Psychology 2043A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Human Voice, Prenatal Development, Child Abuse

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2043A/B
• Professor: Esther Goldberg

Document Summary

Week 3 early intervention: the purpose of early intervention is to provide necessary supports and services to optimize the child"s development as early as possible. Info from enviro is stored in pathways in the brain that are ready to receive provides foundation for autonomous emotional functioning: learns how to cope with the world/language, fetal development: 50,000-100,000 neurons per second. Interventions can become part of daily routine and activities: seven key principles for practicing within natural enviros, child learns best in familiar experiences with familiar people in familiar contexts. Infants spend most of their time sleeping, not practical: education should take place in a setting in which skills will be used, parents may be more comfortable (still accepting disability, may be very long way to travel. Behaviour support: abcs of a child"s behaviour, a: antecedent, b: behaviour, c: consequences. Multi-disciplinary team: more than one professional working together, parents, audiologists, physician, nurse, ot, physio, psych, ophthalmologist, developmental specialist, social worker, slp.