Early Child Development‘WAYA’

where are you at?

CORE Fall MeetingOctober 16, 2013

Use your thumb to signify:• ‘agreement’, = thumbs up• ‘do not agree’, = thumbs down• ‘undecided’ = thumb horizontal

to the following statements: 1. The only important window of

opportunity across the lifecycle to support child development is from pregnancy through the first few years of life.

Critical Phases/periods of Biologic-Behavioral Changes

Adolescents Mother & young childPregnant women

Q #1. The only important window of opportunity across the lifecycle to support child development is from pregnancy through the first few years of life. Answer – T down

Q2. Bonding is the same as attachment.

Q#2. Bonding is the same as attachment. Answer – T down

Bonding: mother baby, starting from pregnancy

Attachment: baby mother (through serve and return). -- has a biological purpose to sustain life, causing the baby to demonstrate behaviors that help him/her to stay closer to the mother.

Q3. A 2 week-old baby only begin to see and to ‘copy’ at one month.

…taken from Jane Lucas PhD presentation @ CCD workshop in June 2013 in Ankara, Turkey

Andrew Meltzoff (father) baby copying

Q3. A 2 week-old baby only begin to see and to ‘copy’ at one month. Answer : T - down

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First Things First, (2010)

As things are seen, heard, felt or tasted, messages are sent from one brain cell to another through neurotransmitters.

These messages activate the cells, enabling them to make connections with the cells around them, causing the brain to grow.

Use it or loose it!

Connections in the brain become stronger when they are used often, and connections that are not used die away in childhood and early adolescence

First Things First, (2010)

■ For health professionals and CHWs to enhance skills to support care for development

■ For community health workers to build their skills to support integrated child care (health, feeding and development)

Resources

■Care for Child Development (C4D) Module (UNICEF, WHO 2009):

■Stimulation■Responsive parenting skills to enhance

mother/child interactions■Parenting messages

■ Job Aides: Play and Communication Guide, Resource Kit, 12 Group Meeting Sessions, Counselling Guidelines, Problem Solving Checklist.

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ECD Resource

A virtuous generational cycle for the children.... are you a spectator or a contributor?

…onward to breaking the transgenerational

cycle of poverty and ill health!