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Sequence 22gratification like food, a pacifier, or passive movement made in our arms or in constricting containers? In specialized shops… |
Sequence 23has a stronger character. It is the same with the develop- ment of the character, which would seem to be a typically… |
Sequence 24the two situations. One can "move towards" someone to kiss or hug them or just to shake their hand, but with… |
Sequence 25daily life. A child of fourteen to fifteen months is able to set a table for ten people very well, but he will doitina way… |
Sequence 26THE IMPORTANCE OF CLOTHING IN MOVEMENT The importance of clothing in the development of movement is certainly… |
Sequence 27longer and succeed in attracting the attention of the mother, or of some other interested adults. They are picked up and moved… |
Sequence 1THE DEVELOPMENTAL CRISES OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Encouraging parental awareness regarding… |
Sequence 2along the path of humanization. It is rather like taking an exam. Although it is a special moment, it does not cause too many… |
Sequence 3change is repeated only at death, to which you bring even less, since you leave behind your very body. It is useful to think… |
Sequence 4cal help they need to pass the test for which they have been preparing themselves extremely thoroughly! What would happen to a… |
Sequence 5ment assists in the expression of life and becomes what Maria Mont- essori calls "an unveiling environment."… |
Sequence 6At this age, eight to nine months, infants can move about very well on all fours, which finally gives them an independence of… |
Sequence 7useless and needs to be replaced by the infant's hands and by a different use of the mouth, which now has teeth with… |
Sequence 8from his mother and the surrounding environ- ment. In practice, chil- dren exhibit this fear only when an unknown adult… |
Sequence 9crying is fully explained by the terrible but common sensation of being at the mercy of people stronger than they are, who… |
Sequence 10that the children may experiment with being able to do things by themselves. This autonomous work helps in the construction… |
Sequence 11but not for long. As soon as they have been reassured, they want to set off again on their explorations in response to a… |
Sequence 12THE CRISIS OF OPPOSITION The third developmental crisis occurs at thirty to thirty-six months of age and concludes the first… |
Sequence 13II is very dangerous for the future of human beings to let children perceive that life is always a conflict and that, if you… |
Sequence 14We have to learn a completely different manner of addressing children even before the period of opposition arises. This can… |
Sequence 15get used to the democratic exercise of power. This does not imply doing what they want but, starting from the real situation (… |
Sequence 16The period of opposition is also one in which children begin to better understand time and to establish some relationship with… |
Sequence 1Lise Eliot 134 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 27, No. 1 • Winter 2002 |
Sequence 2PRENATAL INFLUENCES ON THE BRAIN by Lise Eliot Dr. Eliot' s clear scientific explanation of embryology and prenatal… |
Sequence 3place within two or three days before or twenty-four hours after ovulation, there will not be successful fertilization. The… |
Sequence 4ectoderm. It's from the ectoderm that the nervous system will form. The ectoderm also forms the skin, so there's… |
Sequence 5If the neural pore on the anterior or head end fails to close proper I y, we have a defect known as anencephaly. Literally the… |
Sequence 6can go in there and close up this wound and get the nerves back inside to prevent some of those secondary problems that can be… |
Sequence 7estimated to raise the average woman's consumption of folic acid by about one hundred micrograms per day. So it helps,… |
Sequence 8PRENATAL INFLUENCES ON THE BRAIN Now we'll try to cover, to some degree, all of the important influences on the brain.… |
Sequence 9survive. Studies have been done on the various sensory modalities of premature babies to see what they' re processing.… |
Sequence 10because it's pretty dark in there. But they can detect the difference between very bright and very dark. Most women don… |
Sequence 11smell is quite mature at birth. Newborn babies can detect all the different basic ea tegories of odor. It's probably a… |
Sequence 12unit. The womb is by no means a quiet place-there's Mom's voice, and even louder than her voice is her heartbeat and… |
Sequence 13From ultrasound studies we now know a lot about babies' move- ment patterns, and fetal activity is actually a very good… |
Sequence 14delivery was going so poorly that they should have done a Caesarian). So there is an important role for Caesarian section in… |
Sequence 15weight, that is, less than two kilograms (5.5 pounds), are at higher risk for various neurological and mental problems. This… |
Sequence 16solvents, which are used in dry cleaning. I was fortunate enough to inherit a nanny who was fired from her previous job for… |
Sequence 17about three drinks per day throughout pregnancy, there is an effect on cognition and behavior that is not morphological-you… |
Sequence 18or however long you want to carry out your study, and then you must follow them out and see how the pregnancy went, whether… |
Sequence 19a slightly increased risk of miscarriage among flight attendants. (But some researchers believe it is more a matter of job… |
Sequence 20The drugs I mentioned are all prescription drugs. There are no non-prescrip- tion medications that are proven teratogens.… |
Sequence 21A). As I said, most drugs tend to fall into Category C, which basically relieves the drug company of responsibility. Still,… |
Sequence 22having one drink. Three percent admitted to drinking at least one drink per day or at least one binge. So alcohol consumption… |
Sequence 23We don't know yet, but it would seem that prenatal experience is getting "cleaner" than it used to be… |
Sequence 24been linked to behavioral problems in school-aged children, like ADHD and conduct disorders. Now with all of these drugs of… |
Sequence 25that is found in the blood of smokers and those exposed to secondhand smoke. We've only relatively recently learned that… |
Sequence 26tions, but there is increasing evidence that caffeine in early gestation does increase the risk of miscarriage as well as… |
Sequence 27But then when we get into the realm of lower frequencies-micro- waves, for example, and computer monitors-there has been a… |
Sequence 28Let me first talk about cytomegalovirus (CMV), which is a very common virus. It poses no danger to most of us. In fact, many… |
