Good nutrition may improve: • Social involvement • Emotional states

Middle Childhood Physical and Cognitive Development
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• Physical growth and influential factors • Special Needs • Cognitive Development • Language Development • Intelligence
Age range 6-12
Middle Childhood Physical and Cognitive Development
<33~~~LeArNinG ObJecTivzzz~~~<33
• Physical growth and influential factors • Special Needs • Cognitive Development • Language Development • Intelligence
Age range 6-12
Middle Childhood Physical and Cognitive Development
<33~~~LeArNinG ObJecTivzzz~~~<33
• Physical growth and influential factors • Special Needs • Cognitive Development • Language Development • Intelligence
Age range 6-12
Middle Childhood Physical and Cognitive Development
<33~~~LeArNinG ObJecTivzzz~~~<33
• Physical growth and influential factors • Special Needs • Cognitive Development • Language Development • Intelligence
Age range 6-12
Middle Childhood Physical and Cognitive Development
<33~~~LeArNinG ObJecTivzzz~~~<33
• Physical growth and influential factors • Special Needs • Cognitive Development • Language Development • Intelligence
Age range 6-12
Middle Childhood Physical and Cognitive Development
<33~~~LeArNinG ObJecTivzzz~~~<33
• Physical growth and influential factors • Special Needs • Cognitive Development • Language Development • Intelligence
Age range 6-12
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• Grow 2-3 in per year • Girls: 4’ 10” • Boys: 4’ 9”
• Only time in the lifespan when girls on average are taller than boys
• Girls start adolescence around 10 y/o
What influences growth?
• Nutrition • Genetics
• Race- black children grow faster than white children • European typically taller than Asian/Pacific Islander
• Stress
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Nutrition
• Good nutrition may improve: • Social involvement • Emotional states
• Less anxiety
• More positive states
• Motivation to explore
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• Grow 2-3 in per year • Girls: 4’ 10” • Boys: 4’ 9”
• Only time in the lifespan when girls on average are taller than boys
• Girls start adolescence around 10 y/o
What influences growth?
• Nutrition • Genetics
• Race- black children grow faster than white children • European typically taller than Asian/Pacific Islander
• Stress
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Nutrition
• Good nutrition may improve: • Social involvement • Emotional states
• Less anxiety
• More positive states
• Motivation to explore
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• Grow 2-3 in per year • Girls: 4’ 10” • Boys: 4’ 9”
• Only time in the lifespan when girls on average are taller than boys
• Girls start adolescence around 10 y/o
What influences growth?
• Nutrition • Genetics
• Race- black children grow faster than white children • European typically taller than Asian/Pacific Islander
• Stress
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Nutrition
• Good nutrition may improve: • Social involvement • Emotional states
• Less anxiety
• More positive states
• Motivation to explore
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• Grow 2-3 in per year • Girls: 4’ 10” • Boys: 4’ 9”
• Only time in the lifespan when girls on average are taller than boys
• Girls start adolescence around 10 y/o
What influences growth?
• Nutrition • Genetics
• Race- black children grow faster than white children • European typically taller than Asian/Pacific Islander
• Stress
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Nutrition
• Good nutrition may improve: • Social involvement • Emotional states
• Less anxiety
• More positive states
• Motivation to explore
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• Grow 2-3 in per year • Girls: 4’ 10” • Boys: 4’ 9”
• Only time in the lifespan when girls on average are taller than boys
• Girls start adolescence around 10 y/o
What influences growth?
• Nutrition • Genetics
• Race- black children grow faster than white children • European typically taller than Asian/Pacific Islander
• Stress
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Nutrition
• Good nutrition may improve: • Social involvement • Emotional states
• Less anxiety
• More positive states
• Motivation to explore
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• Grow 2-3 in per year • Girls: 4’ 10” • Boys: 4’ 9”
• Only time in the lifespan when girls on average are taller than boys
• Girls start adolescence around 10 y/o
What influences growth?
• Nutrition • Genetics
• Race- black children grow faster than white children • European typically taller than Asian/Pacific Islander
• Stress
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Nutrition
• Good nutrition may improve: • Social involvement • Emotional states
• Less anxiety
• More positive states
• Motivation to explore
Loading…
• Grow 2-3 in per year • Girls: 4’ 10” • Boys: 4’ 9”
• Only time in the lifespan when girls on average are taller than boys
• Girls start adolescence around 10 y/o
What influences growth?
• Nutrition • Genetics
• Race- black children grow faster than white children • European typically taller than Asian/Pacific Islander
• Stress
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Nutrition
• Good nutrition may improve: • Social involvement • Emotional states
• Less anxiety
• More positive states
• Motivation to explore
Loading…
• Grow 2-3 in per year • Girls: 4’ 10” • Boys: 4’ 9”
• Only time in the lifespan when girls on average are taller than boys
• Girls start adolescence around 10 y/o
What influences growth?
• Nutrition • Genetics
• Race- black children grow faster than white children • European typically taller than Asian/Pacific Islander
• Stress
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Nutrition
• Good nutrition may improve: • Social involvement • Emotional states
• Less anxiety
• More positive states
• Motivation to explore

• Perseverance during frustration • Alertness
Obesity
• 15% of children are obese • Higher risk for: • Heart disease • Diabetes • Cancer • Shorter lifespan
Factors that contribute to Obesity
• Diet • Genetics • Parental Style • Activity levels
• Perseverance during frustration • Alertness
Obesity
• 15% of children are obese • Higher risk for: • Heart disease • Diabetes • Cancer • Shorter lifespan
Factors that contribute to Obesity
• Diet • Genetics • Parental Style • Activity levels
• Perseverance during frustration • Alertness
Obesity
• 15% of children are obese • Higher risk for: • Heart disease • Diabetes • Cancer • Shorter lifespan
Factors that contribute to Obesity
• Diet • Genetics • Parental Style • Activity levels
• Perseverance during frustration • Alertness
Obesity
• 15% of children are obese • Higher risk for: • Heart disease • Diabetes • Cancer • Shorter lifespan
Factors that contribute to Obesity
• Diet • Genetics • Parental Style • Activity levels
• Perseverance during frustration • Alertness
Obesity
• 15% of children are obese • Higher risk for: • Heart disease • Diabetes • Cancer • Shorter lifespan
Factors that contribute to Obesity
• Diet • Genetics • Parental Style • Activity levels
• Perseverance during frustration • Alertness
Obesity
• 15% of children are obese • Higher risk for: • Heart disease • Diabetes • Cancer • Shorter lifespan
Factors that contribute to Obesity
• Diet • Genetics • Parental Style • Activity levels

Motor Skills
• Children 6-12 develop mastery of gross and fine motor skills
• Your book does a weird thing… • Myelination may help with fine motor movement
Health Problems/Development
• Lots of short-term illnesses during this age period • 90% of children 6-12 have one serious medical problem • 1 in 9 has a chronic/persistent condition • Asthma- 15 million children, over-represented in racial
and ethnic minorities • Accidents are a major concern
Special Needs
• Visual Impairments
Motor Skills
• Children 6-12 develop mastery of gross and fine motor skills
• Your book does a weird thing… • Myelination may help with fine motor movement
Health Problems/Development
• Lots of short-term illnesses during this age period • 90% of children 6-12 have one serious medical problem • 1 in 9 has a chronic/persistent condition • Asthma- 15 million children, over-represented in racial
and ethnic minorities • Accidents are a major concern
Special Needs