Early Intervention
Healthy Interactions: Critical Factors for Early Child Development
Overview
The job of the infant and toddler is to move, touch and connect with other humans. Restrained by bucket seats, infants aged 0-2 years old watch an average 2.2 hours per day of TV, and 25% have TV’s in their bedrooms. Toddlers age 3-5 years use 4.5 hours per day of combined technology. This technology overuse is resulting in delays in achieving developmental milestones needed for school entry. Low postural tone and poor coordination from increased use of plastic bucket seats and strollers is concerning therapists throughout North America. Eventual school categorization of these children as learning disabled or developmentally delayed, often with accompanying behavior disorders is eminent, resulting in difficulty achieving even the basics of literacy. Recognizing the need for critical developmental elements of movement, touch and human connection is crucial in this day and age of technology obsession.
Goal
Healthy Interactions raises awareness regarding the critical factors for healthy early child development of movement, touch and connection, and offers parents, teachers and therapists’ practical strategies to enhance infant, toddler and early child development.
Learning Outcomes
• Analyze current research on technology’s impact on early child development, and differentiate popular toddler mental diagnoses from TV and videogame addictions.
• Identify critical factors for meeting developmental milestones, and for achieving foundation skills for school entry.
• Rank individual performance levels, and determine intervention strategies for pre-schools and parents.
• Apply initiatives and techniques to improve infant, toddler and child sensory and motor development.
Handouts
Foundation Scale for Infant, Toddler and Pre-School
Early Development Directive
Who should attend?
Parents, teachers, administrators, special education staff, occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, physical therapists, counsellors, physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and child care providers. Foundation Series Workshops are designed to be introductory level for therapists, intermediate for teachers and advanced for parents, child care workers and teaching assistants.
How to register
Register for scheduled Foundation Series Workshops:
- Online at www.zoneinworkshops.com/schedule
- Print the workshop descriptor and fax page two to 1-877-8zonein
- Phone 1-888-8zonein
- Email info@zonein.ca
- Print the workshop descriptor and mail page two to Zone’in at 6840 Seaview Rd, Sechelt, BC Canada V0N3A4
Sponsor a workshop
Sponsor a workshop in your own community and receive a free Zone’in, Move’in or Unplug’in program for school or home use. Contact Amy for the details!
Evidence based – Research referenced – Strategy focused