TYPICAL & ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENT

Middle Childhood
ACTIVITY
 Analysis

During the development of a child there is always a change in every

stages. Considering the factors that affects them.
 ABSTRACTION

Middle childhood brings many changes in a child’s

life.
By this time, children can dress themselves, catch a
ball more easily using only their hands, and tie their
shoes. Having independence from family becomes
more important now. Events such as starting school
bring children this age into regular contact with the
larger world. Friendships become more and more
important. Physical, social, and mental skills
develop quickly at this time.
This is a critical time for children to
develop confidence in all areas of
life.
 TYPICAL development
refer to children acquiring a wide range of skills
similar to the majority of children their same age
within their same culture. However, the term
"typical" development is more accepted by
parents than the term "normal" development.
 Atypical development

is when development doesn't follow the normal

course. It could include things like learning and
social disabilities and disorders.
TYPICAL development
• Emotional/Social Changes

• Show more independence from parents and family.

• Start to think about the future.
• Understand more about his or her place in the world.
• Pay more attention to friendships and teamwork.
• Want to be liked and accepted by friends.
 Cognitive

• Between the ages of about 7 and 11, children are in the

period of cognitive development that Jean Piaget referred
to as the concrete operational stage. During this period of
intellectual development, kids become increasingly skilled
at understanding logical and concrete information.
However, they still struggle to grasp hypothetical or
abstract concepts.
• This Stage children

• Show rapid development of mental skills.

• Learn better ways to describe experiences and talk about
thoughts and feelings.
• Have less focus on one’s self and more concern for others.
• Physical Development

• children typically have acquired a leaner, more athletic appearance.

Girls and boys still have similar body shapes and proportions until both
sexes reach puberty, the process whereby children sexually mature
into teenagers and adults. After puberty, secondary sexual
characteristics—breasts and curves in females, deeper voice and
broad shoulders in males—make distinguishing females from males
much easier.

• Girls and boys grow about 2 to 3 inches and gain about 7 pounds per
year until puberty. Skeletal bones and muscles broaden and lengthen,
which may cause children (and adolescents) to experience growing
pains. Skeletal growth in middle childhood is also associated with
losing the deciduous teeth, or baby teeth.
Atypical development
There are behavior that's different from normal
developmental expectations based on the child's
age. If it can be determined that a child's
development is significantly delayed or different
from that of their peers, it would be considered
abnormal development.
Abnormal development can manifest in different ways,
especially in children. There can be physical delays, such as
a delay in gross motor skills. There can be cognitive
dyfuntion such as inability to focus attention.
EXAMPLE :
• Down syndrome (DS or DNS),

•also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder

caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy
of chromosome 21. It is typically associated with
physical growth delays, characteristic facial
features, and mild to moderate intellectual
disability.
Autism

a complex neurobehavioral condition that includes

impairments in social interaction and developmental
language and communication skills combined with
rigid, repetitive behaviors.
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