What did you find most interesting regarding the health issue each learner selected? one paragraph each post Desiree post Skeletal growth along with brain development, grow rapidly during early childhood. Although it can vary from culture to culture, the fact remains that there will be undeniably a growth spurt in physical and mental development. Skeletal growth is what is the most obvious during development. We notice the physical changes of children getting taller, thinner, baby teeth falling out and even facial maturity. Brain development is noticeable over a period of time. Memory, language, attention, and coordination can all be indicators of mental development.             Asthma is said to be the most chronic disease in child development. It is defined as “a condition in which your airways narrow and swell and produce extra mucus. This can make breathing difficult and trigger coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath” (Clinic, 2016). Factors that have a major influence on asthma are pre and post birth smoking environments. Another factor that grossly effects asthma is air pollution. “Air pollutions exposure before 2-3 years of age appear most important for asthma development” (Nina Clark, 2010). Although there is no cure for asthma, nebulizers and inhalers are used to keep it under control. This health issue is so important to me because my husband suffers from severe asthma, and I worry that it will be passed down to our young daughters. LaRoya post During the preschool age, children learn how to regulator their physical development and movement patterns through physical activities & play. Gross motor skills are essential for running jumping and throwing throwing. Gross motor skills develop faster than fine motor development skills, which progress at a slower pace during this age range. Physical activities that develop and nurture preschoolers' coordination, fine motor skills and gross motor skills will benefit them to progress physically and it may also increase their interactions and performance times with one another. Educating children about having a healthy lifestyle and encouraging a positive body image is critically imperative at this age. The most vital way for parents to assist children in developing a lifestyle of healthy attitudes and behaviors towards food and exercise is to train, to demonstrate, and to encourage correct eating and activity patterns. It is also imperative to continue to deliver children with love and nurturing that builds string, positive self - images based on attributes other than appearance is important as well. It is extremely important for child's health development to be assessed and observed. This is the period in which young children reach their developmental milestones emotional, cognitive and motor skills. During this time young children are at risk of many health conditions, one that is extremely known is obesity. Childhood obesity raise the risk for cardiovascular disease and can ...

1. What did you find most interesting regarding the health issue
each learner selected? one paragraph each post
Desiree post
Skeletal growth along with brain development, grow rapidly
during early childhood. Although it can vary from culture to
culture, the fact remains that there will be undeniably a growth
spurt in physical and mental development. Skeletal growth is
what is the most obvious during development. We notice the
physical changes of children getting taller, thinner, baby teeth
falling out and even facial maturity. Brain development is
noticeable over a period of time. Memory, language, attention,
and coordination can all be indicators of mental development.
Asthma is said to be the most chronic disease in child
development. It is defined as “a condition in which your
airways narrow and swell and produce extra mucus. This can
make breathing difficult and trigger coughing, wheezing and
shortness of breath” (Clinic, 2016). Factors that have a major
influence on asthma are pre and post birth smoking
environments. Another factor that grossly effects asthma is air
pollution. “Air pollutions exposure before 2-3 years of age
appear most important for asthma development” (Nina Clark,
2010). Although there is no cure for asthma, nebulizers and
inhalers are used to keep it under control. This health issue is so
important to me because my husband suffers from severe
asthma, and I worry that it will be passed down to our young
daughters.

2. LaRoya post
During the preschool age, children learn how to regulator their
physical development and movement patterns through physical
activities & play. Gross motor skills are essential for running
jumping and throwing throwing. Gross motor skills develop
faster than fine motor development skills, which progress at a
slower pace during this age range. Physical activities that
develop and nurture preschoolers' coordination, fine motor
skills and gross motor skills will benefit them to progress
physically and it may also increase their interactions and
performance times with one another. Educating children about
having a healthy lifestyle and encouraging a positive body
image is critically imperative at this age. The most vital way for
parents to assist children in developing a lifestyle of healthy
attitudes and behaviors towards food and exercise is to train, to
demonstrate, and to encourage correct eating and activity
patterns. It is also imperative to continue to deliver children
with love and nurturing that builds string, positive self - images
based on attributes other than appearance is important as well.
It is extremely important for child's health development to be
assessed and observed. This is the period in which young
children reach their developmental milestones emotional,
cognitive and motor skills. During this time young children are
at risk of many health conditions, one that is extremely known
is obesity. Childhood obesity raise the risk for cardiovascular
disease and can affect every organ system in the body. For this
reason it is imperative to detect this disease at an early stage to
ensure that the needed treatment are given to maintain a healthy
weight throughout life. There are very limited management
programs therefore it is crucial to create a well balanced
nutrition plan, emphasizes exercise are very critical. There is an
increase recognition of rare monogenic variants causing severe

