Child Development
4.1.2 Analyze nurturing practices (FCSNS 15.2.2)
4.1.3 Evaluate practices of interaction that encourages appropriate behavior
4.1.4 Determine criteria for selecting care and services for children

5.0.1 Examine physical, emotional, social and intellectual development and their interrelationships (FCSNS 12.1)
5.1 Investigate the impact of heredity and environment on human growth and development
(FCSNS12.2.1)
5.2.1. Examine the role of nurturance on human growth and development (FCSNS 12.3.1)
5.2.2 Examine the role of communication on human growth and development (FCSNS 12.3.2)

S 8.4.2 Develop an understanding of regulation and behavior.

Child Development Handbook

Final Observation Report Name ______________________
Child Development

Directions: This final report plus the preschool evaluation form will be your final. Therefore, take some time and effort. Answer all questions using correct grammar, spelling, sentence structure, as well as being well organized and indepth.

Describe your observations of the child(ren) you were assigned in each of the following areas. Make special note of any changes that occurred from the first to the last week.

1. Physical Development - include small and large motor.
2. Intellectual or Mental Development – memory, language, sentence length, following directions, knowledge of numbers, letters etc, concentration length etc.
3. Social/Emotional Development – If there were times that these were separate then indicate the situation. At this age they a closely related so I left them in one category.
4. Other – This category includes anything that doesn’t fit in to one of the other categories. This could also include anything that you observed that seemed to relate all the areas together. Another item that might be considered here would be any observation of moral development – evidence of knowing right from wrong and following through with the “right” behavior.

As you write the observation report be sure to clearly label each section – do not mix them all together. This report is graded on whether you know each type of development.

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