Developmental Assessment and the School-Aged Child

Developmental Assessment and the School-Aged Child
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Developmental Assessment and the School-aged Child
Introduction
A case study has been organized to analyze the seven years old child interests in various home-based activities and classroom. By assigning various tasks related to social, creative, conceptual, and technical areas, the child is judged by his performance in such areas and then the particular field will be selected accordingly based on his interests ADDIN EN.CITE Neitzel2016701(Neitzel, Alexander, & Johnson, 2016)70170117Neitzel, CarinAlexander, Joyce M.Johnson, Kathy E.Young Children’s Interest-Oriented Activity and Later Academic Self-Regulation Strategies in KindergartenJournal of Research in Childhood EducationJournal of Research in Childhood Education474-49330420162016/10/01Routledge0256-8543https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2016.121536010.1080/02568543.2016.1215360(Neitzel, Alexander, & Johnson, 2016). Such type of assessment is helpful to prepare the child as per his field of interest.
Physical Assessment
The growth of the child is the major factor the effects its intellect because the malnutrition can cause lack of intellect in the child. So physical assessment of the child has been taken place in the study along with other measures. It has been observed that child nourishment is up to the requirement ADDIN EN.CITE Neitzel2016701(Neitzel et al., 2016)70170117Neitzel, CarinAlexander, Joyce M.Johnson, Kathy E.Young Children’s Interest-Oriented Activity and Later Academic Self-Regulation Strategies in KindergartenJournal of Research in Childhood EducationJournal of Research in Childhood Education474-49330420162016/10/01Routledge0256-8543https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2016.121536010.1080/02568543.2016.1215360(Neitzel et al., 2016). The case study encourages the developmental assessment of academic self-regulation performance of the child who is seven years old.
Assessment Techniques Modification
Modification in the classroom environment by organizing extracurricular activities so the child is able to talk, share, and interact with other fellows effectively. This practice is effective for the child who is timid and avoids social gatherings. Another effective technique that can be helpful to groom the 7 years old child personality is time management ADDIN EN.CITE Dawson2018702(Dawson & Guare, 2018)7027026Dawson, P.Guare, R.Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention2018Guilford Publications9781462535316https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=YQ1aDwAAQBAJ(Dawson & Guare, 2018). Various games and tasks can develop a sense in the child to accomplish work on time.
Developmental Theory
The Piaget theory is applied for the child who is only 7 years old and his various actions and responses have been observed with respect to the theory. According to the case study, the selected child is quite self-centred and prefers to think f...