School Age Child Developement
Around the age of seven, intellectual, abstract thinking, and logical left brain development begins its intense period. Around the same time the ciliary muscles of the eye develop for near point focus work. This is the best time to begin to read and do near work. It's the age when children begin to codify and file away information. The right brain, developed during early childhood, steps up connections to the left hemisphere via a massive series of connections called the corpus collosum. It is the right hemisphere that feeds new information to the left for analysis and codification. The left hemisphere is our intellect and in charge of all stable patterns of knowledge.
The school years are a time of great knowledge expansion and social exploration. This is dependent upon the smooth interactive functioning of the eyes, ears, hands, heart and body. It is fraught with social and academic challenges, and success relies on many factors. An extensive, well established neural network system that allows the child to access all the parts of his brain is essential to realize full developmental potential.
When Things Go Wrong
This is the time when most developmental delays or problems become painfully evident. The increasingly intense demands of near work at ever earlier ages is challenging the natural developmental timeline of our children's central nervous systems. “But she was fine until she went to school!” or “I didn't know he couldn't see!” are frequent refrains. Some problems are easily solved: the child just needed reading glasses, or a more relaxed home schedule. But usually by this time the difficulty requires more intervention and creative problem solving. Conventional special education plans are sufficient for many children to “get by” or even do much better. But to fully reach developmental potential it usually requires a closer look at neurology, injury, and the emotional intelligence of the whole brain.
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The school years are a time of great knowledge expansion and social exploration. This is dependent upon the smooth interactive functioning of the eyes, ears, hands, heart and body. It is fraught with social and academic challenges, and success relies on many factors. An extensive, well established neural network system that allows the child to access all the parts of his brain is essential to realize full developmental potential.
When Things Go Wrong
This is the time when most developmental delays or problems become painfully evident. The increasingly intense demands of near work at ever earlier ages is challenging the natural developmental timeline of our children's central nervous systems. “But she was fine until she went to school!” or “I didn't know he couldn't see!” are frequent refrains. Some problems are easily solved: the child just needed reading glasses, or a more relaxed home schedule. But usually by this time the difficulty requires more intervention and creative problem solving. Conventional special education plans are sufficient for many children to “get by” or even do much better. But to fully reach developmental potential it usually requires a closer look at neurology, injury, and the emotional intelligence of the whole brain.
Back to School Age Children