Parent Café Morning Edition
October 2, 2013
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
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Welcome
Goals for Today
1.Welcome and Introductions
2. Announcements
3. Ice Breaker
4. Presentation and Discussion
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Child Development
Marjola Roshi, MA, CAGS
School Psychologist
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Agenda
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Developmental Tasks
Developmental Lag Indicators
Suggested Behaviors for Effective Parenting
Physical Development Characteristics-Guide
Intellectual Development Characteristics-Guide
Social Development Characteristics-Guide
Emotional Development Characteristics-Guide
Resource List
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Developmental Tasks
Educational Implications
 Piaget’s theory : The content of instruction needs to be
consistent with the developmental level of the learner.
 § Provide concrete props and visual aids, such as models
and/or time line
 § Use familiar examples to facilitate learning more complex
ideas, such as story problems in math.
 § Allow opportunities to classify and group information with
increasing complexity; use outlines and hierarchies to
facilitate assimilating new information with previous
knowledge.
 § Present problems that require logical analytic thinking; the
use of tools such as "brain teasers"
is encouraged.
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Developmental Lag Indicators
 A child may present with a serious discrepancy within his or her
developmental profile, yet such gaps may dissipate with time
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Developmental Lag Indicators
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Tips for Effective Parenting
 Seek to understand the CURRENT norm
 Academic and social expectations are different
 Self-reflect on your own possible bias
 Ask your child-Use curiosity rather than a guidance
approach to get them to share
 Seek consultations with available resources such as school
psychologist and guidance counselor when in doubt
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Intellectual Development:
Guide to Effective Parenting
 One’s abilities do not develop evenly
 Allow for the child to present his strengths
 Address the child’s weakness kindly and provide
opportunities for them to enhance in these cognitive
areas (e.g. use of blocks, puzzles etc…)
 Ignore:
 Temporary stuttering
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Social Development Characteristics:
Guide to Effective Parenting
 Balance: Be aware of the child’s social circle
 Guide them to learn principals of friendships, sharing
and loosing.
 Acceptance:
 Child may identify well with adults outside the family
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Emotional Development
Guide to Effective Parenting
 One’s abilities do not develop evenly
 Be kind, but honest
 Use an objective approach to problem solving
 Restate the problem
 Provide a clear approach to a tangible solution
 Provide a timeline
 Seek to enhance their independence in specific tasks or
presented issues gradually
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Resources
 Resource List
 Green, Ross. (2005). The explosive child. A new approach
for understanding and parenting easily frustrated,
chronically inflexible children
 Child Development Guide (n.d.) Retrieved from
http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/ca/fosterparents/training/chidev/
cd06.htm
 Garcia, W. Michelle. (2011). Socially Curious and Curiously
Social.
 Social Thinking Curriculum
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Questions?
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