Preschool
Consistency with boundaries, time out, taking away fun items, explaining choices
What is discipline?
Normal behavior that stems from curiosity and causes pleasure but needs to be taught appropriate social boundaries and redirection
What is masturbation?
What is consistency, limit-setting, rewarding good behaviors, teaching consequences, and allowing the child to have some feedback on appropriate consequences?
Some unintentional injuries for school-age children
What are water, bike, gun, internet, and fire safety?
Erikson's developmental theory for adolescents
What is Identity vs Role Confusion?
Imaginary friend, stuffed animals, fears, vivid imagination
What is magical thinking?
Some unintentional injuries for preschool children
What are handguns, fire, bicycles, poisons, motor vehicles, water?
Common social-emotional development in older children
What are being preoccupied with peers and body image?
Erikson's developmental theory for school-age children
What is industry vs inferiority?
Puberty-related changes bring about some of the following concerns
What is pregnancy, STI's, hygiene concerns, body image issues?
According to Erikson's developmental theory, preschoolers experience pleasure with success and guilt when not successful
What is initiative vs guilt?
According to Piaget's developmental theory, children start to know right from wrong, exhibits egocentric thinking, displaying animism
What is the preoperational stage?
The way some children see hospitalization
Techniques to manage fears in school-age children
What is reassurance, involving them in coping strategies, avoid talking about concerning things in front of them?
Some important aspects of communication with adolescents
What is being mindful of body language, sitting on their level, being honest and respectful, and soliciting their input?
May occur because the child gears punishment or imagination gets carried away
What is lying?
Some techniques to gain cooperation in children
What is allow independence and choices when able, explain what to expect, allow child to perform on doll first?
Concerning behavioral changes
What are depression, withdrawal, anger, acting-out, substance abuse?
Using Piaget's concrete operational theory, this is the best way to illicit cooperation with school-age children
What is giving them a job or something to manage/manipulate?
Some unintentional injuries for adolescents
What is substance abuse, guns, motor vehicles, impulsive actions, social media?
Expected gross motor skills for a preschool child
What are undresses themselves, climbs stairs with alternate feet, stands on one foot for 10+ seconds, skips, catching improves?
Expected fine motor skills for a preschool child
What are traces letters and shapes, undresses themselves, stacks 9-10 blocks, can draw basic stick figures, uses scissors?
Educational needs of older children
What are appropriate screen time, proper hygiene, peer pressure, healthy vs abusive relationships, proper nutrition and hydration?
Language development in school-age children
What is an expansive vocabulary, understands and uses innuendos, foul language, and metaphors?
Kohlberg's moral development for adolescents
What is development of their moral compass, evaluates the morals of others?