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8081 Part1 Wk 3 Assignment

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8081 Part1 Wk 3 Assignment

Introduction

Home Life and Family

Amanda is a girl, she was born in Nigeria. She is the firstborn in the family. She has no siblings. Her family was very excited when she was born. Since the day she was born, the parents have become child-centric and don’t want to be away from the child for long. The support network is strong. The parents understand the biology of bonding. The bonding between mother and child develops due to the production of the hormone oxytocin. During pregnancy, the level of oxytocin rises. When the mother and the child touch, the level of oxytocin rises which makes the mothers want to be close with the child almost all of the time. ( Craig, 2021). 
Amanda lives with her two parents but most of the time she spends with her mother when the father is at work. The father doesn’t get much time with the child because most of the time he finds her asleep. The father’s involvement in the first stages of the child is increased. The father would take off from work just to spend time with the child. In the first stages of child development, fatherhood and motherhood are as deep. The more the father spends time with the baby, the more the and becomes strong. There are times when the mother goes to work and the father is left to take care of the baby. The mother usually takes primary care of the child. When Amanda cries, the mother is the first to take her. The mother is more vigilant in taking care of the baby than the father. ( Nabuzoka, & Empson, 2009). 
Amanda is very noisy and likes to scream. To distract her, the caregiver has to use something noisy. The curiosity of Amanda is stimulated by the parents to enhance the coordination of the hands and the eyes. From a period of 6 weeks to three months, Amanda starts making vowel sounds and becomes more social, and will enjoy seeing faces and smiles when touched. The type of parenting for this period is attachment parenting. Amanda is the dearest of the parents. The parents of the child become child-centric and they both want to spend some time with the baby. The support network of the baby is very strong. The father’s involvement at the early stages of the child’s development is being increased. The father is connecting with the baby through touch. Most of the time off work will be spent with the baby. The hygiene of the infant is more emphasized by the person taking care of the baby. The baby will be cleaned regularly. Sickness hygiene of the baby will be observed where the mother will be careful to keep the environment around the baby clean from any germs that may cause sickness.
During this stage, Amanda learns to bond and trust her primary caregiver who is her mother, she seems to have mastered the sound of her mother, every time her mother talks she loos in the direction. There are times when she is crying and she hears her mother talk she pauses her cry. This is unlike with her father. She enjoys playing with her mother, listening to music, and simple games. ( Whitehead, 2009). 
The parental experience of Amanda’s parents has been fascinating, they have enjoyed it every step of the way. The parents like to tickle the child and watch her smile. At the age of three months, Amanda had learned to respond to her parent’s smile. She had learned to track objects with her eyes. In the fourth month, Amanda had earned to manipulate the environment around her and use various tools, her parents had bought her a cuter princess doll that produced sounds when squeezed. She learns to make certain sounds as she plays with her favorite toy. Her favorite game that she enjoys playing with her parents is peekaboo.
When Amanda was 12 months old .she seems to understand some of the common words that her parents used often. She often uses the same words to refer to different things. as time goes by she learns new words.

Community and Culture

The child lives in Nigeria, Africa. The common language that is spoken is the area where Amanda was born and lives in Hausa. Hausa is a language that is spoken in the Northern side of Nigeria. Other languages are spoken in the community where Amanda libs sis Yoruba and Igbo. Her mother seems to be very dedicated to helping the child learns to speak. Amanda’s mother is dedicated to helping her child thrive despite the development challenges. Her parents invest a considerable amount of time and effort in helping their child in her developmental stages.t home, Amanda’s parents usually speak English and they have been interacting with her using English since she was born. However, there are times that they use some words in mothering but it is often rare. The home language that is often used in Amanda’s home is Hausa. This is the language that the parents use to communicate while at home. When they are interacting with the child, they like shifting to English.
The family experiences and receives a lot of social support from the community. It is the tradition that young mothers be visited often and be helped with different chores. The child interacts with different people speaking different languages. The language that is spoken by most people is the Hausa language. People usually interact with the child with the Hausa language. The parents of the child strongly believe in learning the English language. they believe that English is the official language and learning English will give the chod an added advantage. English is the dominant language in Nigeria. It is the language that is used by the government, the schools, and the community. The parents of the child do not want their child to be in a dilemma of not understanding the English language. they want their child to be bilingual. By being bilingual, Amanda would understand and be able to express herself in two languages, English and Hausa. The parents believe that by their child learning to speak English, she will be more creative and will also have an easier tie when trying to learn the languages. The opportunities that are available for language literacy for Amanda is that her parents are engaged and committed through encouraging conversations to assist their child to learn the languages. ( Kümmerling-Meibauer, 2011). 

