Unit 4 Assignment Checklist 2 Unit 4 Assignment: Multidisciplinary Team Group Name (Ex. “Group A) _______C_____ Each team member will submit this form to the Unit 4 Assignment Dropbox. This form will document how you collaborated to create the child care center for the Unit 4 Assignment. Additionally, this form will be partly used to grade the group on the Professional Competency Outcome PC-1.1: Engage in a team setting with professional integrity and respect. Team Members (assigned by faculty member): 1. Nida Memon 2. Ashona Fisher 3. Brandi Ortiz 4. Camille Guy 5. Rachel Arevalo 6. 7. How did the team decide on multidisciplinary team roles? We all picked it for ourselves. We decided for ourselves and other members approved. Enter the names of the students who completed each portion of the Assignment. (If you are NOT assigned to a team of 7, then not all positions will be filled however, each team should utilize an Introduction and a Conclusion.) · Introduction (name): _____Camille Guy____ · Speech-language therapist(name): ____Brandi Ortiz_____ · Physical therapist (name): _________ · Developmental psychologist (name): ___Ashona Fisher______ · Cognitive psychologist (name): __Nida Memon_______ · Family Psychologist (name): ______Rachel Arevalo___ · Conclusion (name): _________ How did your team decide on how deadlines were met? How did the team communicate in the Team Area? Was the collaboration process useful? Did each members of the team engage with the team with integrity and respect? Explain your answers. Speech & Language Development Brandi Ortiz PS220: Child & Adolescent Psychology Unit 4 Group Project Speech/Language within Cognitive Development Children just want to be heard. They want to communicate and be understood. This immense need to communicate is what drives them to learn to speak. Often, children become frustrated and can appear to be grumpy or acting out but simply put, they just want something and cannot adequately tell you. As cute as those baby cooing sounds are, language development is a huge step in a positive direction for the infant. According to the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (as cited in Bukatko, 2008, pp. 227) , the following skills should be in use around the corresponding age: 2 months- Turns head to sound, plays with rattle, reacts to disappearance of face 6 months- Lifts cup by handle, looks for fallen spoon, looks at pictures in book 12 months- Builds tower of 2 cubes, turns pages of book 17-19 months- imitates crayon stroke, identifies objects in photograph 23-25 months- Matches pictures, uses pronouns, imitates a 2-word sentence 38-42 months – Names 4 colors, uses past tense, identifies gender Speech/Language within Social Development We tend to speak to children in motherese at this early stage of their lives. Motherese (parentese) is defined as “simple, repetitive, high-pitched speech of caregiver ...

1. Unit 4 Assignment Checklist
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Unit 4 Assignment: Multidisciplinary Team
Group Name (Ex. “Group A) _______C_____
Each team member will submit this form to the Unit 4
Assignment Dropbox.
This form will document how you collaborated to create the
child care center for the Unit 4 Assignment. Additionally, this
form will be partly used to grade the group on the Professional
Competency Outcome PC-1.1: Engage in a team setting with
professional integrity and respect.
Team Members (assigned by faculty member):
1. Nida Memon
2. Ashona Fisher
3. Brandi Ortiz
4. Camille Guy
5. Rachel Arevalo
6.
7.
How did the team decide on multidisciplinary team roles?
We all picked it for ourselves. We decided for ourselves and
other members approved.
Enter the names of the students who completed each portion of
the Assignment.
(If you are NOT assigned to a team of 7, then not all positions
will be filled however, each team should utilize an Introduction

2. and a Conclusion.)
· Introduction (name): _____Camille Guy____
· Speech-language therapist(name): ____Brandi Ortiz_____
· Physical therapist (name): _________
· Developmental psychologist (name): ___Ashona Fisher______
· Cognitive psychologist (name): __Nida Memon_______
· Family Psychologist (name): ______Rachel Arevalo___
· Conclusion (name): _________
How did your team decide on how deadlines were met?
How did the team communicate in the Team Area? Was the
collaboration process useful? Did each members of the team
engage with the team with integrity and respect? Explain your
answers.
Speech & Language Development
Brandi Ortiz
PS220: Child & Adolescent Psychology
Unit 4 Group Project
Speech/Language within Cognitive Development
Children just want to be heard. They want to communicate and
be understood. This immense need to communicate is what
drives them to learn to speak. Often, children become frustrated
and can appear to be grumpy or acting out but simply put, they
just want something and cannot adequately tell you. As cute as

