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Objective: To assess the use of a health monitoring tool in Brazilian children, with emphasis on the variables related to growth and development, which are crucial aspects of child health care., Data Source: A systematic review of the literature was carried out in studies performed in Brazil, using the Cochrane Brazil, Lilacs, SciELO and Medline databases. The descriptors and keywords used were "growth and development", "child development", "child health record", "child health handbook", "health record and child" and "child handbook", as well as the equivalent terms in Portuguese. Studies were screened by title and summary and those considered eligible were read in full., Data Synthesis: Sixty-eight articles were identified and eight articles were included in the review, as they carried out a quantitative analysis of the filling out of information. Five studies assessed the completion of the Child's Health Record and three of the Child's Health Handbook. All articles concluded that the information was not properly recorded. Growth monitoring charts were rarely filled out, reaching 96.3% in the case of weight for age. The use of the BMI chart was not reported, despite the growing rates of childhood obesity. Only two studies reported the completion of development milestones and, in these, the milestones were recorded in approximately 20% of the verified tools., Conclusions: The results of the assessed articles disclosed underutilization of the tool and reflect low awareness by health professionals regarding the recording of information in the child's health monitoring document., (Copyright © 2015 Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo. Publicado por Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.)

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This work presents a discussion about the importance of reading and writing in early childhood education for the development of children's intellectual, cognitive and emotional capabilities within the school environment. To this end, the objective is to analyze how students read and write through the activities covered by the educator and how their methodologies are working to develop writing and reading habits in students. In this process, the school's educational community, above all, must always be looking for ways to provide quality and equitable education, and must address content according to the needs of each student. In view of the above, reading and writing should be seen as a process of cultural and intellectual development for basic education students, especially in the early years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In an increasingly degraded world with real threats to human survival, it is necessary to implement good practices that promote the healthy and sustainable development of people and environments. The aim of this article is to promote reflection on two global initiatives for building a more sustainable society: URBAN95, which is concerned with healthy environments for babies, young children and caregivers, and Green School Bali, which responds to local challenges and global perspectives in line with the parameters of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Regarding the methodology, research was carried out on different search engines, websites and books to achieve the proposed objective. The conclusion is that investing in human potential from early childhood and continuing it throughout life through integral and holistic education seems to be a viable and innovative way of building sustainable ecosystems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With a theme relevant to Early Childhood Education, its educators and its target audience, this work chose to analyze the benefits of physical activities for child development, encompassing psychic and motor aspects and stressing its importance from early childhood, from of bibliographic research on the subject. Physical Education in Early Childhood Education provides the development of body skills. Thus, the present study evidenced the importance of physical activities for the process of psychomotor development in early childhood education, as well-planned classes in the subject "Physical Education", through recreational activities, games and activities, play a role essential for the intellectual and motor development of students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study presents a theoretical-conceptual reflection of the notion of social situation of development, constructed by Vygotsky. This is a bibliographic study on the text "El problema de la edad": postulated by Vygotsky and two other authors, Lidia Bozhovich and Laura Domínguez Garcia. Subsidies were sought in the texts to compose the argument of reflection: the concept of Vygotsky and its application in studies on personality, especially in the field of school education. The reflection reiterates the social situation of development as an intrinsic condition to the relationship that children establish with their physical and social environment in their development. The end of the social situation of development at a given age is marked by changes, the manifestation of which indicates a stage in the development and formation of the personality. As a category to understand the child's development, the social situation of development is projected as important to understand the relationships it creates with the school environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discussions about childhood have been constant in research carried out in recent decades, since puerile education has taken shape through its legal insertion in basic education, raising concerns about the role of daycare for young children. Under this aegis, the article, based on qualitative research of a bibliographic nature, aims to promote reflections about the contributions of the Historical-Cultural Psychology theory in relation to the importance of the movement for the development of children from birth to 3 years old. The study presents the social relationship, mediated by language, as a conductor of thought and motor action, being a preponderant factor for the intentional mastery of movements and for the appropriation of body knowledge. In early childhood education, national official documents recognize the importance of working with the body and indicate that in daycare, a space that allows for more organized social interactions, it is necessary to implement pedagogical practices that explore the child's body in various possibilities. The study could conclude that movement is