Development of Self-reliance – Signs of a Development Problem

Self-reliance and its development differs per child. Every child develops at its own pace. What is the ultimate age at which a child should be able to have a certain level of self-reliance? This article describes the characteristics and skills of children from 1.5 years to 7 years old to check whether there are any obstacles, an abnormal development course in terms of self-reliance, a possible developmental delay or perhaps a developmental disorder.

Self-reliance Development Child – Checklist Signs Self-reliance Problems

Signs of Obstacles to Development Self-reliance . Self-reliance means the ability to take care of yourself, to save yourself without help from others. With a young child, this naturally starts with small things, such as learning to eat for themselves. Ultimately this must develop into complete independence. Characteristics and skills are listed below, followed by (a guideline for) the ultimate age at which a child should be able to be self-reliant; whether or not the behavior in question is part of the developmental phase or is age-inadequate. This overview is intended to identify any problems, developmental abnormalities or a possible developmental disorder at an early stage.

Self-reliance Developmental Delay – Self-reliance Developmental Delay

Developmental delay – Developmental disability . Although every child develops at their own pace, there comes a certain point, a certain age, when a child should be able to master a certain task or skill. This is related to the normal, average development course of average (early) childhood development.

Developmental delay . We speak of a disadvantage if a child deviates only slightly from the average.

Developmental disability . A disorder is when a child deviates greatly from the average, is very behind or is different from his or her peers.

Developmental Overview of Self-Reliance . The overview below regarding the development of self-reliance is suitable for use by parents, caregivers, group leaders, general practitioners, child health clinics, teachers, school doctors, etc. to identify any problems and sound the alarm for help. to call if there are any problems. There is a division into 5 signals – overviews with the associated behaviors (characteristics/skills) – which indicate when the behavior should no longer occur. Or put differently: if certain behavior still occurs, it can be considered deviant.

Problems Self-reliance Identifying . It should be expressly noted that this is not a diagnostic criteria or a causal model, but only a checklist for global screening and identifying characteristics in order to (early) identify any developmental problems.

Age Appropriate Development Self-Reliance . With regard to self-reliance, the following signals are a sign that the child’s development is not proceeding undisturbed or at age level:

• Child cannot take care of himself
• There is a matter of immorality
• Unfocused or unclear communication
• No self-criticism, no self-correction
• No insight, sees no danger

These five signals are discussed in more detail – with age limits – in the overviews below.

Developmental phases Self-reliance – How self-reliant is a child?

 

Child cannot take care of himself	Ultimate Age
Child cannot yet eat bread by itself	1.5 years
Child cannot yet drink from a cup by himself	2 years
Does not help with taking off and putting on his/her clothes	2 years
Must always be fed, do not eat with a spoon yourself	3 years
Child cannot put on and take off his/her coat by himself	4 years
Cannot wash and dry his/her hands	4 years
Child cannot brush teeth by himself	4 years
Child cannot clean up his own mess	5 years
Can’t dress himself yet	6 years
Child cannot tie shoelaces	7 years

 

Uncleanliness – Incontinence Urination – Defecating	Ultimate Age
Child still pees and poops in his/her pants during the day	4 years
Poops in the potty or toilet, but still wets his/her pants	5 years
Is potty trained during the day, but still wets the bed at night	7 years

 

Unfocused Unclear Communication	Ultimate Age
Child cannot make clear what he wants	2 years
Can’t tell what it’s called or where it lives	3 years
Does not understand what is expected of him/her indoors	3 years
Does not understand what is expected of him/her outside the home	4 years
There is no way to tie any strings to his/her story in the circle	5 years
Disrupts group play, because it does not know whether it is allowed to participate or not	6 years
Can’t let others speak, talk about just anything in between	7 years

 

No Self-criticism – No Self-correction	Ultimate Age
Child cannot finish things	4 years
Child runs away from assignments	4 years
Child lets others take his/her toys	5 years
Can’t see what’s wrong with a job, so can’t improve it	5 years
Child cannot tidy up in the classroom or group	5 years
Cannot complete an assignment together with other children, plays the boss	6 years
The child will cry or become angry if something does not work out for him/her	6 years
Often tears up his own drawing or knocks over a building	6 years
Can’t pause a job and continue it later	6 years
The child sees what he is doing wrong, but does not want to improve it	7 years

 

No Insight – Sees no Danger	Ultimate Age
Child walks through the play of others	5 years
Child talks through everything	5 years
Child speaks to random strangers	6 years
Goes wandering, without caring about time or home	6 years
Child cannot ask for help	6 years
Overestimates himself, does crazy things	7 years
Underestimates himself, is too dependent	7 years

 

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