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Paola A Salcido

College of Southern Nevada

EDU 220-1001

Dr. Rochelle Hooks

2/27/2022
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Biography

For my Pepsi Screening I have chosen an 8 year old boy named Angel. Angel is in 3rd

grade, he absolutely loves going to school and is always talking about how excited he is to start

4th grade. Angel attends C.P Squires Elementary School, C.P is part of the Clark County School

District (CCSD). He is Hispanic/Latino and lives with both his parents who are married, and 3

siblings, he is the youngest of them. Angel weighs 82 pounds and is 4’4.

He loves playing sports, his favorite sports are soccer and basketball. He says that when

he grows up he wants to be a professional soccer player. He is very active, recently he won an

electric scooter at home for reading over 700 minutes! He uses the electric scooter almost all day

after school. His family is really proud of him for being so studious.

Angel is a really good student, very respectful towards his teacher and his classmates. He

is amazing in math and social studies, but he does struggle with writing. Since he is the youngest

his siblings help him alot with school work when he has a hard time understanding a concept,

and if his parents understand his homework then they also help him out. His family is very

supportive and he is grateful.

Angel is a social butterfly. He gets along with everyone no matter their age. His

personality is very outgoing and he brightens up any room that he walks into. He loves to help

out his classmates when they are having a hard time, loves to help his teacher in anything he can,

and says his favorite thing is helping his dad build things. Angel is a very lovely person with

such a genuine heart, I'm sure he will accomplish many great things in the future.
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Physical Development

Children start experiencing physical changes at Angel’s age, 8. He is a very active boy

who loves to play in his front yard with his electric scooter, which he won from reading more

than 700 minute. He plays with it for at least an hour. “Children at this stage are becoming more

involved in organized sports, but nothing surpasses outdoor exercise and playground time in

importance for their physical well-being and development”.

Angel has two dogs, A pitbull named Kora and a poodle named Robin. They love to play

with Angel and that helps Angel with his daily exercise. Angel plays fetch with them, catch the

ball, and usually just runs with them. He likes to see who can catch up to him first. But this is

honestly every other day. He spends a lot of his days in his room playing video games. “Don’t

allow a TV in your child’s bedroom, and limit time for TV, computers and video games to one to

two hours per day.” His mother doesn’t like this and tells him it is important for him to be active

because he is a little boy who is still developing. Angel tells her that he gets bored playing

outside because he has no one to play with since his siblings are busy with college and work, and

he only has one friend in his neighborhood. He is also from a generation where technology is

used for almost everything, it is nearly impossible for him to not be surrounded by technology.

So apart from school, he is only active at home two times out of the week.
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Emotional Development

Emotional development is based on a student's experiences. Things like school, families,

and religion play a big role in Angel’s emotional development. Social and Emotional

development depend on the experiences provided by schools and families, but they also follow

predictable patterns (Slavin 54). I believe Angel goes to a great school that has a great

environment. When he comes back from school he always talks about what an amazing day he

had and how he can’t wait to go back. He speaks highly of his teachers, and his classmates as

well. Angel is doing great in his Emotional development. He gets good grades in school which

also helps him with his development. It helps him be confident and know that he can learn

anything and ask for help if he ever needs it. Students who perform poorly in elementary school

are at risk for developing poor academic self-concepts and subsequent poor performance in

upper elementary and secondary school (Guay, Marsh, & Boivin, 2003) (Slavin 56).

Angel has a good connection with everyone around him and is able to communicate

easily with everyone, especially with his classmates. Children who are disliked by their peers

tend to be highly aggressive and to lack prosocial and conflict resolution skills (Slavin 58).

Angel is sweet and loves to bring little things to school for his peers to show how much he

appreciates them, he says he doesn’t like when kids feel left out, that shows a lot about him. I

believe Angel is doing great in this aspect.

