Signs In Toddler Years Of Adhd
Toddlers are children ages 1 - 3.
THEORIES
Jean Piaget, in the cognitive (thought) development theory, includes the following:
- Early use of instruments or tools
- Following visual (then later, invisible) displacement (moving from one place to another) of objects
- Understanding that objects and people are there even if you can't see them (object and people permanence)
Erik H. Erikson's personal-social development theory says the toddler stage represents Autonomy...
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