Newsletter
#84 for Internationally Adopting Parents
March 13, 2008
PAL Center Inc.
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Announcements
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FRUA
Conference
St. Louis, MO March 28-29 Dr. Gindis presents
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Q. How
is SmartStart
different from the Bright Start methodology? A.
The difference between SmartStart and Bright Start is primarily
in the fact that for the SmartStart you do not really need to
be trained - the introduction of the first unit and brief explanations
in the rest of the units are sufficient: these are every day,
natural for a family life activities, which parents need to fill
in with more cognitive content vs. what they would do and say
without any programming.
Bright Start is developed for the same age children, but less family oriented and requires a mediator training in this methodology implementation. |
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