3. those baby cooing sounds are, language development is a huge
step in a positive direction for the infant.
According to the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler
Development (as cited in Bukatko, 2008, pp. 227) , the
following skills should be in use around the corresponding age:
2 months- Turns head to sound, plays with rattle, reacts to
disappearance of face
6 months- Lifts cup by handle, looks for fallen spoon, looks at
pictures in book
12 months- Builds tower of 2 cubes, turns pages of book
17-19 months- imitates crayon stroke, identifies objects in
photograph
23-25 months- Matches pictures, uses pronouns, imitates a 2-
word sentence
38-42 months – Names 4 colors, uses past tense, identifies
gender
Speech/Language within Social Development
We tend to speak to children in motherese at this early stage of
their lives. Motherese (parentese) is defined as “simple,
repetitive, high-pitched speech of caregivers to young children;
includes many questions” (Bukatko, 2008, pp.218). This use of
motherese is beneficial to language development.
What are the main lessons in language at this infant stage? Let’s
begin with turn taking. Turn taking is just as it sounds. It is
where the parent and child take turns vocalizing to one another.
Although you may not understand what they are saying as you
would an adult, you can communicate back and forth with the
child and the child will begin to pick up conversation style.
Often times, we ask our children questions so that they can
answer rather than trying to come up with the words all by
themselves. “Elements of conversation that explicitly request a
response from the child,” are called turnabouts (Bukatko, 2008,
pp.227). Moreover, there are times when a child says something
incorrectly and as the adult we recast and correct what they

4. have said by repeating it back to them as it should have been
said. Finally, there are expansions. Expansions are “more
elaborate verbal forms” of language. (Bukatko, 2008, pp.228).
For example, if a child simply states “dog bark”, a caregiver
could expand on it by saying “Yes, the dog barks at the bus.”
How We Will Address Speech/Language Needs
“Joint attention, those times in which child and caregiver share
the same “psychological space,” are important contexts for
language acquisition. Researchers have found that the amount of
time infants spend in joint attention with their caregivers,
whether in book reading or other contexts, is a strong predictor
of their early language skills” (Bukatko, 2008, pp. 230).
We will focus on joint attention and incorporate motherese, turn
taking, turnabouts, recast and expansion on a daily, continuous
basis.
By asking questions which warrant a response other than “yes”
or “no”
Show excitement in their interests and ask further questions
about those interests
Practice turn taking and recast during our talks
Show interest by providing adequate eye contact
How We Will Address Speech/Language Needs
Reading time will be designated every day with lots of age
appropriate books. This will provide good joint attention as well
as opportunities to listen and talk. There will also be labels on
nouns throughout the room to help the children to connect the
word with the items through repetition.
Music time will also be scheduled daily and will incorporate fun
song singing, instrument playing, and finger-play (peek-a-boo,
pat-a-cake, itsy-bitsy-spider).
Dramatic play is a good way to get the infants chatting. We will

5. have items such as a play kitchen, play clean up items,
telephones, and puppets to encourage them to play and talk
amongst each other while mimicking what they would see and
hear at home.
Throughout the day, we will also identify colors, count, go over
the weather, and introduce them to a different objects offering
intrigue and a chance to question and answer.
Reference
Bukatko, D. (2008). Child and Adolescent Development: A
Chronological Approach. Boston, NY: Houghton Mifflin.
Why is a Center like this needed?
From birth to age 2, children have some of the most important
developmental milestones of their life.
It’s important to make sure that during this time, they’re given
every opportunity to make the best of it!
What all can a center like this offer?
This center focuses on all the areas of development for children.
We will have specialized programs that each child can take
advantage of. These programs will be developed by
professionals in that field.
Teachers will work together with parents and professionals,
bringing the programs full circle.
How does this help the children?
This is a very important time for children. It is vital that they

