Overcoming ADHD by Stanley I. Greenspan & Jacob (con) Greenspan

Author:Stanley I. Greenspan & Jacob (con) Greenspan
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Psychopathology, Developmental, Psychology, Family & Relationships, Da Capo Lifelong Books, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD-ADHD), General, Parenting, Children With Special Needs, Child, Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD-ADHD)
ISBN: 9780738213552
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2009-08-01T21:00:00+00:00

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making noises; she understands that its function is to communicate.

In our games at this stage, we want to introduce imitation and use objects functionally. For instance, groom-ing is very interesting to kids. Daddy may be combing his hair, and the child has to find her own comb, so she can imitate Daddy. In other words, now we want the child to relate to objects according to their function as well as their colors or shapes or textures. Kids gravitate toward this naturally.

Words and Ideas

Once the child is looking and listening, touching and smelling, recognizing patterns and exploring the world with all her senses, she is ready to use words and ideas and combine them in different ways to solve problems.

These abilities build on the foundations we’ve been describing.

From the beginning parents help children label and describe with words what they’re already seeing and understanding. While experiencing themselves in relationship to other people, animals, and physical objects, they’re associating words and word patterns, and distinguishing between one and another. These abilities depend on having a lot of interaction with the physical world and the in-terpersonal world, playing with others in a moving, dynamic dance.

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