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TS AND TODD
FAN LER
IN S
Presented by: Adelaine Arma A course requirement in The Child and Adolescent Learners
trace the physical development that
you have gone through as infants
and toddlers
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
identify the factors that
enhance/impede the physical
development of infants and toddlers
WEIGHT
Grow rapidly once they adjust to sucking,
swallowing, and digesting
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
Myelination
Myelination or
or Myelinization
Myelinization
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
At birth, the brain is about 25% of its adult
BRAIN weight.
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
MOTOR
DEVELOPMENT
Reflexes
Reflexes
REFLEXES
Initiated when something touches the
roof of an infant's mouth.
Sucking
Sucking Reflex
Reflex
REFLEXES
Rooting
Rooting Reflex
Reflex Most evident when an infant's cheek is
stroked.
REFLEXES
Gripping
Gripping Reflex
Reflex Babies will grasp anything that is placed
in their palm.
REFLEXES
When the inner sole of a baby’s foot is
Toe
Toe Curling
Curling Reflex
Reflex stroked, the infant will respond by
curling his or her toes.
REFLEXES
Infants will respond to sudden sounds
or movements by throwing their arms
Startle/Moro
Startle/Moro Reflex
Reflex and legs out, and throwing their heads
back.
REFLEXES
The galant reflex is shown when an
Galant
Galant Reflex
Reflex infants middle or lower back is stroked
next to the spinal cord.
REFLEXES
The tonic neck reflex is demonstrated in
Tonic
Tonic Neck
Neck Reflex
Reflex infants who are placed on their
abdomens.
REFLEXES
Gross
Gross Motor
Motor Skills
Skills
adult.
bitter solutions.