3. early Kinsey obesity. Some genetic cause such as leptin
deficiency or Prader-Willi Syndrome though rare, maybe
amenable to treatment and inform to societal attitudes towards
severe obesity.
Critique Stacia and Tenora post in one paragraph
Stacia post
Miguel Soto-Escobar is a five-year-old Hispanic kindergarten
student. He is an English language learner who was considered
low birth weight being born at five pounds. Miguel’s most
significant challenge is language which is compounded by a
speech disorder. He has difficulty verbalizing his work and
expressing himself. Miguel’s strengths include understanding
directions in Spanish and physical tasks. Miguel has great fine
and gross motor skills and positive interactions with his peers.
Low Birth Weight and Cognitive Development.
Miguel was born at what is considered be a low birth weight of
five pounds. Low birth weight has documented effects on
children’s development. Miguel’s birth weight could attribute
to some of his developmental delays. Physical, cognitive, and
neurobehavioral impairments are associated with low birth
weight in children. Language and executive functioning issues
are deficits of lower birth weights. (Browne, Jenkins, Madigan,
& Plamondon, 2014).
Jean Piaget.
Jean Piaget proposed the cognitive theory of development. His
stages of cognitive development have shaped how we
understand how children think in the earliest stages of life.

4. Piaget believed that children learned by their experiences or
exposure to the environment. According to him, children
construct their own knowledge of the world based on their
individual experiences. All in all, Piaget states that the best
way for children to learn is by doing. He constructed his theory
by building on the Montessori theory that children must do
everything for themselves in order to learn. (Berk & Meyers,
2015).
Language Areas within the Brain.
Language for most people is located in the left hemisphere of
the cerebral cortex. There are two structures within the cerebral
cortex that assist with the areas functions, Broca’s Area and
Wernicke’s Area. Broca’s area is in the front to support
processing of grammar and production of language. Wernicke’s
area is in the temporal lobe and comprehends word meaning.
Both areas work together as to not allocate one area as
responsible for specific functions. (Berk & Meyers, 2015).
Impaired pronunciation in Miguel’s speech impediment could be
attributed to Broca’s aphasia.
Tenora post
The chosen subject for child development case study and
evaluation is Gwen Cohen-Green a happy little girl who lives at
home in the suburban dwelling with her parents. The family is
Jewish in religion and Gwen’s parents are undergoing some
marital issues according to the case study. The information
about Gwen that can be utilized in analyzing developmental and
cognitive theories that applies to her current behavior and

5. attitude is her being active and switching moods form time to
time. Gwen is very expressive and out rightly expresses herself
through dancing and singing when she is happy but Gwen turns
out to be disruptive and can be violent to other classmates when
she is mad. There is also an apparent behavior of Gwen where
she is a creative thinker and likes to engage in imaginative play.
Piaget's cognitive theory explains the relationship
between the child’s problematic behavior and the presence of
parental conflicts. This theory can explain the disruptive
behavior or Gwen in school and her failing marks. The parental
conflict severity varies and it can result to different
maladaptation on the coping ability of the child (Piaget, 2007).
There are little information regarding the nature of the parental
conflict experienced by Gwen as reflected in the case study but
the intensity, the content, duration as well as resolution can all
be attributed to maladaptive behaviors.
Piaget’s theory differed from empiricist theories of
development, which suggest that children learn through
experience, and nativist theories, which maintain humans are
born with innate knowledge that gradually matures.
At Gwen’s age, the child often understands the concepts of
fairness, sharing, empathy and compassion for another person’s
plight. She learns to focus more on alternative perspectives and
can see other possibilities to the problems or situations she
faces and can absorb her parent's marital problems and
manifests itself as childhood confusion.
An aspect of Vygotsky's theory is the idea that the potential for
cognitive development depends upon the "zone of proximal
development" (ZPD): a level of development attained when
children engage in social behavior. Full development of the
ZPD depends upon full social interaction. Vygotskys (2009)

6. believes in social constructivism is a sociological theory of
knowledge according to which human development is socially
situated and knowledge is constructed through interaction with
others. He proposes that when a child is exposed to constant
parental issues, problems with her interaction with other child is
affected considerably.
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