human growth and development

This week’s Discussion will address the growth and development of the child from neonate to adolescents, cultural considerations, and the importance of communication with the child and family in respect to age and developmental considerations. This will build a solid knowledge base for the provider when caring for the child.

Your professor will assign you a case to present and, in return, you will reply to your classmates in the other cases in order to promote a robust discussion.

Please complete each initial post in APA format following the Discussion Board grading rubric to include, but not limited to the following:

• Apply a principle of human growth and development related to appropriate age group
• Apply developmental theory related to age group
• Discuss developmental milestones related to the age
• Discuss developmental assessment tool related to the age
• Apply cultural consideration and cultural assessment to presentation

Case A 2-year-old Hispanic female, mother and grandmother present at the appointment, first child for mother, sixth grandchild for grandmother. Mother speaks English as primary language; grandmother speaks Spanish as primary language. Last well visit was at 18 months of age and was speaking 20 words total, about 10 in English and 10 in Spanish. Now, mother states that child has about 50 words, with some in English and some in Spanish.