6. receive as much assistance in their development as possible!
Making sure that they're given every opportunity early on in
their development will ensure success later on!
This sets a strong foundation for other developmental
milestones.
What does this mean for parents?
With a center that has such a strong focus on your child's
development, you will receive helpful information from the
teachers and professionals about where your child is in their
journey.
You will have access to a team of professionals that will work
with you and your child, ensuring all around communication!
Rachel Arevalo
Family Psychologist
Ages (0-2)
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Relationships
Here at Our Child Care Center we want each child and their
families to have a wonderful place to come. We want each child
to build a relationship with their care giver as well as the
parents. This is crucial for the child as well as the parents. It
has been studied and conformed that children that have a good
relationship with their care giver early in life, will go on to
form great relationships with their teachers. This will not only
help the child socially, but educationally.

7. Positives about children entering a child care facility early in
age.
Social and cognitive benefits
Better relationship with teachers through out the years
Better social skills
Compliance with adults
Children ages 0-2 will have many chances to build peer
relationships as well as caregiver relationships. Infants are born
with an inner push for social interaction. Here at the child care
center we encourage social interaction. In the infant room ages
0-6 months the infants are held for all feedings. They are talked
to. Infants 3-6 months have tummy time all together. This gives
them that social building. 7-11 months have social interaction
by having free time. This is where the movers and shakers can
have room to move on the floor as the smaller infants are down
for a rest in their cribs.
Centers
Dance
Puzzles
Lego’s
Reading (Storytime)
Children 12-24 months are in another area of the facility. This
age group is much more mobile and like to socialize much more.
They are give time in centers. The children can bust a move in
our dance center, or move right over and build a mansion in our
Lego center. We also have to get our brains in motion at the
puzzle center. Children here learn a lot through play and
interaction. Socializing with peers as well as with the care
givers. We wind down for a rest as we listen to one of our care
givers read one of our favorite stories.

8. References:
Bukatko, D. (2008). Child and Adolescent Development. A
Chronological Approach. Mason: Cengage Learning.
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/stages-
milestones/social-development-0-2-year-olds
Aaron Arevalo
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy for ages 0-2 months
We check to see if the child can hold their head at a 45 degree
angle while on their tummies.
Are able to roll from back to either their right or left side.
Physical therapy for ages 3-5 months
Can hold head alined with body in a sitting position
Can sit with their hands as support
Can bring hands to middle of back
Can kick their legs one at a time outwards
Physical therapy for ages 6-8 months
Rolls from front to back and back to front.
Can sit by themselves

9. Physical therapy for ages 9-11 months
Can get up from lying down to sitting with hands.
Can get in crawling position on knees
Will start the early signs of crawling
Physical therapy for ages 12-15 months
Pulls up to a stand by themselves on furniture
Will walk as long as they have a hold on something
Can stand alone for a moment
Will walk slow on a flat surface
15-18 months:
Will crawl up and down steps
Can roll and throw a ball
Can kick large balls
Can independently get on and off push toys

10. References
http://mykidspot.net/physical-therapy-tri-cities/
Bukatko, D. (2008). Child and Adolescent Development. A
Chronological Approach. Mason: Cengage Learning.
CHILD CARE CENTRE
Student’s NameInstitutional Affiliation
CHILD CARE CENTRE
IntroductionDefinitionApproximately 12,500 hours
of child care per child.
- Child care centers are small institutions that are meant to care
for small children, usually from the age of six weeks to three or
four years old ("Child Trends", 2012).
- It has been found that a child may actually be under the care
of a child care center for up to 12,500 hours ("GSA", n.d).
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11. CHILD CARE CENTRE
IntroductionPurpose of presentation.Essential components of a
complete state-of-the-art child care center.
Speech-language therapist
Physical therapist
Developmental psychologist
Cognitive psychologist
Family psychologist.
-This presentation will focus on the essential components of a
state-of-the-art child care center and a complete child care
center will be designed and proposed.
- It will describe and explain these essential components. Such
as the need for a speech-language therapist, physical therapist,
developmental psychologist, cognitive psychologist and a
family psychologist.
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CHILD CARE CENTRE
Introduction
Importance of the proposed child care centerBusy working
parentsActive childrenComplete child-care-center
- The proposed child care center should be opened because child
care centers are essential in any community.
- Working parents may lack time to take care of their infants
and thus book them in child care center(s). In this center, a
child will be helped in their growth.

