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   1 month old: I look to the world from a foetus position I notice what moves close to me.      2 months of age: the muscles in my neck help me to lift my head; I discover little by little an upright world around me.    3 months old: because my parents played with me, my neck and [...]

Practical tips for parents In each of the following areas, there is a a variety of ways to play with the child, and it helps to reach the developmental milestones. Babies are motivated initially through their senses, There’s always such a sense accessible; even when it can’t see and hear it can feel your touch, [...]

Motricity in children with special needs   The real value of interaction between an adult and a child is not determined by the ability of the adult to lead the child, but depends on the quality of the response to the action of the child. The essence of communication is interaction rather than action. Children [...]

    Children are first and foremost children. She has autismAutism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. AutismAutism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs is not well understood. It is one of three recognized disorders in the autism spectrum (ASDs), the other two being Asperger syndrome, which lacks delays in cognitive development and language, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (commonly abbreviated as PDD-NOS), which is diagnosed when the full set of criteria for autism or Asperger syndrome are not met.
affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their [...]

Deafblindness and social emotional development. The combination of visual (seeing) and auditorial (hearing) problems in a young child has huge consequences for how the child perceives the world around and learns to handle the information. Seeing and hearing are the main distance sentences and responsible for the contact of the child with the world. Because [...]

Making a start, especially in deafblind children   Emotional development is about recognizing, accepting and appreciating your own identity. who you are and what you can. Also in children with special needs. Already from the very beginning; mothers start giving names to the unborn child in her womb, names on birth cards are wonderful designed, [...]