Biological development and health

Developmental biology studies the processes by which organisms grow and develop.

Childish

There are four general understandings of the role of the developing brain and other systems in early childhood development.

Rapid brain development during early childhood

The brain develops through the interaction of genes and the environment.

The impact of stress on development

Early psychological and social adversities that begin during fetal development can have significant short- and long-term effects on brain development.

The immune and endocrine systems may be affected by stress.

Individual differences in sensitivity to surroundings.

Individual differences can affect the environment of susceptible children.

The interplay of genes and environment.

Genes and environmental factors and experiences influence the child development.

Neither environment nor biology alone is destiny.

They help to understand how children's formative experiences are carried out in their environment and help educators to understand the complexity and importance of their role

Teenager

Transitional period between childhood and adulthood The timing and speed with which these changes occur vary due to genetics and environment.

The changes that occur during this period are

Physical development

In males, growth is slower but they reach accelerated growth when they reach mature age.

Women have an early growth spurt

Intellectual ans Psychology

Increase in risk behaviors and elevated emotions during this period

Of personality

The adolescent frontal lobe responsible for judgment, drive, control, and planning is still maturing.

Social

Period of remarkable change that helps lay the foundation for future psychological development.

The brain develops during the prenatal period, but it will continue to undergo further changes in early childhood.

It occurs in three main stages:

Germinal stage

Embryonic period

Fetal period

Brain development before birth

The development of the human brain begins in the third week of gestation and lasts until at least the end of adolescence.

Two processes that contribute to brain development:

Molecular events (gene expression)

Impact of the environment.

These processes interact to support events that outline brain development, both gene expression and environmental information.

They are essential for normal brain development, and disrupting any of them can fundamentally alter neural outcomes.

Learning at school requires various cognitive activities such as: paying attention, observing, memorizing, understanding, etc.

Children go through the following stages of learning:

A baby or a baby who learns through the senses 2-7 years
Development of the ability to reason and think.

More than 7 can reason and think, but are less focused and can look outside of themselves.

At the age of 12 reason and test your ideas

Children and adolescents learn in different ways:

Age

Learning styles

Personality

There are factors to consider in order to be in good health. Are genetics, environment, relationships with friends and family, and level of education and income.

The relationship between school performance and various health problems includes the following:

Poor sleep: such as poor sleep patterns, resistance to going to bed, snoring, sleep apnea, and daytime sleepiness. Bad sleep = bad grades.

Exercise: Physical activity helps children develop social skills, improve mental health, and is associated with fewer risky behaviors.

Improves cognition, mood, attention, and academic performance

Importance of breakfast: some students do not eat enough food and this can affect learning ability

A healthy breakfast is an effective means of improving academic performance and cognitive functioning.

Obesity: It is associated with an increase in type 2 diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, asthma, fat-releasing disease, cancer, psychological problems etc

Asthma. Children with this disease are at risk of poor academic performance due to acute exacerbations of the disease

Chronic health problems: Diseases such as diabetes, epilepsy, cancer, hemophilia, congenital heart conditions, and HIV can affect children's school attendance and performance

The first year is a period of rapid development of motor, language, social, sensory, and thinking skills

Child development covers the following skills:

Cognition: the ability to learn and solve problems.

Social interaction and emotional regulation: interacting with others and mastering self-control

Speech and language: understanding and use of language, reading and communication.

Physical skills: fine motor skills (fingers) and gross motor skills (whole body)

Sensory awareness: recording sensory information for use (Kid sense)

Child development refers to the sequence of physical, language, thinking, and emotional changes that occur in a child from birth to early adulthood.

During this process:

Child development is influenced by genes passed on by parents, events during prenatal life, the environment, and the ability to learn

The child goes from dependence on his parents to greater independence.