CH9 Late Childhood: Phys & Cogni o Effortful & goal-driven

o Creativity
Body growth and change Neural circuits
Cogni Inhibitory Control
Slow, consistent growth
Parents = exercise = + models
Before spurt of adolescence
Screen time
2-3 in
o activity
Girl = 410 o Obesity
Boy = 49 o sleep patterns
Proportional How to influ exercise
Ossify bones o Offer
o Improve
Brain o Plan community and school
Stabilized brain volume actibity
o Parents = exercise
Prefrontal cortex
o Improved attn. Health, Illness and Disease
o Reasoning
o Cogni. Control Dont really die here
o Johnson: Functions of other Accidents/injuries
brain regions coordinate o Leading cause of death
neural connections o Motor vehicle accidents
Cerebral Cortex = thicker o Sports equipments
o Language (sk8boards)
Synaptic pruning Overweight children
o X use = lose synaptic o BMI (Height and weight_
connection 97 = obese
o Larger Smaller 95 = overweight
85 = risj for being
Motor dev
overweight
o Causes
Gross motor skills
Overweight parents
o Boys >
Envi factors
Fine motor skills
Availability
o Myelination (CNS)
o Girls > of food
No phys act
Exercise Monitioring
Parents
Insulin resistance eating habits
body fat Watching TV
muscle strength o Consequences
Metabolism Diabetes, High Blood,
With diet High Cholesterol
o Lipoprotein cholesterol Low self esteem
o Fasting glucose (teased)
o Fasting insulin o Intervention (?)
Systolic and diastolic BP Diet, exercise
Cogni Skills Parents: healthier
o Attn. lifestyle
o Memory Cardiovascular disease
 o Uncommon o Impulsivity
o Hypertension/obesity Types
o TV o ADHD with predominantly
o Metabolic syndrome inattention
Obesity, HB, Diabetes o ADHD with predominantly
II Cardio Disease hyperactivity/impulsivity
Cancer o ADHD with both
o Proliferation of abno. cells hyperactivity/impulsivity
o 2nd leading cause of death More cases = awareness
o Leukemia Misdiagnosis
o Surviving longer (technology) Adhd
o school dropout
Children with Disabilities o teen preg
o substance abuse
Scope of disabilities
o antisocial beh
Learning disabilities Causes
o From parents
Difficulty o Brain damage
o Learning/understanding (prenatal/postnatal)
spoken/written language o Yosi/alak exposure
o Listening thinking, reading, o Maternal stress
writing, speaking o Low birth weight
o Math 3 years late = thickness of cerebral
X just 1 factor cortex
Boys Delay in prefrontal regions
o Referral bias: Troublesome Brain: Executive Function
beh. o Beh. Inhibition
Reading problems o Use of wrking memory
o Dyslexia o Effective planning
X read/spell Curing
o Dysgraphia o Ritalin/Adderall
Handwriting Improve attn.
Spelling errors w/ ADHD only
o Dyscalcula o Beh management treatments
Arithmetic disorder o Medication + Beh mgt
Cause? Psychopathology./overdiagnosis
o X definitive o 80% = psychoactive drugs
o Not in 1 spc. Brain location Neurofeedback
Interventions o Aware of physio responses ->
o Reading ability control
o Instruction with teacher o Audiovisual profiles of
brainwaves
Mindfulness training
Exercise = treatment
ADHD
o Phys act = ADHD
Attn Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder o Better exec function
o Allocation of attn. resources
Characterisitics
o Positive influ -> prefrontal
o Inattention
o Hyperactivity cortex
o Induced dopamine release
Emo and Beh Disorders Brain dysfunction
Abno brain structure and
Autism Spectrum Disorders
neurotransmitter s
connectivity bt. Brain regions
Pervasive developmental disorder
Genetic
Autistic disorder -> Asperger
o Mutations
syndrome
(missing/duplicated)
Probs in
o X family assoc.
o Social Interaction
Male >
o Verbal/nonverbal comm
o Repetitive behavior
Treatments
Atypical responses -> sensory exp
Intellectual disability Baron-Cohen
o DVD + train emotions
Autistic Disorder o Structured clasrom
o Indiv teaching
3 yrs. Of life
o Group instruction
Deficiency
Beh-mod Tech
o Soc. Rels
o Abno comm Educ Issues
o Restricted/repetitive
stereotyped pattern of beh. IED = Indiv Educ Plan
o Tailored for students w/
Asperger Syndrome
disability
LRE = Least Restrictive Envi
Mild autism
o Same as ones w/o disability
Good verbal skills
Inclusion
Nonverbal probs
o Edic child with sped needs
Restricted range of interests/rels.
full time in regular classroom
Repetitive routines
o
Focus on only 1 subject

Causes