Typical Development
Typical Development, Cont'd.
Families 101
Developmental Theories
Behavior Support and Skill Development
100

Unique, uneven, continuous, and not always visible.

What is growth/development?

100

Humor emerges at this age.

What is preschool? (Typically ages 3-5)

100

A kinship unit that, even when its members do not share a common household, may exist as a social reality.

What is a family?

100

The gap between what a learner can do independently and what they can achieve with guidance from a more knowledgeable person

What is the zone of proximal development?

100

Just the right help, just the right time, just the right way.

What is skill scaffolding?

200

A startle response to sudden movement or loud sound, a reflex inhibited between 2-6 months in typically developing babies.

What is the Moro Reflex?
200

The age where cognitive development leads to improved reasoning and decision-making, but still impulsivity at times.

What is Early Adolescence (pre-teens)?

200

This group may experience over-identification, embarrassment, resentment, guilt, confusion, or pressure to excel as a result of having a family member with a disability.

Who are siblings?

200

A framework in healthcare that considers the interplay between biological, psychological, and social factors to understand and address a person's health and illness

What is the biopsychosocial model?

200

The process of expanding on or adding variety to play routines to encourage development.

What are play elaborations?

300

The age at which a typically developing child is expected to stand on one foot for 10 seconds or longer, hop, do somersaults, and swing or climb.

What is five years old?

300

The cognitive capacity to think about mental states,
including emotions, beliefs, desires and knowledge, both our own and of others.

What is Theory of Mind?

300

This stage of the parental journey is marked by thoughts of the child not being the one who was wanted, feelings of inadequacy, searching for answers/mistakes, and wanting to believe the child they were supposed to have is still there.

What is the Shock and Panic stage?

300

A phase of cognitive development in children that usually occurs between the ages of 7 and 11. During this stage, children begin to think logically and rationally.

What is the Concrete Operations Stage?
300

This approach to behavior support typically includes the ABC approach to behavior modification.

What is positive behavior support?

400

The age when a typically developing child is expected to take turns in games, get upset with major changes in routine, and dress/undress themselves.

What is three years old?

400

A quick and easy assessment tool used to evaluate a newborn's health status immediately after birth

What is the APGAR?

400

A phenomenon marked by sadness, pain, and anger. Often triggered by major milestones, birthdays, or holidays.

What is chronic sorrow?

400

Children grasp past, present, and future concepts more clearly and can navigate spatial relationships (e.g., knowing that school happens before lunchtime).

What is the development of understanding time and space?

400

A scientifically-based therapy that uses the principles of learning and behavior to modify and improve socially significant behaviors, primarily used to help individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) learn new skills and reduce challenging behaviors by reinforcing positive actions; it focuses on identifying and rewarding desired behaviors while decreasing undesirable ones.

What is ABA?

500

The age when a typically developing child begins to play simple pretend games, will begin to explore alone but stay close to the caregiver, and likes to hand things to others as play.

What is eighteen months old?

500

The age where an infant begins to smile at people?

What is two months?

500

Being aware of and respecting the differences in beliefs, values, norms, and behaviors across various cultures, understanding that these differences exist without assigning a negative or positive value to them, essentially recognizing and appreciating cultural diversity without judgment.

What is cultural responsiveness/sensitivity?

500

The understanding that actions can be undone or reversed (e.g., knowing that flattening a ball of clay doesn’t mean it’s permanently changed).

What is Reversibility?

500

Communication.

What is behavior?

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