Assessment of Children’s Behaviour

In this essay, the author

• Explains that observing and assessing children formalises the link between theory and practice. observing a child today is focused on what’s wrong with the child and how we can intervene to help that particular child.
• Opines that it is important to know how to observe in order to collect the necessary data in the most useful, accurate and efficient way.
• Explains that observation reduces the possibility of children being unfairly labelled, which can create its own set of problems.
• Explains that sociograms are used to indicate one particular child's social relationships within a group, or to look at friendship patterns of all the children within the group.
• Explains the advantages and disadvantages of using the observation technique to establish meaningful relationships.
• Opines that the observation technique of sociograms can be a useful way of identifying popular children and those needing help to form relationships.
• Explains that environmental factors link with poverty and nutrition, and poor quality of life can lead to poor physical and emotional health.
• Explains that emotional health problems may arise due to worries and anxieties from their surrounding lifestyle. poor housing is usually in high-populated areas, which can cause stress for both the child and parents.
• Opines that children should have a balanced diet, which provides energy and nourishment. it reduces the risk of ill health, such as anaemia and dental decay.
• Explains that children from poor run-down environments are more likely to follow their parents into a trade rather than taking up further education. the government argue that social background shouldn’t be an excuse for poor educational achievement.
• Explains that there is a huge divide between children's ability levels. curriculum now starts at the age of three at nursery to try to help children develop more equally.
• Explains that the parents of a child are the biggest influence of their life and have an important impact on their future health, well-being and overall life. there are various strategies for managing unwanted behaviour.
• Opines that the career should remain calm and consider the approach before hand. negatively dealing with children's behaviour can damage their self-esteem and create further problems.
• Explains how pavlov developed one of the most important learning theories.
• Argues that learning is best achieved through association. pavlov believed that we associate one action with another to produce a desired effect.
• Explains that if the mother speaks to the baby without touching its cheek, it will still look in the direction of her voice. albert bandura developed another learning theory.
• Narrates how children watched a video where someone aggressively hit the bobo doll and hurled it down, sat on it and punched it repeatedly. after the video, the children were placed with attractive toys, but they could not touch them.
• Explains that bandura and other researchers founded that 88% of the children imitated the aggressive behaviour. children learn through observing and imitating another a (model).
• Explains that piaget believed that children develop a mental structure or (schema) and that interacting with the world, and learning through discovery construct their understanding of reality.
• Explains how piaget used his children to make detailed observations, which gradually developed a theory of learning.
• Explains that piaget used the term ‘schema’ to describe a child’s thoughts, which helped children to adapt and grow. although he is one of the most well known theorists, his research methods have been criticised.
• Opines that piaget underestimated children's level of thinking, suggesting that cognitive development of children was linked to maturation, and that children could not be ‘fast tracked’ through these stages.