12. - Active children may benefit a lot from this child care center.
This is because the proposed child center will be complete and
will focus on every growth aspect of a child.
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References
"Child Trends". (2012). Child Care. Retrieved from
http://www.childtrends.org/?indicators=child- care
"GSA". (n.d). How to Plan and Design Child Care Centers.
Retrieved from
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/103653
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CHILD CARE CENTRE
Nida MemonKaplan University
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13. CHILD CARE CENTRE
Cognitive PsychologistsCognitive psychologists play a crucial
role in the cognitive development of children between the ages
of 0 to 2.Inherent cognitive skills and abilities in
children.Learning methods for children (sensorimotor period):
Touching
Hearing
Grasping
Seeing1 cognitive psychologist checks on 10 children
-Cognitive psychologists play a crucial role in the cognitive
development of children between the ages of 0 to 2.
-Babies are born with cognitive skills and abilities.
-These skills and abilities need to be nurtured and improved.
-When children are at these ages, 0 – 2, they learn about things
around them through touching, grasping, hearing, and seeing
(Anthony, n.d).
-This is what is called the sensorimotor period.
-This calls for the services of a cognitive psychologist.
-The proposed child care center will require cognitive
psychologists to nurture a group of ten children each.
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CHILD CARE CENTRE
Cognitive Psychologists
Role
- Develop the senses and actions of children to learn and grow.
- Incorporate games that develop the cause and effect
understanding of children.
- Help children transition from the sensorimotor period.

14. - Develop the senses and actions of children to learn and grow.
They will help children learn basic reflexes and develop stages
through which they will move on to the complex sensory and
motor skills.
- They will also incorporate games that develop the cause and
effect understanding of children. For instance peekaboo.
- Help children transition from the sensorimotor period to the
stage where they learn and understand that they are separate
from their surrounding environment.
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CHILD CARE CENTRE
Cognitive Psychologists
Importance
Children tend to develop mental representation
Children learn and start practicing imitation.
They will start thinking on their own and develop insight
- Children tend to develop mental representation. This involves
the creation and storage of mental images.
- Children learn and start practicing imitation.
- They will start thinking on their own and develop insight
(Anthony, n.d).
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References
Anthony, M. (n.d). Cognitive Development in 0-2 Year Olds.
Retrieved from
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/

15. article/stages- milestones/cognitive- development-0-2-
year-olds
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Design and Propose a Child Care Center
Your instructor will assign you to a team of 6-7 members to
complete this Assignment. Team assignments will be posted at
the beginning of Unit 4 as an announcement to the course.
Imagine that your group is a multidisciplinary team proposing
the design of a state of the art child care center for children
between the ages of 0-2. The following roles are available for
the group assignment, and each team member must choose a
specific role.
After each of you has selected your role, you will be designing
a state-of-the-art child care center that meets the
speech/language, physical, psychological, and cognitive needs
of a 0-2-year-old. Once your child care center has been
designed, create a PowerPoint presentation describing the center
and how it will address the cognitive, physical, and social needs
of infants.
Your group should use the group area allocated in the course to
discuss, collaborate, and work together on the assignment.
Please refrain from using e-mail, phone, text, etc. when
communicating with each other; only use the group area within
the course.
Each team member must select one of the following roles for
the group, and then create 3-4 slides for their specific role. Be
sure each member’s name is listed on their first slide of the
presentation.
1. Introduction (let the audience know the purpose of the
presentation and rationale for why this child care center should
open) [3-4 slides].
2. Speech-language therapist specializing in the language

16. development of children between the ages of 0–2 [3-4 slides].
3. Physical therapist specializing in the physical needs of
children between the ages of 0–2 [3-4 slides].
4. Developmental psychologist specializing in the
psychological/emotional needs of children between the ages of
0–2 [3-4 slides].
5. Cognitive psychologist specializing in the cognitive needs of
children between the ages of 0–2 [3-4 slides].
6. Family psychologist specializing in the attachment and
familial needs of children between the ages of 0–2 [3-4 slides].
7. Conclusion (wraps up and summarizes the presentation and
provides a list of references) [3-4 slides].