Janna M. Glozman
2010, 6
p. 68-70
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Many Russian families prefer to spend their vacation abroad – it is cheaper and more comfortable. The modern generation of parents listens to how freely their children operate with geographical names and stories from their summer abroad and cannot help thinking that in their child years it was virtually impossible for them to experience time outside of their own country. It is time to analyze pros and cons of this now common fact of modern life.
2010, 5
p. 64-65
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The article deals with the problem known to many parents: what do you do when their child won’t eat? This issue is closely connected to a child’s behavior at school and at home. Malnutrition contributes to child’s tiredness and slow paced behaviour. The author provides with practical advice on how to overcome this problem and help a child to develop good eating habits.
2010, 3
p. 54-58
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Psychologists and educators around the world are deeply concerned about the increase of the amount of children who do not have clinical diagnoses, but demonstrate a marked learning disabilities and behavior in primary school. According to the U.S. Department of Education over the past 15 years the percentage of such children had tripled.
There are different reasons the failure in school learning can be based on: cognitive and motor deficits, weak regulatory functions and, above all, verbal regulation of arbitrary action, as well as communication difficulties with adults and peers.
The article presents the neuropsychological analysis, developed by A.R.Luria. The principles of constructing neuropsychological diagnostics and correctional learning are illustrated with a case study.
2011, 4
p. 74-78
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The author considers the situation when the child goes to school and the difficulties associated with it. The author gives recommendations for overcoming potential difficulties addressed to parents. First of all parents need to realize that a new stage in the life of a child is objectively difficult for him. Among means of helping the child there are attention to the child, positive feedback and ways of organizing school life. Author also provides guidance on development of child’s responsibility.
2011, 2
p. 44-47
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The article provides with requirements for neuropsychological diagnostics apparatus and methods for preschool age children, and comprehensively describes the very procedure. The author describes diagnostics methods that involve play, and elaborates on normative scale for preschool children in terms of various methods. For example, task for posture praxis is available for children as young as four years of age, whereas task for dynamic praxis poses serious difficulties to preschoolers. The article also provides with data from neuropsychological diagnostics on qualitative and quantitative changes in children’s development.
2012, 6
p. 62–71
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The article focuses on development of cognition in childhood years and describes neuropsychological approach to its study. The author employs original methodological analysis of psychological structure of cognition in approaching important psychological problems that a child might face growing up. The major forms, phases and stages of cognition are described. The author shows that the most important role in the children’s cognitive development and their ability to think belongs to upbringing and education. Therefore, organization of games and child play becomes important in development of children’s cognitive skills, and their ability to plan and perform mental actions for solving various tasks.
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2012, 2
p. 52-57
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The paper experimentally investigates types of parent-child relationships in families of children with learning difficulties in primary school. Personality characteristics and cognitive functions of children are described in a detailed way. The influence of violations of child-parent relationship on the worsening of deviations in the formation of higher mental functions and as a consequence, difficulties at school, is shown. Inadequate family relationships also cause partial disharmony in the emotional sphere of the child.
2015, 4
p. 46–53
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The problem of bi-and multilingualism is especially important for the children of immigrants and children of international families. In the article the paramount way to learn a second language and age of language acquisition are described. The authors conclude that bilingualism is necessary for the formation of a clear division of the language of communication at home and school / kindergarten. It is stated that bilingualism promotes the formation of a more flexible thinking, the ability to approach the problem from different angles and from different perspectives, enhances knowledge. Authors illustrate their statements with the description of the case study of the early multilingualism of preschool child that shows peculiarities of speech and other mental functions.
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