The Wonder Year & Attachment and Holistic Development Set
Dvd and Manual 1 (The Wonder Year: First Year of Development and Shaping the Brain) go through the main milestones in children's development from when they are born until they reach the first year of life and shows how significant others make enormous contributions to children's development. The description of these important steps achieved during this period of time is complemented with research findings about babies and their relationship with their parents and other significant people in their lives. There is also information regarding how these early interactions affect the way babies' brains develop. The video illustrates the information provided in the manual showing real-life scenes of Orson's daily life and his parents' reactions.
Dvd and Manual 2 Observations sequences: Attachment and Holistic Development: The First Year are intended for training different professionals - early years practitioners, childminders, health visitors, social workers, and teachers - in children's development. Therefore, in Video 2 there is a collection of relatively short videos - between 1.5 and 13 minutes approximately - of Orson interacting with significant others at different points in time from as early as the day he was born. These sequences include main achievements and developments during the first year, such as early conversations, interest in objects, independent feeding, stranger anxiety, social referencing and joint attention. All these sequences are described in Manual 2, with accurate explanations of the developmental significance of the behaviours and interactions observed, together with useful suggestions about how to use these sequences to develop the ability to observe early interactions and how to encourage these skills in professional training. There are also suggestions about how to foster parental skills at this stage. The videos and manuals are clear, easy to follow and well designed, in such a way that evidence, research and practice can be easily linked. There are also suggestions of further readings listed at the back of each manual.
