Stages of Child Development and Growth Complete Notes

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Stages of Child Development and Growth: Stages of development make a child physically, mentally, emotionally, and verbally developed. Development of a Child starts from birth to the beginning of adulthood. To understand child growth, we have to learn about the stages of development. Every psychologist has mentioned different stages of child development. Let’s learn about stages from birth to adulthood of development given by various psychologists. The child Development Topic is Stages of Development- Child Growth and Development.

Different Stages of Child Development (From Infancy to Adolescence)

Child Development

It refers to qualitative changes taking place in an individual simultaneously with quantitive changes of growth. Development not only represents changes in an organism physically from its origin to its death but more particularly it is the progressive changes with take place from its origin to maturity.

Stages of Child Development

The development of human being passes through various stages. Each and every stage has different characteristics and behaviours. The characteristics of one stage differ the characteristics of the other stage. Hence, in order to understand a child, the teacher must know these characteristics. The different psychologists have divided the human development in different stages. Some of the classifications are as below.

According to Ross Child Development

The human development passes through the following stages :

(i) Infancy	1 to 3 years
(ii) Early childhood	3 to 6 years
(iii) Late childhood	6 to 12 years
(iv) Adolescence	12 to 18 years

According to Sellay State of Developmen

(i) Infancy	1 to 2 year
(ii) Childhood	3 to 6 years
(iii) Late childhood	6 to 12 years
(iv) Adolescence	12 to 18 years

According to Kolesnic Stage of Development

(i) Pre – natal	The period from conception to birth is termed as ‘pre – natal’ stage
(ii) Neo-natal	From birth to 3 or 4 weeks
(iii) Early Infancy	15 to 30 months
(iv) Late Infancy	5 to 9 years
(v) Early Childhood	30 months to 5 years
(vi) Middle Childhood	5 to 9 years
(vii) Late Childhood	9 to 12 years
(viii) Adolescence	12 to 21 years

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According to Ruch of Child Development

(a) Germinal Period	Its duration is 0 to 2 weeks. During this period, the fertilized ovum develops due to cell – division.
(b) Embryonic Stage	This stage lasts from 2 to 10 weeks. In this stage, the various organs of the body start getting their shapes developed
(c) Foetal Stage	From 10 weeks to the birth period comes under this stage.

According to E.B. Hurlock

1. Pre-natal Period	From conception period to birth i.e., 280 days.
2. Infancy Stage	From birth to 2 weeks
3. Babyhood	upto 2 years
4. Childhood (a) Early childhood (b) Later childhood	From 2 to 11 or 12 years. upto 6 years From 7 to 12 years
5. Adolescence (a) Pre Adolescence (b) Early Adolescence (c) Later Adolescence	From 11 to 13 years to 20 – 21 years. In girls, it is 11 – 13 years and in boys it is one year later. upto 16 – 17 years upto 20 – 21 years

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According to Dr. C.L. Kundu and Dr. D.N. Tutoo

1. Pre-natal a. Ovum b. Embryo c. Foetus	0 to 250 or 300 days. 0 to 2 weeks 2 to 10 weeks From 10 weeks till birth
2. Neonate Stage	The life period of first two weeks just after birth
3. Infancy	First two years after birth
4. Early Childhood	2 to 6 years
5. Middle Childhood	6 to 10 years
6. Late Childhood	10 to 13 years 1
7. Puberty	In girls it is in 12 years, boys in 14 years
8. Early Adolescence	13 to 15 years
9. Later Adolescence	15 to 20 years
10. Adulthood and old age	From 20 years to the end

According to Jones of State Development

(a) Infancy	From birth to 5 years
(b) Childhood	6 to 12 years
(c) Adolescence	13 to 19 years
(d) Adulthood	Above 20 years

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FAQs

What are the 5 developmental stages?

newborn, infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age stages.

In which state is the Physical growth is rapid?

Infancy

Child using whole arm movement in writing before he uses his fingers in holding a pen or pencil is indicative of

This principle states that development proceeds from the center of the body outward.The limbs of the body form before the hands and the feet, and the hands and the feet develop before the fingers and the toes.