Monthly Archives: November 2009
A Specialist With A Child With…
I have discovered yet another specialist in autism who became an expert in the subject following her daughter’s diagnosis. She was a qualified physician who went on to specialize in…autism. My theory (reinforced on at least a monthly basis) has become: those with careers, or their own lives as their priority, often are the parents […]
Gesturing Increases Toddler Vocabulary
I have long thought that simple gestures explain more clearly to very young children what response you are expecting from them. I got excellent feedback for my daily efforts at the daycare where I work when a 20 month-old, who I consider one of my ‘rescue’ babies, sat at a table reading a truck book […]
Joint Attention
Because the work I do with very young children is so well integrated within the child and its daily life when in a one-to-one care basis, I’ve rarely had to separate the terminology of each little facet of how it all comes together. I simply expect a child of 18 months to 2 years to […]