CLD 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Chronic Condition, Equal Opportunity

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Early Childhood Studies
• Course: CLD 231
• Professor: Audrey Huberman

Document Summary

Cld october 25th lecture notes, chapters 10 & 11. * 23% of canadians, most days being stressful. Relationship between stress, illness, quality of care and child development. * stress can lead to illness, illness can lead to stress. * stress and illness can lead to a compromised quality of parental care. * stigma is an obstacle to care (uncomfortable attitudes creates barrier in helping ourselves) * compromised quality of care can lead to poor child-development. * compromised child development can lead to further compromised care along with additional stress and illness for both child and parent. * emotional health impacts all parts of development; intellectual, physical, language, social. * emotional health of children is closely related to that of their parents, family members and child care. * the critical period for brain development is from birth to 5 years of age, which underscores importance of healthy environments.