When talking to parents and caregivers, it can be helpful to ask them what they know about temperament and assess their understanding of how their temperament matches (or doesn’t match!) their child’s. Parents may be able to talk about their child’s response to different environments, sensory preferences or reaction to change and may not have …
Temperament and Social Emotional Development
Posted on December 10, 2020
by
Naomi Grinney, LCSW
in All, Engaging Families, Intervention Visits, Practical Strategies
EI Tele-Assessment Video Chats & Strategies: You’ve Got This!
Posted on May 13, 2020
by
Dana Childress, PhD
in All, Assessment, Engaging Families, Practical Strategies, Tele-Intervention
Here’s the question: Whoever, in a million years, thought we’d be doing developmental assessments using video conferencing??
Really, when you think about that, it’s equally unnerving and amazing. Unnerving because it can seem like a completely new way of gathering information about a child’s development without even being physically present with the child. Amazing because …
3 Interventions Every Early Interventionist Needs to Know – Part 2
Posted on November 05, 2019
by
Dana Childress, PhD
in All, Bridging the Gap, Engaging Families, Intervention Visits, Practical Strategies
In Part 1 of this series, you learned about the first intervention, which focuses on the caregiver’s awareness and interpretation of his or her own actions. This first intervention emphasizes (to us and the caregiver) the power the caregiver has to positively impact the child’s development through interaction and action. In Part 2, we’re going …