a motor activity that must be developed, and must be considered in the actions taken by the teacher, in order to promote the appropriation of human culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Perinatality have been the object of several academic and scientific studies due to its influence on child development and the construction of the person. Between paternity and maternity changes occur to the family as a whole, such as biological, social and economic adaptations, and hormonal changes. Current research, developed during the Covid-19 pandemic, involved people who gave birth between March 2020 and May 2021 in the state of Paraná, Brazil, under the hypothesis that these families may have been more impacted by the pandemic. Online data survey was undertaken through a socio-economic questionnaire, with scale HAD (anxiety and depression) and EPS-10 (perceived stress). Scores ranged between 7 and 39 for stress, more frequently score 30 (n = 7; 10.40%), with significant rate for stress. In the case of the HAD scale, 34.80% of participants fit within the anxiety grade; 22.40% possible grade and 43.30% improbable grade. In the case of depression, 34.30% were within a probable grade, 22.40% possible depression and 49.30% improbable depression. Results show that pandemic COVID-19 may have significantly contributed in the sample researched for the elevation of anxiety, depression and stress in perinatal females and puerperas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper addresses the use of objects within mealtime practices of 12-14 months old children in two day-care centers in Brasilia. It aims at understanding the qualities of the triadic interactions of teacher-object-child. A research was conducted in order to favor such interactions during everyday school routine. Empirical data collection consisted in non-participant observation, video recording of mealtime episodes, written notes and photos. Microgenetic analyses focused on actions, dialogues and metacommunicative aspects which allowed the identification of the emergence of triadic relationships during mealtime. Special emphasis was drawn on a variety of engagements with food and eating utensils during the educational settings. Results suggest that objects, engagements, and ways of communication in the triadic relationships are related with actions, appropriation and understanding of the use of objects, mealtime actions and cultural practices. Conclusions reveal that important aspects related to meaning making during mealtime in early childhood education and show how the triadic engagement allow the emergence of canonical actions, and the role of the caregiver's leadership, as well as, the variegatedsemiotical dynamics into the triadic relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Psychomotricity considers the child's psychomotor development from fetal motricity. The notion of body awareness in the individual interferes with the recognition of his own body, his proper posture and the position that consists of each part of his body. A child with Down syndrome will have a deficit in postural control, associated with motor coordination and sensorimotor integration. This study aimed to check the psychomotricity effectiveness on bodily awareness patterns in children with Down syndrome. Being a quantitative field study of the exploratory type. Eight children linked to the Núcleo de Assistência Integral ao paciente Especial (Naipe) from Joinville-SC were accompanied during the research. They were between 1 to 3 years old. The pre- and post-intervention methods used to evaluate the children were: Denver II test and the medical record reports. One child had more evolution because it was assiduous, while another had a smaller evolution. Already in the report of the medical record, all the children had a considerable evolution, since it is noticed that each child had its corporal consciousness during the interventions through the annotations. It is concluded that psychomotricity has some benefits to children with Down syndrome. However, the expected results were not achieved because of low children assiduity and the large space used during the experiment which distracted the children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a development disturb which is characterized by alterations that are present since early ages, with multiples and variables impacts in relevant areas from human development, as communication, social interaction, learning and adaptation capacity. Studies show that children diagnosed with ASD like technology as any other children, and it is used as a helping tool in the treatment of this disorder. This research brings up a recommendation review for ASD children software development from bibliographical research and from a field research. The field research consisted in ASD children observations interacting with technology at a specialized clinic in ASD treatment and questionnaires application to specialized professionals and ASD children responsible. The result analyzes confirms 12 recommendations found in bibliographical research and proposes 6 new recommendation, which can be used in software development for ASD children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article has the objectivity to point out some of the threads of the cultural historical theory of Vygotsky partner to the process of learning and development of children in early childhood education mediated by the construction of toys and games. In this direction, looking to approach the foundations of this theory in order to internalize the reader in his work in search of reflections and readings on the theme proposed here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses issues that can never be overlooked in caring for children during the first year of life. Health surveillance is a timely way to discover the strengths and weaknesses related with the growth and development of children. Knowledge about their normal growth and development can be useful to identify shifts that require early intervention. Given children's frailty and dependence, it is important to be involved and to teach parents in order to intervene safely and effectively. This research aims to provide insights on the importance of health surveillance as a contribution to finding practical answers. The literature review about this issue and the reading of health guidelines, in particular the Portuguese Programme on Children Health Surveillance, highlights surveillance as a way for caregivers to make early identification of deviations from normality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In