Child Development & Reflexes
DVD resources for CPD and Staff Development
"You can help a child learn and develop.
For intelligence not only grows but can be grown."
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This clip lists the category headings used for stages of development throughout the series, and shows progress being tracked in one particular aspect.
The actual DVDs go on to explain the appropriate stimulation movement activities and then go back to re-monitor progress.
The DVD Age 4-5 The Importance of Being Four correlates movement
skill challenges to the increased risk of learning challenges in the classroom.
This DVD is also subtitled:-
‘Managing the Transition to Formal Learning from Nursery/Pre-school
to
School’
About the series
5 DVDs covering the first 5 years of life. Allows all professionals, students and parents to see these vital stages of early childhood development and understand their significance for achievement at school.
Starring a delightful cast of children, from babies to nearly five year olds, these DVDs follow a group of children and their parents. They identify the key stages in the development of each child’s brain and nervous system. Advice and guidance are given as the children mature and learn the skills necessary to help them to do well in school - physically, socially and academically.
Developmental stage examples in the 5 DVDs:-
- Crawling to walking.
- Balance, hopping, jumping & skipping.
- Rhythm, sequence & timing.
- Scooter boarding to bike riding.
- Crossing the Midline.
- Developing a preferred hand.
- Throwing & catching balls.
- Progressing to a mature pencil grip.
- Hand / eye co-ordination for writing.
- Control of eye movement for reading.
- Social skills & behaviour.
- Speech & language acquisition.
- Imaginative play.
- The correlation of all these skills to later learning success - or the increased risk of challenges.
Educators discussing the DVDs notice that the children are at a more advanced developmental stage than those they see starting school in the UK. Showing that the correct stimulation through play at the appropriate stage and time means they have an advantage. They have the ‘Foundation Skills’ in place and are very ready to start formal learning in school.
The DVDs are a must for anyone working with children of all ages. They illustrate clearly and without jargon how to stimulate development appropriately. This information is helpful with children and adults of all ages including those with learning difficulties and developmental delay.
The DVDs:-
- Give a very complete picture – a thorough grounding in the developing skills necessary for academic and social learning.
- Explain why some pupils, regardless of age, struggle or behave as they do.
- Clearly show the connection between developmental stages and later academic performance.
- Give guidance on when and how to remediate difficulties.
- Advise when various types of specialist maybe needed and why.
- In an educational setting are ideal for In-Service, CPD and Staff Development training – and Parent’s nights.
- In medical/support setting are ideal for Staff development training for OTs, Physiotherapists, Health Visitors, Paediatricians and Doctors.
- A superb resource for all students of child development.
Further Details of each DVD & How to order (below)
Further details of each DVD and How to order:
Child Development & Reflexes DVD Series
Please note:
- All DVDs are only available from Ladder of Learning in PAL format. For NTSC format please contact www.gymbaroo.com.au.
- The recordings were originally made in VHS format between 1987 and
1991, and are now considered 'classic'. Re-mastered onto digital
DVD format in 2006,
nothing of the original is lost in the process and the image quality remains
that of a VHS recording - softer, less sharp and less bright than is customary
now with material recorded in digital format. The advantage is the convenience
of DVD while retaining the thorough 'classic' record of how
children can progress through their vital developmental stages. The DVDs
are purchased by organisations and individuals around the world.
The later The Importance of Being an Infant (Reflex Edition) was filmed during 2005 in digital format.
£26.50
Age 0-1 The Importance of Being an Infant (Reflex Edition)
This updated ‘Infant’ was filmed in 2005 and replaces the 1987 original.
In this later version Marg Sasse set out to help all professionals, students and parents have a better understanding of the Primitive and Postural Reflexes – and what they mean for later development. Included are the Suck, Grasp, Moro, Plantar, Babinski, TLR, ATNR, and STNR Reflexes. Also how to encourage most effective integration of these Reflexes allowing the infant to develop the skills that are essential for later literacy, numeracy, physical and social skills when they go to school.
DVD (PAL); 26 minutes; Filmed in 2005
"Nature has provided a survival kit called Primitive Reflexes. Mastery over these Primitive Reflexes, at the infant stage, occurs through feelings gained in movement and sensory stimulation."
£26.50
Age 1-2 The Importance of Being One
Looks at the stages the maturing brain and nervous system ideally work through between 12 and 24 months of age. Suggestions are made for encouraging the maintenance of progress and exploration of learning. The emphasis is on building integration of the senses through movement and play.
DVD (PAL); 24 minutes; Filmed in 1988
"Body awareness is the corner stone of integration."
£26.50
Age 2-3 The Importance of Being Two
Considers the huge leap in maturity of the brain and nervous system possible between the ages of 24 and 36 months thanks to the increasing integration of brain functioning. The concept of The Midline is introduced and the benefits of working through it.
DVD (PAL); 30 minutes; Filmed in 1989
"Do not force a child to use one hand as the controlling hand before both hands are crossing The Midline easily."
£26.50
Age 3-4 The Importance of Being Three
Explains how the increasing mastery of the world gained in the 4th year shows in independence and the dramatic refinement of skills. More complex movement challenges and creative play encourage brain integration and the emergence of a controlling hand.
DVD (PAL); 38 minutes; Filmed in 1990
"Integration is the launching pad for the rocket of academic learning."
£26.50
Age 4-5 The Importance of Being Four
This DVD, also subtitled ‘Managing the Transition to Formal Learning from Nursery/Pre-school to School’, reviews the children's development to date in terms of Movement & Balance; Body & Space Awareness; Vision & Fine Motor Skills; Rhythm, Sequence & Time; Imagination; Communication & Behaviour; highlighting any risks to their ability for academic achievement in school.
See also: Managing the Transition to Formal Learning from Nursery/Pre-School to School.
DVD (PAL); 50 minutes; Filmed in 1991
"School readiness is not a question of age or intelligence but is a measure of the integration of the brain and central nervous system."
£120.00
The Importance of Being... Series (set of 5 DVDs)
The full series of 5 DVDs giving guidance and advice on aiding the natural progression of the brain and nervous system to be ready for school and academic learning. See individual entries for details of each DVD.
DVD (PAL); 5 disks (see individual entries)
The Child Development & Reflex DVDs series:
Written
and Directed by the late Margaret Sassé & Dr. Mary Lou
Sheil, Australian experts in Child Development. Margaret Sassé was
CEO and Founder of KindyROO
International and its parent and original Australia operation Toddler
Kindy GymbaROO Pty Ltd, Australia, worldwide providers of neuro-physiological
development programmes for children aged 0-5.
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