Section 2:Parental and Infancy

Amanda’s development aligned with the milestones of typically developing children. The developmental milestones and physicals were portrayed by Amanda in her physical stage as she was growing. Her parents had a watchlist calendar that included the developmental milestones to check if their children were developing normally. Amanda did not need a more detailed checkup because she was normal. Between 8-12 months, Amanda was paying increasing attention to the speech, she was able to easily respond to simple verbal requests. She understands when he is told no. She was able to use simple gestures such as shaking her head when saying “No”.She was able to babble with inflection. At 12 months she was able to say “Mama” and “Dada”.She also tried to imitate some of the words that she heard often. Unlike when she was few months old when she was friendly with strangers, at 12 months, she is anxious and shy when she is held with strangers. She cries when she is left with strangers and her parents leave. She had certain preferences for toys and certain people. She repeats certain sounds and gestures that are positively reinforced for attention. The developmental alignments that did not align include that she was not able to stand when supported, some of the gestures took long to learn such as waving her hand. ( Meier, 2004). 
The factors that supported language acquisition and development for Amanda were the relationship that she had with the family members. Amanda receives proper parenting from her parents which reduces anxiety. The child felt more secure to spend more time with her parents which facilitated mo faster language acquisition and development. Amanda being a girl had an added advantage. Girls are better at mastering speech and being fluent as compared to boys. The other factor that supported language acquisition and development for Amanda is motivation from the parent. She also received a lot of support at home. She had a lot of exposure from her parents which contributed to he comprehension and acquisition. The family speaks more than one language. The primary caregivers of the child usually speak more often to the child hence stimulating the child to speak. When the adults speak to the child they increase the scope of language development and acquisition.
The domains overlapped with Amanda’s acquisition of language by the parents of the child meeting the emotional cognitive and social needs. The parents especially interacted with the child often by talking t her, singing, playing games with her. The mother of the child often read to the child. This helped stimulate the language skills of the child. Reading is a key to introducing the child to the language. Infants learn new sounds daily. The physical domain was very important for the child’s language acquisition. The caregivers provide a lot of spoken language. ( Meier, 2004). 
The child’s environment that supports the connection between the domains is the social environment which involves the relationship of the child with the parents and the people in the community. Language and social-emotional domains. Language development is dependent on other developmental domains. The environment of the child supports the language development where the parents read and talk to the child even before they could speak their first word. Infants can acknowledge when somebody is conveying something for their advantage and along these lines to understand data uniquely in contrast to when they only observe it. At the point when grown-ups utilize the eye to eye contact, call a child’s name, and point for the child’s advantage, these signs lead children to perceive that somebody is showing them something, and this mindfulness can influence how and what they realize. ( Plural Publishingrporated. 2018). 
Language acquisition was strongly impacted by physical and social-emotional development. The child experienced significant and obvious change none domain at a time. For example, when the child was learning to walk, which is in the physical domain, their ere no progress in language development. During language development and acquisition of the child, other domains experienced less change and were less prominent. Cognitive development includes the intellectual development of the child develops the ability to pay attention and to process thought. The social and emotional domain is where the child grows to understand and control their emotions. they understand what others want and feel. The child in this domain also learns to interact with others. Interacting with others helps in language development and acquisition. The language and the literary skills of the child develop at different stages. It starts with creating sounds of speech to understanding the syntax of the language where the child understands the grammar and can put sentences together.
The family and cultural influences that impacted the child’s language acquisition was the input that the child received from her environment. Culture affects the parenting style. From the early stages of infancy, parents talk to their children differently which affects their language development and acquisition. Parents prepare children on how they interact with others. Culture molds the behavior of the children and their thinking patterns which affects their language development and acquisition. ( Wang, 2014). 
The caregiver of the child provided opportunities for language acquisition and development by talking, reading, and sing to the child even before she could speak her first words. The frequent interaction with the child played a huge impact on language development the language that the parents were using when they were interacting with the child provided a great opportunity. The interaction with the child creates an environment where the child can learn and begin to talk. In the early stages of child development, the child undergoes different changes in different domains. The language exposure from parents and caregivers provides an opportunity for the child to learn a language. Caregivers who respond to their children through verbal descriptions and questions make children more receptive to language. The culture that influenced the child’s language acquisition is her mother talking reading and singing to her. The book that she often read was “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” She also liked to watch “Sesame Street”.( Becker, & Deen, 2020). 

References

Becker, M., & Deen, K. U. (2020). Language acquisition and development: A generative introduction. MIT Press.
Craig, M. (2021). The young reader: A game plan for parents to teach their little ones how to read and problem solve. Basil Sun Publishing.
Kümmerling-Meibauer, B. (2011). Emergent literacy: Children’s books from 0 to 3. John Benjamins Publishing.
Meier, D. R. (2004). The young child’s memory for words: Developing first and second language and literacy. Teachers College Press.
Nabuzoka, D., & Empson, J. (2009). Culture and psychological development. Macmillan International Higher Education.
Plural Publishingrporated. (2018). The role of the speech-language pathologist in RtI: Implementing multiple tiers of student support. Plural Publishing.
Rowland, C. (2013). Understanding child language acquisition. Routledge.
Wang, X. (2014). Understanding language and literacy development: Diverse learners in the classroom. John Wiley & Sons.
Whitehead, M. (2009). Supporting language and literacy development in the early years. McGraw-Hill Education (UK).