According to Dr. Joseph Piven, a psychiatrist and director of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, and a senior author of the study, “This study strongly suggests that much of the enlargement in the brains of children with autism takes place before the age of two. And the results suggest a mechanism not thought of before in autism, that there is increased production of neurons in the [cerebral cortex] of the brain.”
http://www.healthnews.com/Categories/Family-Health/Early-Brain-Overgrowth-Linked-to-Autism
[Sam: Le Beaumont Language Centre offers special discounts for infants diagnosed with developmental problems, including autism and language impairment.]
4.5.11
Top 5 Autism-Related Organizations
Top 5 Autism-Related Organizations
By Susan Brady, Health News, Last updated on April 29, 2011
http://www.healthnews.com/en/Categories/Family-Health/Top-5-Autism-Related-Organizations
National Autism Association
http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/
Autism Speaks
http://www.autismspeaks.org/
U.S. Autism and Asperger Association
http://www.usautism.org/
Autism Society of America
http://www.autism-society.org/
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
http://www.centerforautism.com/
By Susan Brady, Health News, Last updated on April 29, 2011
http://www.healthnews.com/en/Categories/Family-Health/Top-5-Autism-Related-Organizations
National Autism Association
http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/
Autism Speaks
http://www.autismspeaks.org/
U.S. Autism and Asperger Association
http://www.usautism.org/
Autism Society of America
http://www.autism-society.org/
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
http://www.centerforautism.com/
Critical period
There is a specific period during which children can acquire language easily without the aid of any formal language instruction. Eric Lenneberg (1967) first proposed that the ability to learn a language develops within a fixed period, from birth to puberty. The notion of critical age is true in many species and seems to pertain to species-specific, biologically triggered behavior. Ducklings, for example, during the period from nine to twenty-one hours after hatching, will follow the first moving object they see, whether or not it looks like a duck. Such behavior is not affected by conscious decision, external force or intense practice (Fromkin & Rodman, p. 342). Goodluck maintains that human's ability to learn a language is "significantly impaired" beyond the critical period (p. 141).
http://www.let.uu.nl/~wim.zonneveld/personal/phonologyinnateug.htm
[Sam: The critical period for the development of voice recognition system appears to be from birth to the 9th month. Beyond this period, the infant is no longer able to input foreign sounds into one's voice recognition system automatically. However, the child can still do it with the help of a native teacher. The efficiency drops with age.]
http://www.let.uu.nl/~wim.zonneveld/personal/phonologyinnateug.htm
[Sam: The critical period for the development of voice recognition system appears to be from birth to the 9th month. Beyond this period, the infant is no longer able to input foreign sounds into one's voice recognition system automatically. However, the child can still do it with the help of a native teacher. The efficiency drops with age.]
3.5.11
A child’s IQ is not fixed from birth
Dr. Jill Stamm, an internationally renowned expert in early brain development and its connection to later learning and academic achievement, is the author of, Bright from the Start, The Simple, Science-backed Way to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind from Birth to Age 3. Most importantly, she is also a mother. Dr. Stamm began her lecture sharing her journey from young mother to neuroscientist. Her first daughter, Jenny, was born prematurely with significant developmental disabilities inspiring Jill to understand her daughter’s unique brain functioning and provide the best care for her. Her second daughter, Kristin, followed in her mother’s footsteps to also become a neuroscientist. Jenny has flourished with her mother and sister’s understanding and support.
“A child’s IQ is not fixed from birth. At birth, the human brain has about 100 billion nerve cells, yet most of them are unconnected,” Stamm shared. “By three years old, a child's brain is about 90 percent of its adult size,” The neuroscientist showed how new technology of PET scans and MRIs has made it possible for researchers to finally ‘look inside the brain’ while it is at work at different stages of development and actually see how the brain processes information. “The visual system is the first system to 'wire up' and develops primarily in infancy,” she demonstrated. Following her science backed approach, the ABC’s of Attention, Bonding and Communication, parents and caregivers can learn how to interact with children to increase their ability to pay attention, be securely bonded and lay the foundations for language and literacy. “Critical studies show you cannot spoil an infant by being attentive,” she reassured the audience. “Human contact and touch promotes a sense of security and encourages healthy brain development.”
