Physical Development
Occurring during prenatal development, the shift of things from having the potential to become anything to actually carrying out a dedicated function.
What is differentiation?
This basic health need helps children regain energy and supports memory and self-regulation.
What is sleep?
Two major types of cells that make up the brain.
What are neurons and glial cells?
Infants learning to control their bodies in vertical order emerging skills start first with their head movements and work downwards with leg control being last.
What is the cephalocaudal trend?
This can be incorporated throughout the school day and can help students concentrate.
What is physical activity? or What is a movement break?
What is synaptic pruning?
Infants learning to control their arms, then hands, then fingers with skills developing from their center and working outwards.
What is the proximodistal trend?
Two ways a chronic health condition can affect a student's school experience
What are attendance, academic learning, energy, attention, friendships, or social experiences?
The major section of the brain responsible for complex functions such as thinking, emotions, motivation, and learning.
What is the forebrain?
The combined highest percentage of risky behavior completed by teens within the last 30 days, with girls at 38.3% and boys at 39.6% for a whopping total of 77.9% of teenagers doing this risky behavior.`
What is sending a text or email while driving a car or other vehicle?
According to the chapter, this percentage of children ages 6-11 have two or more current or lifelong health conditions.
What is 21.5%?
Developing abilities that help children plan, focus attention, manage distractions, problem solve, and control impulses.
What are executive functions?
Two terms each defining the commencement of puberty either for boys and girls
What is menarche and spermarche?
Two ways a teacher may help support a student who frequently misses school due to chronic illness.
What are helping the manage missed lessons, making appropriate accommodations, supporting social inclusion, working with families or school professionals?
The reason why teenagers might make impulsive or risky decisions despite their capablity of sophisticated thinking.
What is the brain development for reward seeking and immediate gratification occuring before that of judgement and impulse control?