Parallel Assessment and Sensory Integration
Post #5 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. Sensory integration is the neurological process that organizes sensation from one’s own body and from the environment and makes it possible to use the body effectively within the environment. – Jean Ayres Eye contact is still difficult for me in noisy rooms because it […]
Parallel Assessment: sensation, movement and the beginning of intention
Post #4 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. Early sensorimotor responses in infancy are largely automatic, reflexive, immediate and constrained to the present moment. They are narrow in range, rigid, and often disconnected from planning and intention. Only when these early sensations and movements are stored, associated, and integrated with experience across […]
Parallel Assessment: an overview
Post #3 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. To truly understand a child, we need to attend to the child as a whole human being living in the real world, not as a collection of isolated skills, deficits, or test scores. Both Parallel Assessment and Parallel Development involve ongoing, individualized processes of […]
Jacki Edry at the Parenting Complex Kids Summit
I’m honored to announce that I will be a speaker at The Parenting Complex Kids Summit! This FREE Online Event brings together top professionals and Rabbonim who really get it. Information and inspiration for parents of high-stress/ behaviorally challenging kids. Mon, Feb 9th- Sun, Feb 15th. 5 days. 30+ Amazing Speakers. To sign up now, […]
Neuroplasticity and Learning: shaping the mind and the brain
Post #2 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. “Relationships between neuronal structure and function underpin the complexity of human organization: the individual’s thinking, feeling and doing.” – Gerald Edelman Neuroplasticity (the brain’s capacity to alter its structure and function in response to experience) has transformed how we understand learning and human development. […]
Parallel Assessment of a Three-Year-Old with Sensorimotor Issues and Significant Developmental Delays
Post #3 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. Early sensorimotor responses in infancy are largely automatic, quick, reflexive and bound to the present moment. They are more related to survival than to understanding. Only when these sensations are stored, compared, and integrated with other experiences do they become flexible enough to support […]
Interactive Developmental Domains, OM
Post #2 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. Parallel Assessment and Parallel Development are models of successful child development interventions shaped by biological, societal and cultural strategies for connection and learning. They are concerned not only with what a child can do, but with how the child comes to do it through […]
Problems Looking and Listening
When Daniel was four, he avoided looking at or listening to his teachers or to other children in his kindergarten. He was distressed in visually overloaded spaces, had difficulties with changes in his environment, with transitions or altered sequences. He was particularly inattentive during instruction and interactive play activities. He paid little attention to what […]
Integrated Developmental Domain Systems
Post #3 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. Introduction Some of the prevailing assumptions guiding the parenting, assessment, teaching and treatment of children with significant developmental delays may need to change if we want to improve the child’s interpersonal connections, learning and development. We may be diligent, compassionate and technically skilled but […]
When the World Warps: Living with Visual Distortions, Neurodivergence, and Irlen Syndrome
Acquired Neurodivergence: A Life Full of Surprises When you live with acquired neurodivergence, as I do since my brain surgery almost thirteen years ago, life is full of surprises. Some of them are exciting and creative, while others throw me way off kilter. Most of these surprises- particularly the ones that knock me for a […]