DEFINITIONS

Growth
Growth refers to a person’s physical development they go through
naturally in their life

Development
The act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development;
economic development.

Life Expectancy
An estimated number of years a person can expect to live on average.

Life course
A life course is a map of what is expected or planned to happen in
someone’s life.

Maturation
This is the term used when development is assumed to be due to a
genetically programmed sequence of change.

Development norms
Development norms, describe an average set of expectations in regard to
an infant or a child’s development.

Holistic development
Development norms, describe an average set of expectations in regard to
an infant or a child’s development.

People have pies, or physical, intellectual, emotional and social needs.