Group items tagged

Title: Imaginative play Author: Penelope Leach Date Published: n.d. Why Relevant & Summary: Written by childcare expert and author Penelope Leach. While your toddler is learning to sort and group objects, to manipulate them by hand, she is also becoming able to imagine objects and pretend their behavior. Relevant in the discussion of what is important in raising a toddler for optimal brain development. How This Influenced My Thinking: Explained the various important forms of play for a toddler effectively. Credibility of Source: Great

Title: Sensorimotor Stage of Cognitive Development Author: Kendra Cherry Date Published: n.d. Why Relevant & Summary: The sensorimotor stage occurs during early childhood between birth and approximately age two - this article discusses all the substages in the sensorimotor stage in a concise and easy to understand way. How This Influenced My Thinking: Allowed me to understand the substages even further. Credibility of Source: Very Credible

Title: What About the Children Author: Strathearn, L. et al. (2009) Date Published: 2009 Why Relevant and Summary: Gives clear detail by people who stay on top of current research on the best way to nurture babies How This Influenced My Thinking: I think everyone should do everything possible to put infants in constant contact with their mom's for as long as possible to develop loving secure people capable of mature relationships. Credibility of Source: The people on the board have very good creditials.

Title: 10 Ways to Raise a Grateful kid Author: Homa Tavangar Date Published: ND Why Relevant and Summary: This article is very helpful if one is doing Assignment 9 on "Parenting a Toddler". It gives several examples on how to make your child grateful for everything and in the process it also helps children to be more social and overcome shyness. How this influenced my thinking: This article was very helpful. I was aware of all of the examples but it definitely made me put in action the examples whenever I have a toddler, because I definitely want them to be well educated and respectful. Credibility of Source: This article seems credible, since it's from PBS Parents

Title: Attachment, Relationships, Connecting Author: Dr. Jessica Zucker Date Published: 2011 Why Relevant and Summary: Goes in depth about what creates bonds between child and mother and how those relationships affect circumstances later in life How This Influenced My Thinking: It explained how working models are formed in early childhood and how they affect relationships with others Credibility of Source: very credible- Dr. Zucker specializes in early parent-child bonding

Title: Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development Author: Kay C. Wood, Harlan Smith, Daurice Grossniklaus Date Published: 2001 Why Relevant and Summary: Explains Piaget's stages of cognitive development and describes educational implications. It also details what opponents of Piaget's theory have to say. How This Influenced My Thinking: Helps me understand how to communicate and teach preoperational children. Credibility of Source: High (Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology, University of Georgia)

Title: Causes of ADHD Author: No Author Date Published: No date Why Relevant and Summary: Has good information on what parts of the brain are affected by ADHD, also talks about what does (and does not cause) ADHD How This Influenced My Thinking:It was interesting to read and gave some information of parts of the brain affected by ADHD that was not in the textbook Credibility of Source: It is from a website that talks about ADHD, there is no listed author (or date), but it does include sources in the article.

Title: "I'm Passionate About Life" Author: Matt Lauer Interviews Tom Cruise Date Published: June 25, 2005 Why Relevant and Summary: This interview looked at the criticism for medication for ADHD. Tom Cruise gave his reasoning on why he thought meds were bad and it related to the ADHD and culture portion of the short writing assignment. How This Influenced My Thinking: This gave insight on the opposing side to meds. Credibility of Source: It was an interview so I don't think he could lie about his opinion!

Title: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Author : N/A Last reviewed: Reviewed last on: 12/31/2010 Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network by Steven D. Ehrlich, NMD Why Relevant and Summary: This article gives a good overview of ADHD, signs and symptoms, treatment and provides research about how ADHD affects the brain and the treatments that can be provided to diagnosed individuals. How This Influenced My Thinking: It makes me think that ADHD is way more common than I realized. Credibility of Source :It is a credible source- it comes from The University of Maryland Medical Center. Has many repitable sources listed.

