It’s that time of the year again where everyone is starting to get into the festive end-of-the-year mood. Family, friends, adult, and kids will all be looking to join in the festivities and fun; but it’s this time can also be a difficult time for some children as they may not know how to fully participate and enjoy themselves.

If you’re a parent or educator who is looking to improve your abilities so you can help children under your care, it’s not just the skills that are important. Knowing how children develop is important, and essential, to knowing how best to help them.

If you are considering a career switch to doing something more meaningful with your career, or currently dealing with exceptional children, or have a calling to work with them, you will need to be specially trained!  You will need to understand the different types of exceptional children and all their  intellectual, emotional and physical disabilities. 

Children are playful and energetic, or calm and quiet. There’s no real single way for a children to behave like children, except to say they are unique. However, there are developmental norms that we can look to when taking about children.

If you are just hearing about it or heard about it from someone else and want to know more, CAE’s WSQ Early Intervention Principles and Practices may help you understand more about what it is and why it can be beneficial for children.

Speech and language development may give the impression they are the same thing. While they are related, they are also quite different.

The development of a child’s speech and language development tend to follow a known pattern. It’s not always a cause for concern if a child’s development is a little slower than typical as children do develop at different paces. There are things you can watch out for.