understand

W02 This lesson covers the Understand category of the NEPEM model. To understand, you must become familiar with the general childhood developmental stages. At the same time, a parent needs to be mindful of the unique and specific development of the specific child.
I really liked this week as I see how important it is as parenting should be adapted to fit each specific child. As I was looking for things for this blog and I thought this quote was perfect. 
Education begins the moment we see children as innately wise and capable beings only then can we play in their world.
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In the book the 10 basic principles of good parenting it talks about parent’s fantasies and dreams of how their children will be, “treat these as fantasies not plans that are fixed in concrete. Your job is to help your child identify and develop his talents and pursue his interests, regardless of whether they correspond to your expectations." I think this is so true as we need to know what we are dealing with in order to be able to deal effectively. during the weeks lesson we learned that there are three domains physical, cognitive,  and social emotional.   Each age range has specific these domains are based upon the milestones. As an example, a child’s ability to learn new information is influenced by his ability to interact appropriately with others and his ability to control his immediate impulses.
As I assist in teaching special needs children to transition to after high school to the real world there are specific area that are tested to find out where exactly that person falls on the spectrum  so that we can understand what would best help them. this is what the test is based on.    
·         Cognition – the ability to learn and problem solve
·         Social interaction and emotional regulation – interacting with others and mastering self-control
·         Speech and Language – understanding and using language, reading and communicating
·         Physical skills – fine motor (finger) skills and gross motor (whole body) skills

·         Sensory awareness –  the registration of sensory information for use
In the book the 10 basic principles of good parenting it talks about parent’s fantasies and dreams of how their children will be, “treat these as fantasies not plans that are fixed in concrete. Your job is to help your child identify and develop his talents and pursue his interests, regardless of whether they correspond to your expectations." 
Also the book discusses the importance to apply parenting principles equally to male and famle children. I couldn’t agree more because, a few years ago my mother passed away and my father was at a loss on how to take on some tasks that are considered "women’s work" that my mom had always taken care of. For a while after her passing I had to go over and help my father out with cooking, cleaning and other things until he learned that he was capable of doing those things as well. With that in mind I feel that neutral based parenting taken to the extreme can be very harmful. Children need to know how to do both roles and know that they can, but, I think that women and men have unique roles on earth and some of this type of parenting is based on the fact that every child has a choice of where they fit in possibly even leading into choosing what gender they are. In my opinion I think that this is dangerous because being a male or a female is preordained. 
 Although I consider this one of my favorite topics for this course I think I struggle the most with it as I feel I am not a patient person.  Each child is different and Unique and having patience during each developmental transition change is essential.
During our come follow me lesson this week  and I thought it went perfectly with the lesson. And it really makes me realize how important it is to strive to make it my goal to build this quality. Image result for ephesians 4 2

I want to remember a few things, In the book of 10 basic principles  of good parenting, one of the things that it says that we need to remember when a child is going through a developmental transition is that it will not last forever.

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