Life Span School Age Chapter 9. School Age AKA: Late childhood Formal education Ends with – Puberty.

Life Span

School AgeChapter 9

School Age

• AKA: Late childhood• Formal education• Ends with– Puberty

School Age: Summary

• Growth – Slow and steady

• Relationships– Family peer

• Goal directed• Permanent teeth• Sexual tranquility

Height & Weight

• Height– 2-3 inch / year

• Weight– 5 lbs / year

• Girls > Boys

Bone and Muscle Development

• Growing pains• Posture changes– Center of gravity moves • Downward

– Pelvis tips backwards – Chest flattens

• h strength• Posture

Sensory Development

• Visual maturity – Age 6-7

• Peripheral vision• Depth perception– Hand-eye coordination

• Large print – No longer needed

Teeth

• Loss of deciduous teeth– 6-7

• Appearance of permanent teeth

• Dental visits– Q 6 months

Development of the GI System

• i GI intolerances• h stomach capacity

Development of the Nervous System

• motor skills• cognitive • Senses mature– Taste– Smell Discriminatory– Touch

Development of the Immune system

• Peak antibody levels• Tonsils & Adenoids

Vital Signs

• Pulse– 90

• Murmurs– 50%

• BP– 100/60

• Resp– Alveoli – 20/min

Motor development

• Stronger • Better coordinated• Gender Differences

Motor development

Boys• Stronger• Running• Jumping• Throwing• Endurance

Girls• Balance• Coordination• Fine motor skills

Motor Development: 6-7

• Print • Throw• Catch• Swim• Tie shoes

Motor Development: 7-8

• Smoother• Ball & bat

Motor Development: 8

• Pencil• Print cursive• Musical instruments• Outgoing– Fearless

• Select games based on interests

Motor Development: 9-10

• Sports

Sexual Development

• Questions– “How would you feel?”

• Relationships– Same gender

• Puberty

Psychosocial Development

• See themselves as – Producers

• Social focus– World

• Motivated • Positive reinforcement

Psychosocial Development: 6-7

• Energy • New projects• Short attention span

Psychosocial Development: 9

• Initiate task• Completion

Psychosocial Development: 11

• Delayed gratification

Relationships

• Friends– Numerous– Short duration– Same gender

• Sibling rivalry• Family relationships• Parent affection

• Privacy• $• Hygiene• Room organization• Expression of emotions

Discipline

• Balance– Limits– Praise / rewards

• Chores

Special Concern

• TV Violence

Special Concern

• Video games• Computer

• Avoid – Inappropriate– personal info– Chat rooms

• Limit time• Report• Password

Special Concern

• “Latchkey” children • Specific place & time• Check in• Teach • Designate• Rehearse• Schedule

Cognitive Development

• Conservation– is when a child

concentrates on an object's physical appearance instead of superficial changes

Cognitive Development

• Reversibility– the child understands

that numbers or objects can be changed, then returned to their original state. For this reason, a child will be able to rapidly determine that if 4+4 equals t, t−4 will equal 4, the original quantity.

Cognitive Development

• Causation– Cause & effect

• Seriation– the ability to sort

objects in an order according to size, shape, or any other characteristic. For example, if given different-shaded objects they may make a color gradient.

• Classification– the ability to name and

identify sets of objects according to appearance, size or other characteristic, including the idea that one set of objects can include another.

Cognitive development

• Perspective• Time, space &

dimension• Braggers• Bullying– School phobia– Somatic conditions

Moral development

• Transition• Reciprocity– Concern for others

• Law & Order

Communication

• Vocabulary– multiple meaning

• Swearing• Code language

Nutrition

• Calcium• Saturated fats• Breakfast• Obesity• Food not reward

Sleep & Rest

• 6 yr old– 12 hours

• 11 yr old– 10 hours

Play

• Pretend reality• Competition

Safety

• MVA• Protective gear• Water safety• Just say “no”

Stranger Danger

School Violence

Substance Abuse