OBJECTIVES: (Toddler Development)
- Know and understand different parenting styles
- Learn the basics of difficult behavior management and resources for families
- Understand speech, language, and communication acquisition and milestones
- Understand socioemotional milestones and basics of autism
- Learn about common disabilities seen in DBP
Legend
Video
Reading
Module
**Required Learning
Individual Learning
- Parenting/Behavior Management (Days 13 & 14)
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- **Overview of the Four Parenting Styles — Brief overview of Baumrind’s 4 parenting styles (~2 pages)
- **Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Parenting — Commentary by Drs. Erika Phelps Nishiguchi and Anisha Srinivasan (2 pages)
- **TOW on Discipline: Good overview of parenting and discipline strategies promoted by the AAP
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Interventions
- Positive Parenting in a 15-minute Visit — Pediatrician John Duby discusses the ABC’s of behavior and how to counsel families in 15 minutes (~45 minute video)
- Play Nicely — Interactive video on how to counsel parents on managing aggressive behaviors and effective discipline strategies. An evidence based program available in English and Spanish for free to parents
- Choosing a Parent Training Program — Therapies available for families with more significant behavioral challenges (~2 pages)
- What is Parent-Child Interaction Therapy — Description of this popular intensive behavioral training program (~2 pages + 2 minute video)
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Readings (can be done over the course of the week)
- Evidence of Parent Training Programs by the CDC — Pages 3-8 are most relevant for residents and pediatricians
- Cognitive Development — Peds in Review article
- Social Emotional Development — Peds in Review article
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FYI Resources:
- Encounters with Children by Marty Stein — Great book for facilitating well child visits
- Whole Brain Child by Dan Siegel — Great book for understanding early child brain development and discipline. Good resource for parents as well
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- Language and Speech Development (Day 15)
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- **Bilingualism — 5 minute TED talk on the benefits of bilingualism
- **Bilingual Language Development — 20 minute module on language milestones of bilingual children, language mixing, and cognitive advantages
- **Language & Learning Disorders — CHOP lecture by a DBP on language acquisition milestones, red flags in language development, etiology, and interventions. (Review slides 1-11 and 18-20)
- **Difference between Speech and Language — Brief overview of the difference between speech and language
- Speech Heard at Different Levels of Hearing Loss — 40 second Flinstones video demonstrating how “he can hear me!” may not equate to “he can understand me”
- Hearing Screening Beyond Infancy — AAP report on hearing evaluations that includes descriptions of different types of hearing tests and which ages they should be used (ie, OAES, play audiometry, VRA, etc)
- Monitoring Hearing Guidelines — Guidelines created by UW CHDD
- Optional Resources:
- A Speech Pathologist teaches her dog to speak using Augmentative Communication — Fun Video!
- Hearing Loss Chart — Summary table of effects of hearing loss by dB
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- Socioemotional Development & Autism (Day 16)
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- **Understanding Emotional Development — 20 minute module on how children use social cues, socially reference, and how they use these cues to interact with others
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Autism
- Autism Navigator Course — Register for a free account and complete the course to at least slide 15 (~45-60 minutes)
- Social Communication Disorders: It’s Not Always Autism — Nice overview of components of social communication. The two PDFs linked in the second paragraph provide a nice overview of components of social-emotional and communication development. Also provides an excellent description of various treatment approaches and modalities.
- **Autism Spectrum Disorder — AAP Modules on identifying, diagnosing, and managing Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Optional Resources:
- Fostering Self-Determination in Children with Disabilities — Ideas by parents for parents
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- Common Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (Day 17)
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- **Cerebral Palsy in Children: A Clinical Overview (2020) (8 pages)
- **Health Supervision for Children with Down Syndrome — AAP Clinical Report
- **Providing a Primary Care Home for Children with Spina Bifida — AAP Clinical Report
- Optional Resources:
- Normal & Abnormal Neurological Exams: Birth to 30 months — View some video clips; keep in your toolkit as a reference for doing neurological exams
- Cerebral Palsy Foundation Video Library — Includes videos on CP across the lifespan, interventions, communication, supporting independence, family dynamics, and school
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- Guided Learning Sessions for the Week:
- Early Interventions
- Audiology with Lisa Mancl, MS, CCC-A