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Child-Caregiver Relationship: Key Foundation for Children’s Language Development

By Community Engagement

OneOp’s 2017 webinar series, The Importance of Play could be summed up in one word, “relationship!” In this series, Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak stressed the importance of fostering relationships through play. Her illustration of the toothpaste theory was insightful when we consider all the things we debate as providers – What type of assessment should we use?

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Getting to Their First Word: Supporting Early Communication

By Health and Well-Being

When parents talk about the speech and language of their children, words are often identified as the first major milestone.  Parents and caregivers anxiously await and revel in the moment when a child’s first word is produced.  Will it be “mama” or “dada”? There have been some friendly parental competitions and maybe even a few wagers on who gets the honor of being the first named. 

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