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 […]
Searching for Connections not Deficits
Post #5 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. A significant shift in our developmental thinking occurs when we stop focusing on “What is wrong with this child?” and begin asking, “How is this child’s development system organized and expanded?” and “How can we help?” This shift in perspective and goals fundamentally alters […]
The Problem of Seeing Children as Bits and Pieces
Post #4 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. As our knowledge of learning and child development has expanded, the general “scientific” and “behavioral” view has become increasingly fragmented. We have divided development into categories that are useful for study, assessment, and professional specialization. We speak of cognitive development, language development, motor development, […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s all about Connections
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A Systems Approach, Newell
Post #2 in category. We recommend reading posts in numerical order. Organizing Minds is a Parallel Systems Approach Committed to the Integration of all Domains of Development for the Child with Developmental Delays and for their Adult Mediators “A single mind produces all aspects of behavior. It is one mind that minds them all. Even […]