ECSE340 Blog Post 2

Infant Intervention isn’t just for delays that children have but it is for parents and children to develop and learn skills properly. I always thought that infant intervention was only for parents that did not know how to parent and they needed help to know how to feed, and assist them in developing. Infant intervention can be for every family- it always is good to get feedback and advice from others because the data gathered wouldn’t be biased. Sometimes it is hard to see our own child’s development because we don’t compare to other children. Something that I learned from the guest speaker is how specific we need to be when we ask questions about their child’s development. For example, the teacher asked the mother about what the infants gross motor development- the “mother” didn’t know how to answer that questions because she didn’t seem to be familiar with those terms.  A better question would have been something like “has your child started to crawl”.

Before the guest speaker came I was a little nervous about doing home visits because I feel that I am unqualified to give advice for the mother. But I feel that as we are researching and getting to know the material we will be able to feel confident in giving advice.