Observation of a Normal 15-Month-Old Boy

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This paper is a detailed behavioral description of a normal 15-month-old boy, using Greenspan's categories that evaluates developmental integration and analyzes the environmental qualities surrounding the child's development. This paper discusses Greenspan?s developmental skills, mastery of which provides an indication of adaptation or maladaptive behavior: Attends and engages, communicates through gestures and behaviors, creates mental images and shares them and categorizes meanings and makes connections between them. The author believes that observation analysis shows the ways in which general theory can be applied to a specific case, as well as the ways in which the human element can make theoretical learning a much more powerful experience.

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"The child observed, Timothy B. (not his real name), is 15 months old. He is the only child of two working professionals. His father is a computer consultant, and his mother owns her own publicity business, which she runs out of their home, located in an affluent suburb of Los Angeles. His parents have been married for five years; they planned Timothy's arrival carefully and do not plan to have other children. All of Timothy's grandparents live in other states, and no other immediate family members live nearby. Timothy spends most of his time with his mother, as his father's work entails long hours. Observations made for this paper did not include any interactions with his father, though other adults interviewed suggested that their relationship seems normal; in fact, Timothy's first spoken word was "Dada," which is common in young children."

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