External Factors That Influence Development

There are a range of external factors that influence the development of children and young people. Below is a list of these external factors and an explanation to how they influence development.
Stress- Itâ€TMs true that children and young people can and do suffer from stress and this may be because of over scheduling, problems at home or difficulties with their school work. Children and young people can suffer from stress because they are highly susceptible to what is portrayed in the media: Celebrity influences. They are also susceptible to what they see on TV, movies or in video games such as violence causing uncertainty and insecurity in the child or young person. All of which negatively influence the emotional development because due to

Their emotional development may also be affected because they can be sensitive to light and touch so normal soothing techniques you would use with other children may not be as affective with a child who has ADHD or ADD.
Question: Question 4
Answer: Current practices are influenced by different theories of development. There are three main approaches in terms of developmental theories and they are: Psychodynamic, behaviourist and cognitive. Below are explanations of how theories under each of these approaches influence current practices.
Psychodynamic
Sigmund Freud believed that what we experience as children, shape how we think and feel as adults. Therefore, depending on what we experience early on in life determines whether we will be well or poorly adjusted for our everyday lives. Freud also theorised that our thoughts are on a sub conscious level and therefore we cannot control them. To illustrate this Freud created a personality structure made up of three elements that show how children move through three areas:
Id- This is biological and it is when the child will act on instinct †̃I wantâ€TM
Superego- this is psychological and when the child has more intelligence †̃I

Vygotskyâ€TMs theory of development influences current practices because staff in a school setting will support children who may find a particular task difficult and by also praising children when they behave well in social situations to teach them that that is the correct way to behave.
In contrast to Vygotskyâ€TMs theory, Piaget believed that intelligence is an aid to how children adapt to their environment, in other words children develop in response to their experiences and that children learn many things on their own without the intervention of older children or adults. Piaget believed that this is because children are †̃intrinsically motivated to learnâ€TM and do not need rewards from adult for motivation. (http://psych.colorado.edu/~colunga/p4684/piaget.pdf)
Frameworks
Current practices are also influenced by Frameworks. Frameworks are sets of requirements provided by the government to ensure that children and young people are offered legal, quality care, learning and development