Comments on: Adult Learning Principle #3: Active Practice and Participation are Key!

By: Dana Childress, PhD

Dana Childress, PhD — Tue, 19 May 2020 17:08:20 +0000

In reply to Michelle.

I’m so glad this was helpful! Thanks for joining the conversation, Michelle!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 17 May 2020 15:01:15 +0000

This article really struck home- the whole image of changing the tire and frustration with that task makes the point to me as a provider to how frustrated a task as “eating” or “changing a diaper and the child moving against you” can be and how important it is to step back, take a deep breathe and ask the questions of what have you tried and show me how to help work together.
-Encouraging, model and show to help build the confidence for the parent/child relationship in those identified difficult situations/tasks.

By: Dana Childress, M.Ed.

Dana Childress, M.Ed. — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:15:38 +0000

In reply to Nathan Travis.

Thanks Nathan! The whole practice and participation thing made perfect sense to me as I reflected on how much I struggled with changing my first tire (and maybe my second one too…). I’d love to know how it goes when you use the analogy with parents. Hope to see you at CCSS this summer!

By: Nathan Travis

Nathan Travis — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:58:16 +0000

Dana,
As always, you rock! Thanks so much! Excellent analogy! Great article. I will be using it as a launching pad to start discussions w/my parents that don’t always feel really comfortable engaging in suggestions/ideas (that they even come up with which are great!) in our therapy visits. Thanks again!

Nathan

By: Dana Childress, M.Ed.

Dana Childress, M.Ed. — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:04:49 +0000

In reply to Amy Cocorikis.

That’s wonderful to hear, Amy! Thinking about what comes next, after we model, is so important and for me, was really easy NOT to think about, especially before I had the experience of my son receiving EI. It wasn’t that I didn’t care, I just assumed that my modeling was sufficient. I’m always so excited to hear about how you use our blogs and about the incredible reflections your groups share. Your reflective practice groups sound like they really are making a difference! Keep up the fantastic work and please keep sharing your groups’ insights!

By: Amy Cocorikis

Amy Cocorikis — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:47:09 +0000

Having read this and shared it recently in several PD activities – there is specific phrasing in this article that has created so many “aha moments” I had to share! “They often have plenty of opportunities to watch someone who is very skilled intervene with their children and it looks so easy. They can read a handout which makes intervention sound easy too.” “Imagine how frustrating this could be, having watched someone do it successfully and then not being able to get it to work.” People responded very strongly to the image that this created…Lots of folks felt good about our use of modeling during visits, and our creative home programming ideas, but when we considered that any of our families could be left feeling this way, it opened up a whole other level of reflection! Thanks!

By: Dana Childress, M.Ed.

Dana Childress, M.Ed. — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 19:49:50 +0000

In reply to Beth Tolley.

Thanks Beth! I’m so glad you thought so! We all use this principle in our everyday lives all the time…I think many of us use it during intervention too and don’t recognize it’s importance. Practice IS so important! 🙂

By: Beth Tolley

Beth Tolley — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:12:53 +0000

Thank you! The changing the tire example makes this principle so clear – as do the examples with Jenna and Trent! This makes such great sense!