Physical Development & Occupational Therapy EVERYONE has an occupation or job. A child’s occupation is to grow and develop physically, do schoolwork, and to play. Occupational therapy helps kids who have a physical or a cognitive disability carry out everyday activities such as brushing their teeth or putting on their own shoes and socks. OT’s have to get creative and help kids find alternate ways to play popular games they might otherwise miss out on because of their disability. OT interventions address developmental milestones such as facilitating movement to sit, crawl, or walk independently. Developmental principles are applied any time an occupational therapist makes an assessment to determine whether a specific intervention is consistent with a client's skills as determined by current development level. Realistic therapy goals are necessary in order to make the client feel successful vs. setting them up for failure because a goal is set to high to reach. Relating Puberty to Occupational Therapy When working with special needs children, puberty might be experienced a little different than those without disabilities. Development could be delayed and could make puberty even more confusing and tougher on the student. Personal Experiences with Physical Development Luckily for me, I went through puberty around the same time as my classmates. This is the ideal situation for young adolescents going through puberty. It helped with the awkwardness of the situation because I knew I wasn’t the only one going through it. Puberty is a tricky stage of life where girls can easily develop poor body images because their bodies are changing from being a little girl to becoming a woman. This is where girls become high risk for eating disorders to begin. I actually have a personal experience with just how important having a good body image is. I had a friend who struggled with bulimia during puberty. Girls, who probably haven’t been through puberty yet and their bodies hadn’t changed, began to call her fat and this lead to her believing that she was. This led her to having a poor body image about herself. This is another reason why going through puberty at different times can be detrimental to young girls and how they see themselves. This goes to show how important body images are. Knowing your body type is very crucial to know what works well with your body and can lead to make you a more confident individual. Click link below to watch "You're Entering Puberty, Charlie Brown" http://dai.ly/x2mprnu | Physical Development is defined as physical changes that are taking place during one's life from conception until death. Human development continues throughout the lifespan. Doing so ensures that humans reach their growing potential. However, physical development may differ from person to person over a wide spectrum patterns of development are very similar. PUBERTY Puberty is when we become sexually mature. Everyone experiences puberty. However, everyone will not go through it at the same time or in the same way. It is the beginning of adolescence and is the most significant physical change that we go through. The timing of puberty can cause significant psychological problems. The timing effects are different for boys and girls. Girls who go through puberty early tend to have greater consequences that can stretch into later adolescence. Boys who mature early tend to have greater advantages, but can lead to delinquency issues. Boys who mature late can suffer from teasing and bullying. Citations: Hart, C.O. (2014). Introduction to Lifespan Development. In Winsor, D., Murrell, V.S., & Magun-Jackson, S. (Eds.) Lifespan Development: An Educational Psychology Perspective (2nd ed) (Chapter 1). |
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