DEFINITION OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT 2.

GROWTH (quantitative)- refers to physical

LEARNERS [definition from Unesco, Unicef and increase in the size of the body.
Who]  Refers to the quantitative change
(can be measured) growth is only
Child- is a human being between the stages of
one aspect of the large process of
birth and puberty or between the development
development.
period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of
child generally refers to a minor, otherwise known The main areas of Growth and Development
as a person younger than the age of majority.
1. Physical- weight, height, muscles, systems,
organs
2. Emotional- extend trusting relationship to
Definition of ADOLESCENT from
other adults and to children, show a strong
(UNSECO, UNICEF, WHO) sense of self as an individual, recognize
feelings, label their own feelings.
Adolescence is frequently define by several UN 3. Social- enjoy playing alongside other
agencies as ranging from 1 0to 19 years of age, children, but wont interact a great deal with
which more accurately encapsulates the lower and them, show awareness of others’ feelings
upper secondary levels of education. and might try to give basic help, look to
adults for comfort.
4. Spiritual- concerns the board search for
As children up to the age of 18, most adolescents transcendental meaning that may be as
are protected under the convention on the rights of simple as young child’s inquiries into how
the child. the world came into being
5. Intellectual
 In US, adolescence ages between 12 and
 The sensorimotor stage- period of
14 and ends at 19 or 20.
time between birth and age two
 Philippines consider those aged 15-24
during which an infant’s knowledge
years as young adult and those aged 15-19
of the world is limited to his or her
years as adolescence.
sensory perceptions and motor
activities. Behaviors are limited to
simple motor responses caused by
Child Development sensory stimuli.
 Refers to the biological and psychological  The preoperational stage- A period
and emotional changes that occur in human between ages two and six during
beings between birth and the end of which child learns to use language.
adolescence then through adulthood, as the During this stage, children do not yet
individual progress from dependency to understand concrete logic, cannot
increasing autonomy. mentally manipulate information and
 Refers to the time of state of being child, the are unable to take the point of view
early stage in the existence or development of other people.
of something.  The concrete operational stage- A
period between ages seven and
eleven, during which children gain a
better understanding of mental
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
operations. Children being thinking
 Are the influence by maturational, logically about concrete events, but
environmental and genetic factors. All have difficulty understanding
humans follow the same pattern of growth abstract of hypothetical concepts.
and development.  The formal operational stage- a
 There are sequences in growth and period between age twelve to
development that even individual adulthood when people ability to
differences cannot changes. The sequence think about abstract concepts. Skills
is predictable although the time of onset, the such as logic thought, deductive
length of each stage and the effects of each reasoning and systematic planning
stage vary from one person to another. also emerge during this stage.

The term development and growth both refer to two

different meanings
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (Nature vs
1. Development (Qualitative)- is the changes Nurture)
in the person’s physical and behavioral traits
that emerge in orderly ways and last for a
reasonable period of time.
The changes could be:
 PROGRESSIVE
 IN ORDER
 LONG LASTING