Sequence 29it to the fetus, it's another ten percent chance that the fetus will be permanently harmed as a result. So it's not… |
Sequence 30We're all tested for rubella immunity a tour first prenatal visit, and if you're not immune to rubella or have low… |
Sequence 31almost certainly incapable of harming the fetus. Microwave ovens are not dangerous. A lot of people were worried about… |
Sequence 32Stress is not a clear teratogen, but there's some indication that it increases the risk of miscarriage, and so it's… |
Sequence 1LIFETIME DEVELOPMENT AS SEEN THROUGH THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE by Judi Orion Early development shapes one's… |
Sequence 2All children deserve to be unconditionally accepted and loved because they're sim- ply human. They're one of us.… |
Sequence 3where we tend to be very general, where we could train ourselves to be more specific, our children would absorb a much richer… |
Sequence 4Most importantly, however, is that the foundation for human relationship is being formed during this period: not just the… |
Sequence 5to be one of being able to put our own needs aside and say, "OK, for the time that I'm in this room, I'm in… |
Sequence 6a great whining place. You can just sit here and whine as long as you like." But when a toddler has learned to… |
Sequence 7Toileting can become an This vision that Maria Montessori had issuewhenachildisinastress- of the child, the potential of the… |
Sequence 8cannot transition into the Primary class until they are toilet trained. Now if you're taking a new child from the outside… |
Sequence 9weekend. We certainly had an interesting discussion yesterday in that little workshop on using this information in-did we ever… |
Sequence 10Hopefully this weekend has given you a little renewal of this vision. I want to give you two quotes. One is from E.M. Standing… |
Sequence 1THE IMPACT OF THE ASSISTANTS TO INFANCY PROGRAM ON PRIMARY CHILDREN by Liz Hall When a Primary ( ages three to six) class… |
Sequence 2Dr. Montessori defined the nor- mal path of development as one in which the two streams of en- ergy in the child, the… |
Sequence 3without coercion, and left him free to wander around at will-provided he disturbs no one-and if she has let him choose his… |
Sequence 4To sum things up in Dr. Montessori' swords, "A creature can be led astray by something that is in itself quite… |
Sequence 5from the idea that most three-year-old children have not been sup- ported in their normal path of development and will… |
Sequence 6before you can be really sure that they're never going to have a lapse in toileting. And, of course, given the conditions… |
Sequence 7fails to challenge children from an infant community, who, you re- member, have been actively involved in practical life… |
Sequence 8have had at least one child who came in from a home environment already on the path to normalization. We also need to assess… |
Sequence 9and three. But what we need to do is assess the ones that are develop- mentally appropriate in our assessment of this child… |
Sequence 10Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Clrildlrood. 1936. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. Notre Dame, IN: Fides, 1966. Standing, E.M.… |
Sequence 1USING THE ASSISTANTS TO INFANCY FOR PRE-ADOLESCENTS: ANTICIPATING A HEALTHY p ARENTHOOD by Judi Orion The life cycle of… |
Sequence 2Obviously, we first had to get the parents on board because I was going to be dealing with the physical anatomy of the human… |
Sequence 3twenty-four weeks-because of new medical technology, twenty-four- week fetuses can be viable fetuses. So this timeline is a… |
Sequence 4We do hearing, and we break down the auditory sense into many different things. The first two show a continuous pattern… |
Sequence 5ing to watch the children. I put up the female anatomy first, and I went through all the external anatomy and I went through… |
Sequence 6sive to six- to nine-year-olds: "Wow! I wonder if puppies do that too. I wonder if kittens do that when they're… |
Sequence 7see that this hormonal swing that they're going to go through in adolescence, and all those kinds of changes, are really… |
Sequence 8physically what happens to your body when you hit adolescence. I can't talk to boys because I've never experienced… |
Sequence 9One little boy wrote on an evalu- ation one time, "I want to see a real baby." Aha. At that time at the… |
Sequence 10.------------------------------- ·-- can give them a 'presentation' with manipulative materials, they can take… |
Sequence 11That's the program that we did in a capsule. So what I'm interested in doing now is some dialogue about how that… |
Sequence 12And I was very up-front: "This is what I'm going todo." "Do you think my child's too… |
Sequence 13children it was the first time they'd seen a birth. And I didn't want them to associate blood and birth. Q: Where I… |
Sequence 14Q: Because I think that would be very unthreatening to parents and to the kids. A: Yes, if you don't call it sex… |
Sequence 15realize your child is not your child anymore. Your child is now entering a phase of life when they could physiologically be… |
Sequence 16up and certainly encourage the parents to talk to their children. Because that is the value system-you're right-the… |
Sequence 17A: It's like we don't discuss all the emotional ramifications of all the things that could happen in a birth. Every… |
Sequence 18A: Yes, you certainly would now. But I think, again, that is a discussion for the adolescent. Q: 1 think of my own son, eight… |
Sequence 19with adolescents who didn't go through this program who were doing internships. I tried to give them some idea of where… |
Sequence 20get older. I don't see it as a one-shot deal. I see this as an ongoing process with a group of kids. Q: I have a… |
Sequence 21A: To address your first issue, that whole value about the essence of love and the creation of new life is there before we… |
Sequence 22Q: I think there needs to be a distinction between emotional aspects versus embarrassment about the product itself. But from… |
Sequence 23A: How interesting. Q: I have to agree with the scientific approach because not all families have that love. It would be… |
Sequence 24exclude the idea of families with a father and a mother as from the picture of love. I don't think you should need to… |
Sequence 25conceived in love-the love between two women-and the sperm just came from somebody else. Butthat child, in fact, from their… |
Sequence 1THE ASSISTANT TO INFANCY: A SPECIAL EDUCATOR by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro introduces the origins of the… |