“Implementing simple strategies so that children become successful early learners eliminates the need for expensive downstream remediation,” Dr. Stamm continued. “Public investment in education is lowest in early childhood, creating a mismatch between the investments made and the opportunity for improvement. As a result, there is a great demand for expensive remedial programs to address learning and behavior problems in later years when change is far more difficult to achieve.”
http://www.betterbiz1.com/lake/lake-drive-foundation-hosts-early-brain-development-symposium-for-370-parents-and-professionals/
“A child’s IQ is not fixed from birth. At birth, the human brain has about 100 billion nerve cells, yet most of them are unconnected,” Stamm shared. “By three years old, a child's brain is about 90 percent of its adult size,” The neuroscientist showed how new technology of PET scans and MRIs has made it possible for researchers to finally ‘look inside the brain’ while it is at work at different stages of development and actually see how the brain processes information. “The visual system is the first system to 'wire up' and develops primarily in infancy,” she demonstrated. Following her science backed approach, the ABC’s of Attention, Bonding and Communication, parents and caregivers can learn how to interact with children to increase their ability to pay attention, be securely bonded and lay the foundations for language and literacy. “Critical studies show you cannot spoil an infant by being attentive,” she reassured the audience. “Human contact and touch promotes a sense of security and encourages healthy brain development.”
“Implementing simple strategies so that children become successful early learners eliminates the need for expensive downstream remediation,” Dr. Stamm continued. “Public investment in education is lowest in early childhood, creating a mismatch between the investments made and the opportunity for improvement. As a result, there is a great demand for expensive remedial programs to address learning and behavior problems in later years when change is far more difficult to achieve.”
http://www.betterbiz1.com/lake/lake-drive-foundation-hosts-early-brain-development-symposium-for-370-parents-and-professionals/
Theories of language acquisition
There are 4 main theories of language acquisition,viz imitation,innateness, cognition and motherese. None of these theories, however, can explain the whole picture.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54434346/Theories-of-Language-Acquisition-1-1225480010904742-8
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54434346/Theories-of-Language-Acquisition-1-1225480010904742-8
2.5.11
Make the most of mistakes in parenting, esp with a teenager
You can only do your best to love, respect, and teach your child. The rest is up to them. Every single one of us, children and adults alike, is perfectly imperfect. Our mistakes are necessary for personal growth and development, thus they are of extreme value to us.
If you do something that you regret, apologize and use it as an opportunity to teach your child that we all make mistakes and there is no shame in saying “I’m sorry.” If your child does something that you don’t understand or approve of, open the door of communication so that you may better relate to one another.
http://blog.self-improvement-saga.com/2009/08/ideas-parenting/
If you do something that you regret, apologize and use it as an opportunity to teach your child that we all make mistakes and there is no shame in saying “I’m sorry.” If your child does something that you don’t understand or approve of, open the door of communication so that you may better relate to one another.
http://blog.self-improvement-saga.com/2009/08/ideas-parenting/
1.5.11
Early experience can have lasting effects on behavior
Studies of how the environment can turn genes on and off—a field called epigenetics—are providing clues to how early experience can have lasting effects on behavior, even across generations. Epigenetic changes are likely to be involved in the effects of the environment on development of the nervous system. Knowledge of epigenetic processes may offer targets for the development of new medications.
http://menanddepression.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/brain-development-during-childhood-and-adolescence/index.shtml
[Sam: If "early experience can have lasting effects on behavior, even across generations," supportive, stimulating and rewarding experience during infancy through interactive playgroups should have a chance to repair and alter the architecture of a damaged brain. In any way, an enjoyable childhood in the company of other children and a highly energetic playgroup teacher would have lasting positive effect on the genes.]
http://menanddepression.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/brain-development-during-childhood-and-adolescence/index.shtml
[Sam: If "early experience can have lasting effects on behavior, even across generations," supportive, stimulating and rewarding experience during infancy through interactive playgroups should have a chance to repair and alter the architecture of a damaged brain. In any way, an enjoyable childhood in the company of other children and a highly energetic playgroup teacher would have lasting positive effect on the genes.]
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