Sentences with phrase «describe cognitive development»

The theory is considered «constructivist», meaning that, unlike nativist theories (which describe cognitive development as the unfolding of innate knowledge and abilities) or empiricist theories (which describe cognitive development as the gradual acquisition of knowledge through experience), it asserts that we construct our cognitive abilities through self - motivated action in the world.

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Zecavati is a pediatric neurologist who treats children with microcephaly and can describe the neurologic signs and symptoms associated with microcephaly, including the various causes of microcephaly and how microcephaly affects a child's development and cognitive abilities.

Jacobs describes how Summit Public schools, a charter school network known for «an approach that emphasizes both project - based and self - paced learning as well as the development of cognitive skills» has been sharing its model with schools around the countroy for free with support from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

MTI methodologies take into consideration the child's cognitive development, issues of number, meanings of operations and how they relate to one another, and computation within the number system as a foundation for algebra, number systems, ways of representing numbers, meanings of operations and how they relate to one another, working with qualitative and quantitative change and the need to describe and predict variation.

Be sure to use relevant teaching keywords to demonstrate your understanding of teacher - speak, terms such as «cooperative learning» or «cognitive development,» and describe your classroom style or objectives.

These toxic stress - induced changes in brain structure and function mediate, at least in part, the well - described relationship between adversity and altered life - course trajectories (see Fig 1).4, 6 A hyper - responsive or chronically activated stress response contributes to the inflammation and changes in immune function that are seen in those chronic, noncommunicable diseases often associated with childhood adversity, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cirrhosis, type II diabetes, depression, and cardiovascular disease.4, 6 Impairments in critical SE, language, and cognitive skills contribute to the fractured social networks often associated with childhood adversity, like school failure, poverty, divorce, homelessness, violence, and limited access to healthcare.4, 19,58 — 60 Finally, behavioral allostasis, or the adoption of potentially maladaptive behaviors to deal or cope with chronic stress, begins to explain the association between childhood adversity and unhealthy lifestyles, like alcohol, tobacco, and substance abuse, promiscuity, gambling, and obesity.4, 6,61 Taken together, these 3 general classes of altered developmental outcomes (unhealthy lifestyles, fractured social networks, and changes in immune function) contribute to the development of noncommunicable diseases and encompass many of the morbidities associated epidemiologically with childhood adversity.4, 6

After reviewing the circumstantial and neglect / abuse causes for the development of maladative attachment of an infant / toddler with his / her caregiver, the workshop describes the manifestations of Attachment and Trauma Dysregulation on children and youth in the following areas: behavioral, cognitive, affectivity, physical and spiritual / moral.

Addressing Early Mental Health and Developmental Needs (PDF - 460 KB) Klain, Pilnik, Talati, Maze, Diamond - Berry, Hudson, et al. (2009) In Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Futures: A Judge's Guide Describes the cognitive and developmental needs of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in foster care and shares practices that support healthy cognitive and social - emotional development.

Piaget emphasized the importance of schemas in cognitive development and described how they were developed or acquired.

Children's development of the cognitive and social skills needed for later success in school may be best supported by a parenting style known as responsive parenting.1 Responsiveness is an aspect of supportive parenting described across different theories and research frameworks (e.g. attachment, socio - cultural) as playing an important role in providing a strong foundation for children to develop optimally.2 - 4 Parenting that provides positive affection and high levels of warmth and is responsive in ways that are contingently linked to a young child's signals («contingent responsiveness») are the affective - emotional aspects of a responsive style.5 These aspects, in combination with behaviours that are cognitively responsive to the child's needs, including the provision of rich verbal input and maintaining and expanding on the child's interests, provide the range of support necessary for multiple aspects of a child's learning.6

The present review describes the current state of the research linking maternal depressed mood and children's cognitive and language development.

The third component describes that this problematic interaction with the mother impairs the development of adequate social skills and cognitive styles in children.