CALLP

• Large Motor Skills - ability to move large muscles and fibers
• Small Motor Skills - ability to move smaller muscles
• Balance And Motor Coordination - Refining and strengthening large- and small-motor skills
• Cognitive Development - infants develop certain skills as they make sense of their experiences.
• Menarche - first flow of menstruation in women
• Sensorimotor - Exploring one's surroundings through the senses of touch, taste, smell, etc.
• Sensory - Relating to senses and/or sense organs.
• Sensory Skills - Children use their senses to learn about the objects around them.
• Language - allows children to organize and express thoughts.
• Concepts - allow children to notice differences and to see that objects vary.
• Temperament - a typical way a child/person responds to other people/situations.
• Development - It is a qualitative change in the child’s functioning; progressive increase in skill and capacity of function.
• Development is measured through observation.
• APGAR Score - A test done to newborn babies to determine whether to put baby in incubator or not.
• Maturation - Increase in child’s competence and adaptability; describing the qualitative change in a structure.
• Self-Esteem - overall belief children have about themselves.
• Self Control - Children understand and learn to control emotions; Children learn to accept that everyone has feelings they must respect.
• Perspective Taking - children learn to consider and respect the points of view of other children
• Children Development Research - created a body of knowledge about how children learn and develop skills.
• Gregor Mendel - Father of Genetics/Modern Genetics
• Klinefelter Syndrome - a condition in which a person is born with an extra X chromosome.
• Down Syndrome is also called Trisomy 21.
• Repetition helps the brain retain information.
• Development Rate - The rate at which each child progresses through a stage varies.
• Sequential Development - skills children learn develop gradually and build  upon each other.
• Interrelated Development - Growth in one area can affect growth in another.
• Interrelated Development - Growth in one area can affect the other.
• At-Risk - environments that hinder the health and well-being of a child.
• Caesarian Section - surgical procedure for delivering a baby via a cut into the baby's abdomen.
• Intervention Services - These are resources and specialized help for children and families at-risk.