Literature Review- TPA Domain C Name: Lara Landry

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Berry Brazelton, MD, and Stanley I. Greenspan, MD Professional Development: Why Developmentally Appropriate Practice is Still Important Early Childhood Today, Scholastic 2013 2 Supporting Evidence As children grow, they master different developmental stages. Each stage provides building blocks for intelligence, morality, emotional health, and academic skills. Certain experiences within each stage are necessary.

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Children master developmental tasks at very different paces. Hurrying the child through any stage can actually slow him down. According to Dr. Greenspan, there are six functional developmental capacities.

A child's mental capacities (cognitive, motor, language, emotional, and social skills) act together to help the child deal with his world. Dr. Greenspan identifies the stages to be: Looking, Listening, and Staying Calm Feeling Close to Others Communicating Without Words Solving Problems Emotional Ideas Emotional Thinking

Helping a child through these stages and fostering these capacities requires a great deal of time and energy, and lots of time down on the floor interacting with the child.

To learn to relate to others with compassion requires teachers who provide nurturing, empathetic interactions. Learning to read social cues requires that teachers join in interactive play and negotiations. Creative and logical thinking requires that teachers become partners in pretend play, opinion-oriented discussions, and debates.