Family theory: be able to identify a family developmental stage by a description.
Family theory: be able to identify a family developmental stage by a
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Stage 1: Beginning family- Married couple establish home but no children
Developmental Tasks: Establishing a satisfying home and marriage relationship and
preparing for childbirth
Stage 2: Childbearing Family- From birth of 1st child until that child is 2 ½ years old
Developmental Task: Adjusting to increased family size and providing a positive
developmental environment
Stage 3: Family with Preschoolers- Oldest child is between 2 ½ and 6
Developmental tasks (DT): coping with demands on energy and attention with less
privacy at home
Stage 4: Family with School Children- When oldest child is between ages of 6 and 13
DT: Promoting educational achievement and fitting in with the community of families
with school-age children
Stage 5: Family with Teenagers- Oldest child is between ages of 13 and 20
DT: Allowing and helping children to become more independent
Stage 6: Launching Centre- When oldest child leaves family until the youngest leaves home
DT: Releasing young adults and accepting new ways of relating to them; maintaining a
supportive home base
Stage 7: Empty Nest- From time children are gone till couple retires
DT: Renewing and redefining marriage relationship; preparing for retirement years
Stage 8: Aging Family- From retirement till death of the marriage partner
DT: Adjusting to retirement; coping with death and living alone.
Growth/development: Identify normal vs. abnormal development if given a description of patient
behaviors. Define the diagnosis and meaning of Autism.
● Jean Piaget—developmental psychologist; cognitive development theories
● Piaget’s Theory:
Sensorimotor (0-2 years): Development is driven by motor development; coordination
of senses with motor response, sensory curiosity. Language used for demands and
cataloging. Object permanence developed.
Preoperational (2-7 years): Symbolic thinking, use of proper syntax and grammar to
express full concepts. Imagination and intuition are strong, but complex abstract thought
still difficult. Conservation developed.
Important milestones
Age Milestones
Newborn ● Vision is highly limited at birth (8-12 inches)
● Fixes on moving objects
● Prefers human face; establishes eye contact around one month of age
● Infant will tend to lay in flexed position; will turn head from side to side
● On horizontal suspension there will be some head sagging, but infant should not
be hypotonic
● All primitive reflexes should be present
Moro, grasp, rooting, tonic neck, etc.
● Infant should regain birthweight by 2 weeks and grow 30 g/day until 4 months of
age
● (birth weight should double at this point) If they are premature, you have to
correct for that
● Reacts to voice by one month of age—if child is not reacting, think of hearing loss
● Crying peaks around 6 weeks of age (up to 3 hours per day)
1 month old Reacts to voice, establishes eye contact
2 months old ● Infant is able to differentiate among patterns, colors, and consonants, but due to
the baby’s yet-limited ability to communicate, this may be difficult to notice
● InfantFinal Study Guide Compressed & Revised. [Show Less]