UNIT 1 HSC

• Adolescence is a young person developing from a child into an adult
• Diathesis = a vulnerability to suffer from mental disorders
• Congenital = Present at birth
• Development norms = average set of expectations to a young child's development
• Centile lines = Lines of graph used to show average measurements of height, weight and head circumference.
• Enabler = Someone who delivers person-centered care in domiciliary
• Dysfunctional family is a family that doesn't support and benefits associated with being in a family
• Emotional literacy is the ability to recognize and understand how to express emotions
• Genetic predisposition is the inherited genes that are inherited to determine your physical growth and development as well as health and apperance
• Fine motor skills involves smaller movements that require you to use your smaller muscles
• Gross motor skills Larger movements that require you to use your larger muscles
• Deprivation is being deprived of a care giver to whom a child is already attached to