child Development

Blog entry Child Development/child with special needs

Speaker: Leslie Freeman

Leslie has been with YWAM for the past fourteen years. She has a B.S in social Services from the University of the Nations and a M. A. in education from Regent University. She is now living in Costa Rica. Leslie and her husband are working with child at risk in their local area. 

The first concept >this week was a very good week for me in growing and learning about the development of child. When we first started I thought I really didn’t need to learn more about children’s development, but as the week went on I learned so much. God really was speaking to me, about parenting and things that I needed to deal with from my past. I find it so amazing how God helps you to grow in areas that you never really though you needed to let go of or even think about.

The second concept was about Attachment. The goal of attachment is to keep the infant feeling secure.  Attachment develops out of transactions. These actions come from the mother or the primary care giver. When a child cries and the parent responses this becomes a vehicle for sharing feelings and learning to communicate and play. This may sound like common sense, but children that are at risk will not have this kind of attachment.  So this is very important to know when you are working with at risk children.