Title:Attachment, Motherhood and Mental Health Author:Jessica Zucker Date Published:2011 Why Relevant and Summary: great blog regarding attachment and how it can effect mental health throughout the lifespan How This Influenced My Thinking: Gave me some great information about attachment and how it effects people throughout adulthood as well as how to mend insecure attachment. Credibility of Source: high. PBS found a licensed psychologist to post this blog

Title: Attachment Theory - John Bowlby Author: Counseling Resource, http://www.counsellingtutor.com/ (YouTube) Date Published: 2011 Why Relevant and Summary: This video gives the history and overview of John Bowlby and his impact of attachment theory. Part 2 goes into Mary Ainsworth's addition to Bowlby's work. How This Influenced My Thinking: It helped me gain a better understanding of what occurs in development based on the 4 types of attachment. Credibility of Source: 7; gives credible references

Title:Dr. Spock: Cultural Differences in Parenting Author: Dr. Benjamin Spock Date:n.d Why relevant and summary: This article is an excerpt from Dr. Spock's book and he gives insight on the role of parents and culture in a child's life. How has this influenced my thinking: It convinces me more that we should raise our children not only as individuals who should strive to make themselves better and successful but also to feel as members of the society and its contributors. Why credible: This is an excerpt from a published book.

Title: Dealing with others Author: Rick Green Date: 2010 Why relevant and summary: It is a funny short article that deals with how to answer questions and misconceptions about ADHD and keep your cool. It is aimed to people who have the diagnosis and struggle to explain their behavior and challenges to others. How has this influenced my thinking: I really found it very interesting the advice given, and i think these rules can be applied to anything people have misconceptions about. Why credible: This article was written for the ADHD.org website.

Title: Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Author: Date Published: October 17, 2012 Why Relevant and Summary: It gives a brief explanation of what ADHD is, and it has many link which guide you to stories, research, data information, recommendations, scientific articles, and many other things. How This Influenced My Thinking: There's so much information on ADHD, and helpful links and material to help people that may have ADHD. Credibility of Source: It seems credible, and all the links have authors and dates on them as well.

Title: Are meds necessary or are you a lazy parent? Author: Kori Ellis Date Published: April 3, 2012 Why relevant/summary: This article gives a great explanation of what ADHD is, how to treat it as well as a look at the over diagnosis of the disorder. How did this influence my thinking?: This article makes clear many aspects of ADHD that I had not thought of or known about prior to reading it. Source Credibility: Very credible. Not only did the author include relevant personal opinions but included many citations from medical professionals in many different fields of medicine.

Title: Parenting Toddlers Author: Carmen Benton Date Published: N/D Why relevant and Summary: Because it is about parenting a toddler. How this influenced my thinking: Leaned different skills to parent a toddler. Credibility of source: Different sources cited

Title: Nature, Nurture and Attention Deficit Author: ALIYAH BARUCHIN Date Published: 3/12/08 Why Relevant and Summary: I was curious about whether nature or nurture is responsible for ADHD. This article was an interview with Susan Smalley, Ph.D., is a professor in the department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and director of its Mindful Awareness Research Center. How this influenced my thinking: I was fascinated to find out about some of the environmental factors that show increased lecels of ADHD. Credibility: I'm on the fence. The doctor seems credible, but I am not sure about the writer.

Title:Parenting Styles in a Cultural Context: Observations of ''Protective Parenting'' in First-Generation Latinos Author:Rodriguez, m. et al Date Published:2009 Why Relevant and Summary:Looks at latino parenting stlyes through the lense of Baumrind's styles and concepts How This Influenced My Thinking: It made me realize that certain cutures like the latin american culture might have trouble using Baumrind's concepts might not hold water in other cultures because they have a diferent interpretation and measurement of responsiveness and demandingness. Credibility of Source:High licensed psychologists

Author: Carol Lloyd Title: Parenting Styles Date: n.d. Why Relevant and summary: This article explains what each parenting style consists of. it has questions to help readers determine what parenting style they might be using. it gives good examples of each style and a situation in which you would be reacting, and it gives strengths and weaknesses of each as well. How this changed my Thinking: This backed up the information I already was aware of, but it did clarify some things. Credibility of Source: Under the article, it states that Carol Lloyd is the executive editor of GreatSchools and mother to two raucous daughters, ages 7 and 11. She has experience.

Title: Your child's development: 30 to 36 months Author: Rebecca Parlakian and Claire Lerner Date published: 2008 Why relevant and summary:This article is relevant because it gives highlights of what occurs between 30 to 36 months in a toddler. Toddler can now pedal trycicles and dress themselves with help. They also use language to express themselves. They have a better memory and love to play with other people. How this influenced my thinking:Well this stage is a great time to teach toddlers how to express their feelings properly and how to talk things out and take turns. Credibility of source:Very credible, as it is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics