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Development
Here you find links to a range of articles exploring childhood and adolescent development with particular regard to their influence over behaviour and learning
Emotional and Social Development
Adolescence
An article describing the changes experienced as children transit through adolescence into adulthood
Find Out MoreAnxiety
Being overly anxious can be debilitating but anxiety can also be useful as it helps to regulate risk taking
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An article exploring the many factors that influence a child's emotional and social development
Find Out MoreErikson's Theory
Erikson's theory divides human social and emotional development into a number of discrete stages
Find Out MoreFriendship
An introduction to friendship and the acquisition of social skills required for friendship development
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An article exploring the factors that influence the development of self-esteem throughout childhood and beyond
Find Out MoreSexual Development
This article explores gender and differences between the sexes as well as stages of sexual developmental from birth
Find Out MoreSocial Interaction
Details of early childhood developmental milestones in social interaction and play for birth to five years old
Find Out MoreCognitive and Physical Development
Attention
Attention develops through childhood and these milestones show how they evolve in the average child
Find Out MoreAuditory Processing
Hearing, attending to and understanding speech and being able to formulate a spoken response are described
Find Out MoreBrain Development
This is an article giving background information on the structure and organisation of the brain
Find Out MoreExpressive Language
Early childhood milestones in expressive language are descibed from birth to about twelve years old
Find Out MoreFine-motor Skills
Information about fine-motor coordination and development in children up to the age of about six years old
Find Out MoreLanguage
An introduction to language and the factors that influence and shape its development in childhood
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There can be no learning unless things are remembered. This article explores the organisation of memory in the brain
Find Out MoreReceptive Language
Information about the milestones in the development of receptive language from birth to six years old
Find Out MoreShort-term Memory
This article explore how our short-term memory limits how much we can cognitively process at any one time.
Find Out MoreSpeech Sounds
The development of different consonant sounds and blends are described from birth to five years old
Find Out MoreWorking Memory
An introduction to Working Memory development and how it relates to learning and thinking
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