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
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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.
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.

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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