face recognition tasks, adults and children have difficulty recognizing faces from other races. This effect is known as the Other Race Effect (ORE) and has been consistently replicated in several studies. The aim of this paper is to present a review of some theoretical models that explain the ORE, its emergence and development. Face coding mechanisms based on Prototypes and Exemplars are the basis for the explanation of differences in coding between the same race and other race faces. It was presented a review of recent research on ORE and how the experiences with other race faces during early childhood infl uences the effect. Finally, further research on the cultural context has been proposed to better investigate the development of ORE and face coding mechanisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Compared with their peers, adopted children face, more often, adversity and risk in early life, namely in terms of complications at birth, loss of the biological family and the admission in institutional settings characterized by less responsive care. Over the past few years, clinicians and researchers have warned about the negative effects of those experiences in child development. Simultaneously, the literature has been reinforcing the occurrence of positive changes after adoption in several areas of development. This paper review presents a summary of the main empirical findings about the effects of adoption, especially international, in child's physical growth, cognitive, socio-emotional development and behavioral problems in adopted children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to analyze the scientific literature on the development of children born preterm with very low birth weight assessed by the Denver-II test in the period from 2000 to 2009. A survey of empirical literature indexed in Medline, Lilacs and Scielo was carried out through the combination of the keywords: preterm, very low birth weight, risk factors, development, and Denver-II. Twenty six articles were identified and eight were selected following the inclusion criteria. Most studies evaluated preterm children between 5 and 24 months of age. The studies identified a significant association between neonatal and environmental variables and the performance on Denver-II Test. Children born preterm must be followedup at outpatient Units to prevent and detect risks in development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The way of life of the Amazon's riverside man organizes the inter-personal relations of children in a peculiar manner, corroborating the idea in which each context generates the development of different social skills. With this assumption, the present research had as objective to describe the particularities from the interactions of two aged three children with their partners in riverside community located in the Araraiana river -- Marajó Island/ Pará. As methodological resources were used: routine inventory (RI), field diary (FD) and semi-structured interview. The results were organized coming out of the families dyads. Based on the data, was observed that the family's context structures the relations with the children, introducing them in the riverside culture through the instrumentalization of skills and competences which allow them to survive in an autonomous way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This exploratory study examined mental development and the quality of socio-emotional functioning of 16 institutionalized children, aged from 3 to 6 years old, relating them with the quality of their caregivers' attachment narratives. Griffiths Developmental Scales, Child Behavior Checklist, Attachment Script Representation and Attachment Q-Sort were used in the psychological assessment. Results showed that chidren's developmental level was placed below normative data. Furthermore, data regarding externalizing and internalizing psychopathology symptoms were close to the clinical population. Nevertheless, and in contrast to our hypothesis, most children presented almost mormative attachments scores (secure base), but this was not related to the quality of attachement narratives presented by their caregivers. The implications of these findings are discussed in light of the impact of institutional deprivation in child development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the study was to assess the development of children born preterm and to compare the performance in the ranges of 5-7 and 10-14 months of corrected age. The children's development indicators and the variables of neonatal period and familial environment were correlated. Thirty children were assessed by Denver-II. The caregivers were interviewed and the medical chart was examined. Twenty per cent of children presented risk for developmental problems at 5-7 months, and 27% at 10-14 months. There was statistical significant difference between ages in language, with high risk at 10-14. The children with lower birthweight, lower gestational age, longer time stay in the hospital, and with adverse family situations showed higher risk for developmental problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to reflect on the importance of establishing, both parents and teachers, standards and rules of behavior in the development of children, in their educational process and their constitution as subjects. Talking about limits in the formation of the children, specifically of special children, is of extreme importance. It is understood that both parents and teachers believe in the importance that these children have limits in their formation, however, they very often find difficulties in establishing them, owing to the limitations that these present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is the result of a bibliographical research about the development of the child sexuality in the first two years of life, under the theoretical foundation of sexology. The referred aspects of development are: first sexual manifestations, parents' importance in this phase and the acquisition of sexual and gender identities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper is a recension of the book Portraits of Pioneers in Developmental Psychology released in 2011 which has not been translated into Brazilian Portuguese yet. It is a collection of works in honor to some pioneers in the developmental psychology field. In its extension, the reader can find some personal and academic reports about 16 scholars in this area of knowledge, as well as their experiences and contributions to this field of psychology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]