December 13, 2013
Positive Support Reflex & Stepping Reflex: Enabling babies to stand and step Children’s gross motor skills develop over time, but sometimes infants appear to be born […]
November 12, 2013
My daughter is 13 1/2 months old. She was born full term. She is not bearing any weight on her feet. When we try to make […]
November 12, 2013
Many children, once they start to use words to communicate, can still be difficult to understand. Speech sound errors can occur without a known cause, but […]
November 12, 2013
My son is 5 years old. He has been in speech therapy off and on since he was three. He cannot put a sentence together. If […]
November 12, 2013
Hi, I have worked with William’s Syndrome and Autistic children. Right now I am a nanny and this little boy is 18 months old and shows […]
November 12, 2013
I have a 12 month old little girl with Down Syndrome. We participate in an early intervention program. Currently, she receives 2.5 hours a week of […]
November 11, 2013
Feeding your baby is one of the most important aspects of child care. When it does not work as you expect or is a stressful event, […]
November 11, 2013
Suggested play to help speech development for your child: When you hold your baby, trying singing a song. Your infant enjoys the repetitive nature of a […]
November 11, 2013
Most One Year Olds can: Recognize name Say “mama” and “dada” (nonspecifically) and 2-3 words besides “mama” and “dada” Imitate familiar words Understand simple instructions Recognize […]
November 11, 2013
In speech development, typical 18-month-olds can: Use 10-15 words spontaneously Attempt to sing Say “No” meaningfully Gesture to express needs Name one or two familiar objects […]
November 11, 2013
In speech development, most two-and-a-half-year olds can: Use 50+ words Answer questions Refer to self as “I” or “me” Communicate mostly with speech and shows frustration […]
November 11, 2013
In child speech development, most four year olds can: Can tell a story Have a sentence length of 4-5 words Have a vocabulary of nearly 1,000 […]
November 11, 2013
In child speech development, most five year olds can: Have sentence length of 4-5 words Use past tense correctly Have a vocabulary of nearly 1,500 words […]
November 11, 2013
If I sign with my child, won’t that stop him/her from developing speech? NO! In fact, research and experience shows that it actually helps facilitate speech […]
November 11, 2013
Can you provide therapy for an infant as young as 3 or 6 months? How do you go about getting a child of that age to […]
November 11, 2013
The optic nerve serves as a connector, carrying visual information from the eye to the brain. Those that have optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) have an underdeveloped […]
November 11, 2013
Healthy eyes and good vision play a critical role in how infants and children learn to see. Eye and vision problems can lead to developmental delays […]
November 11, 2013
Involve your child in selecting eyewear (frames). If they have a say in the style they will be more inclined to wear them. Make sure the […]
November 11, 2013
At this age children are refining their visual motor skills. This is demonstrated by their ability to color within the lines, cut between lines and on […]
November 11, 2013
By 3 years of age the eye is almost grown to its adult size. A 3 year old is using his or her vision to coordinate […]
November 11, 2013
By 2 years of age children should have 20/20 (normal) vision. You may notice that they are becoming increasing more interested in exploring their environment. They […]
November 11, 2013
At 1 year of age visual acuity is in the 20/50 range. Eye-hand coordination and depth perception are continuing to develop, and by 2 years of […]
November 11, 2013
You may start noticing your child visually responding to smiles and voices of others, moving his or her eyes around the room to see what is […]
November 11, 2013
It is thought that infants have good color vision by 5 months of age, although, not as sensitive as an adult’s. Other milestones at 5-6 months […]
November 11, 2013
At this time infants should be following slowly moving objects intermittently to midline. When taking photos, you will begin to notice your baby blinking at the […]
November 11, 2013
A physician will examine your newborn’s eyes at birth to rule out congenital cataracts and other serious problems. At this time an antibiotic will be put […]
November 11, 2013
Sensory Processing Disorder A child with this neurological disorder (also called sensory integration dysfunction) will have difficulty processing information from the five senses: vision auditory, touch, […]
November 11, 2013
A Summary of the article by Maureen Salamon, HealthDay that appeared on USAToday.com February 2011 Recent studies seem to indicate that even babies who are considered […]
November 11, 2013
In Terms of Cognitive Development, Most 5 Year Olds Will: Be able to dress himself Handle all bathroom responsibilities independently Follow the rules to games, but […]
November 11, 2013
In Terms of Cognitive Development, Most 4 Year Olds Will: Will play games with other children and can agree to rules Like to sing, dance and […]