Models of Child Development
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1. Reflective function fits in with Greenspan's model of child development because it is the ability to look at what is being done and reflect on the experience, and Greenspan's theory is that children make strong attachments very early in life to the people who take care of them - their parents and caregivers (The DIR). These attachments are fostered by the interactions of the child and the caregiver or parent who spends a lot of time with them. He believes that infants can form these attachments very early and that those taking care of a child should interact with it as much as possible, talking to it and making its arms and legs move as it is being talked to. He believes this interaction stimulates development of the brain, and that even before the child can speak, it can still learn a great deal from its surroundings and its interactions with others. Greenspan's theory is that language, cognition (including math and quantity concepts), and emotional and social skills are learned through interactive relationships involving affective changes (The DIR). Research has shown that the mind and brain grow the most in the early years through interactions with caregivers which involve warmth, security, relatedness, engagement, back and forth emotional signals and gestures, problem solving, using ideas in meaningful and functional ways, thinking and reasoning, and regulation of input so the child is not overwhelmed. The key is emotional interaction. Reflective function f
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they had bad experiences in the past associated with spirituality and prayer, or have ambivalent feelings towards them or disorganized feelings, then they will not have the same attachment to them and their reflection on them will not bring them comfort. They may avoid spirituality and prayer, or be ambivalent towards them, depending on how they were presented to them in the past and what kind of attachment they made with them. Their feelings may be disorganized and they may not know how to approach spirituality and prayer because they did not have the opportunity to form attachments with them in the past, and do not know how they should respond to them in the current situation.
4. Conduct disorder is a condition in which a person violates the rights of others, and generally occurs in males, occurring in 9 percent of boys and two percent of girls under age 18 years (Wood, 2005). These children are constantly in trouble at home and at school, and despite their tough image, they usually have low self-esteem. They get frustrated easily, are irritable, have temper outbursts and are reckless as a rule. Conduct disorder in children often leads to adult antisocial personality disorder. These children lie, cheat, are aggressiv
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