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When a baby is born, he/she must interpret and understand the environment to which he/she must adapt through meaningful and coherent behaviour. A prerequisite for this adaptation is that the brain perceive the information coming from the distance and near senses (hearing, sight, touch). The child is exposed to a continuous stream of such experiences and must habituate or cease responding to some stimuli in order to pay attention to another specific stimuli (selection). The child then learns to selectively habituate based or whether or not a stimulus is relevant. This is a basic element of learning. How then is learning impacted when distances senses are impaired or missing?Join us for a day with Dr. Jan van Dijk. For over 50 years, Dr. van Dijk has been one of the leading voices in the field of deafblindness, both as a practitioner and as a researcher. His work includes, social/emotional development in children with deafblindness, the development of deafblind specific assessment, as well as teaching strategies for children with deafblindness. This workshop will focus on understanding how neurological development relates to attachment, social learning, and behavior in children with deafblindness. The day will be geared toward THE ADVANCED PRACTITIONER AND TEACHERS OF STUDENTS WITH DEAFBLINDNESS.Our PresenterDr. Jan van Dijk has numerous credentials including Professor Emeritus, Teacher of the Deaf, Ph.D in Special Education and Clinical Psychology, author, researcher, and expert in deafblindness. Dr. van Dijk's work and approaches are used widely around the world in the education of children and youth with deafblindness. Dr. van Dijk has focused in recent years on the neurobiology of individuals with deafblindness especially focusing on the impact of stress and bonding on functioning and learning. |
