Integrated Frameworks for Development
Integrated Developmental Domains help us understand how human development is organized and functions. Parallel Assessment and Parallel Development provide frameworks for helping development move forward. Parallel Development begins with the same assumption that underlies the Organizing Minds framework. Development occurs through connections and interactions between persons, between developmental domains, and is boosted and enriched by […]
Health, Wellness and Development
Post #2 in category. We recommend you read posts in numerical order. Physical health, mental health and development are inseparable. Health is usually viewed medically, but its interpersonal, learning and developmental implications cannot be ignored. Unfortunately, health and medically related signs and symptoms may be overlooked because they may be falsely attributed to the child’s […]
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, […]
Maturation, Mediated Learning and GPPSP Parallel Assessment
Post #3 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. Note: Ideas expressed here are not meant to be given in report form, but rather to describe mindsets and methods in Organizing Minds blog posts. Ideas and procedures in the post below can be tried and discussed with the child’s parents and each of […]
You are not Alone
Post #3 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. You are not Alone Parents and family members are not peripheral to a child’s development; they are central. And yet, in clinical, therapeutic, and educational settings, they are often sidelined, treated as well-meaning supporters and transporters rather than vital participants in their child’s progress. […]
The Phone Call
Post #2 in category. We suggest reading posts in numerical order. In 1972, I was a young psychology graduate student. From time to time, my supervising professor asked me to give lectures to his classes. In my lectures, I would present data and statistics and graphs to students who were often years older than I […]
Learning How to Play, Learning through Play
Post #1 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. Children learn through play, yet many must first learn how to play. For young children and for many children with developmental delays, early play does not emerge spontaneously. It is nurtured. These children rely on adults to mediate their early experiences, to draw them […]
Slow Down Until it Almost Hurts
Post #1 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. Over the years, I have learned that one of the most powerful tools in working with children who have developmental and communication delays is simply this: slow down. Slow the speech, the gestures, the instructions, the demonstrations. Slow the pace of the interaction until […]