Physical and social adaptations of families to promote learning in everyday experiences.

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, December, 2006 by Keilty, Bonnie; Galvin, Kristin May

Recommended practices in early intervention advocate for supporting the family as the primary facilitator of the child's development. These supports do not replace what the family is already doing; they enhance the family's existing strengths (Dunst, 2000). To achieve this aim, interventionists must understand the family's current approaches to promoting the child's development and the kind of support that family members desire.

Facilitating child development through everyday experiences, or routine activities, is a natural part of the parenting process (Bornstein, 2002; Dunst, Trivette, Humphries, Raab, & Roper, 2001; National Research Council, 2000). These experiences are the contexts in which children develop in general and learn about family cultural...

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