PRINCIPLES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT

1. Development Follows a Pattern or a sequence

   Cephalocaudal Sequence / Proximodistal Pattern

2. Development Involves Change

3. Development Proceeds from General to specific

4. Development is correlated or Integrated

5. Development is a Continuous Process

6. Development of Individuality

7. Development Occurs at different rates for different Parts of the Body

8. Development Proceeds Stage by stage

9. Early Development is More Important than Later Development

10. Development is Predictable

11. Social Learning Theory

12. Development do not proceed at the same pace for all

FACTORS INFLUENCING CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Internal Factors

External Factors

1. Heredity Factor

2. Physical Factor

3. Intelligence

4. Emotional Factors

1. Family

2. Physical Environment

3. Socio-Economic Conditions