, acquiring an ethical system

Early adulthood1) Getting started to an occupation2) Select a mate3) Learn to level with a marriage partners4) Nuclear family5) Have children6) Started to have a home7) Taking responsibility8) Choosing a congenial group

Middle adulthood1) Achieving a adult civic and social responsibility2) Assisting children to be responsible happy adult3) Developing an adult leisure time activities4) Relating to a one spouse a person5) Readying to a physiological change

Late adulthood1) Senescence age2) Preparing for the death of the spouse3) Adjusting to the retirement age4) Adjusting to reduce income5) Physical satisfactory life established6) Flexible life7) Decreasing physical strength and health