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Philosophical Development

Children learn as they go, their minds open up to new knowledge everyday whether it is

good knowledge or bad knowledge. A change in the family, such as a divorce or loss of a job,

not only influences the child directly, but may also cause changes in the child’s neighborhood,

school, place of worship, and friends (Slavin 36). Angel has not gone through any drastic

changes in his life that have affected his philosophical Development. His influences at home are

his family, he has great people who genuinely care for him. He learns good things from them and

he incorporates that to his everyday life. Whenever it is a holiday he makes sure to take

something special to his teacher and classmates, his life right now is full of love. He goes to

church with his parents and siblings every sunday, he is old enough to comprehend words but

still doesn't comprehend everything that is being told to him but whatever he learns in there, it is

pure and lovely. Nothing bad has ever come out of his mouth. No one is perfect but he is such a

sweet little boy.

Bronfenbrenner is a psychologist. Bronfenbrenner emphasizes that all of these factors are

constantly changing, and that the child him- or herself has an influence on many of them,

especially the family (Slavin 36). Although there may not be a lot of changes at home, there

might be some at school, so Angel adapts to changes little by little. Everything that surrounds a

child influences them, any little thing can make a big change in their life. I believe angel is doing

good with his philosophical development, I see the way he accepts change anywhere he goes.
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Social Development

The social network grows from an intimate relationship with parents or other guardians to

include other family members, non related adults, and peers. (Slavin 54). Children little by little

develop their personality, when they start school they are having to interact with other kids their

age and with a teacher who is a complete stranger to them. Angel is very vocal, he says what he

is feeling in the moment and is also very opinionated. When he sees something he doesn’t like or

something that doesn’t feel right, he makes sure to let anyone who is around him know. He

knows what he likes and he knows what he doesn't. He has many friends at school and even

plays with them through video games. Angel attends an after school program, the After School

All Stars program (ASAS). This is a 2 hour program that helps students in many ways. They also

offer sports and cooking programs, Angel is very social all day in school. Peer play allows

children to interact with other individuals whose level of development is similar to their own

(Slavin 54).

Angel has great social skills and while observing him I could see he picks up on many

things other people do. If he sees someone talking who expresses themselves with hand motions,

he incorporates that into his skills as well. I believe his social skills are developing will and he is

doing awesome in this area. Angel is a very fast learner, he is very intelligent.
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Intellectual Development

Everybody is different, everyone has different learning styles. Cognitive theories of

learning are very important. Theories that relate to processes that go on within the minds of

learners, and ways of helping students use their minds more effectively to learn, remember, and

use knowledge and skills (Slavin 127). Sensory Register is information held in for only a short

amount of time. Angel tries to hold a lot of information in his mind but only leaves it there for a

few minutes. He is very forgetful of the information he learns because he has a hard time

focusing. He could be listening to someone and at that same moment also be listening to dogs

barking at a house nearby, to the airplane above him, and to his friends who are chit chatting on

the other side. It is important for him to practice paying attention to information. But it is also

important for him and the other person to take it slowly so he can slowly absorb the information

that is being given to him.

He is graded on listening at school. He has a low score because like I stated before, he is

not very good at paying attention. Teachers can help him better himself in this area of

development. Some teachers raise or lower their voices to signal that they are about to impart

critical information, others use gestures, repetition, or body position to communicate the same

message (Slavin 130). Angel needs help with Intellectual Development, but it is normal for kids

his age to lose focus easily.

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Recommendation for each development area

● Physical Development- It is important for children to be active everyday. They might get

hurt and dirty in the process but it is necessary for them to stay physically healthy. It

helps their mind also stay active.

● Emotional Development- There are many mood swings at this age, it is helpful to sit the

child down and explain things to them when they get upset. They are still learning so

everything is confusing to them, that will only frustrate them more.

● Philosophical Development- Children at this age start expressing themselves more,

some bad things might slip. It is important to remember that anything they hear, they will

say in the future. Positive affirmations can be very helpful.

● Social Development- Many kids are shy, and some are outgoing. They start creating

close relationships with their friends so it is important that they learn how to respect one

another.

● Intellectual Development- Kids are learning new things daily, they are still developing

which means they are going to have so much in their little minds that when you ask a

question, they will try to locate the right words to use when answering you. Take it

slowly and don’t get frustrated with them.

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References

Physical Development: Ages 8-10. (n.d.). KidCentral TN. Retrieved February 27, 2022,

from https://www.kidcentraltn.com/development/8-10-years/physical-development-ages-

8-10.html

Slavin, R. E. (2020). Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice (13th ed.).

https://plus.pearson.com.