In this wellness child paper, I will be assessing a five year old, African American female named M.O. Within this paper I will refer to M.O with the alias Moyo in order to uphold confidentiality. The setting that this assessment was performed is a school environment. In order to complete the home assessment, family assessment, and the 24 hour diet recall for Moyo, the mother agreed to have an interview conducted because she did not feel comfortable with formal documentation of her living situation. I asked for permission from the mother and the school teacher to be present in the preschooler's classroom on a Friday morning in order to observe the environment and the interactions of Moyo and her other classmates. I conducted the home interview with the mother when she picked up Moyo. A detailed evaluation of the school and home environmental, and recommendations or interventions to aid in the growth and development of Moyo will be discussed throughout this paper.
             The school day began at 7:00am on Friday, upon arrival to the classroom I saw Moyo and her classmates sitting on the carpet listening attentively to the teacher. My initial assessment of the classmates were that they were majority African American and an even mixture of boys and girls. Moyo was actively involved in her class, respectful and, smart. Throughout the school day I witnessed many different interactions as well as various external stimuli that will assist in the development of Moyo's gross motor, fine motor, cognitive and, social developmental skills. Moyo's physical development on an initial observation was normal and without disability in comparison with the peers in her classroom.
             Within the classroom, I was able to observe the physical and cognitive development of Moyo and relate it back to the developmental theorist Piaget and Erickson. When it was time for recess, I observed Moyo's gross motor skills though her dancing, jumping, hopp...