Human development takes place through different phases. Beginning from the prenatal period to the senility. Here is an interesting collage on stages of development.

2. Human beings pass through sequential stages. Each stage
has its own features and characteristics.
The period of development of an individual can be broadly
divided into two as follows
PRENATAL
PERIOD
POST NATAL
PERIOD

3. PRE NATAL
PERIOD
Duration of time a child
spends in his mother’s
womb.
Development involves
three stages,
•Germinal Stage
•Embryonic Stage
•Fetal Stage

4. POST NATAL
PERIOD
It is divided as
Infancy
Early childhood
Later childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
Old age

5. • (0-2 years)
• Bodily changes are rapid
• Development of brain, motor skills etc
• Affection and relationship with the
family members
INFANCY

6. INFANCY

7. • Stage from 2 to 6 years
• Child is able to button, cut simple
shapes.
• Recognize alphabets and numbers
• Affection, trust, occasional selfishness
• Values friendship, play more
interactively and imitate others
EARLY
CHILDHOOD

8. EARLY
CHILDHOOD

9. • Stage from 6 to 12 year.
• Rapid growth and change.
• Beginning of puberty.
• Increasing attention and span of
concentration.
• Fluctuate between maturity and immaturity
• Social bond and friendship dominate
LATER
CHILDHOOD

10. LATER
CHILDHOOD

11. • Stage from 12 to 19 year.
• Major physical, psychological, social
biological changes.
• Time of exploration, worries and
problems.
• Ability to think abstractly and multi-
dimensionally.
• Preparation for adult roles.
• Increased imagination, knowledge,
attention, decision making power.
ADOLESCENCE

12. • Searching for identity.
• Seeking more independence
• Look for new experience
• Great influence of peers
• A period of storm and stress
• Strong feelings
• Increased self control
• More self-conscious
ADOLESCENCE

13. ADOLESCENCE

14. • Need for security
• Need for love
• Need for approval
• Need for freedom and independence
• Need for self-expression and
achievement
NEEDS OF ADOLESCENCE

15. • Over or under growth of hair
• Unattractive skin colour
• Facial deformities, pimples
• Over or under weight
DEVELOPMENTAL
PROBLEMS OF
ADOLESCENCE

16. • Inferiority or superiority complex
• Wrong and unrealistic ideologies and
about friendship.
• Depression
• Vulnerability to suicide tendency
PSYCHOLOGICAL
PROBLEMS OF
ADOLESCENCE

17. • Unreasonable hatred towards others.
• Identity crisis.
• Intense intimacy with others.
• Isolation
• Peer pressure
• Sexual abuse
SOCIAL
PROBLEMS OF
ADOLESCENCE

18. • Tension of attending the classes.
• Fear about failure in examinations.
• Fear and concern about future
career.
• Misconceptions about teachers.
• Information over load
EDUCATIONAL
PROBLEMS OF
ADOLESCENCE

19. • It is a period from 19 to 60 years.
• People develop close friendship
and love with others.
• Try to fulfill the goals.
• More patient
ADULTHOOD

20. ADULTHOOD

21. • Starts from the age of 60.
• Dependency on others, boredom,
• Ill health
• Memory loss.
SENILITY
OR
OLD AGE

22. SENILITY
OR
OLD AGE

23. A PRESENTATION BY
FAUMEDHA A T
KEYI SAHIB TRAINING COLLEGE
Each child is unique. It is
difficult to describe
exactly what should be
expected at each stage
of a child’s development .