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Bright Horizons at Los Gatos
220 Belgatos Road (Near Leigh & Blossom Hill)
Los Gatos, CA 95032
+1 408-356-7989

UCSF at Mission Bay Child Development Center
727 Nelson Rising Lane
San Francisco, CA 94143
+1 415-552-5576

Bright Horizons at Letterman Digital Arts Child Care Center
One Letterman Drive Bldg. B
San Francisco, CA 94129
+1 415-746-5444

Bright Horizons Children’s Center at The Watergarden
1620 26th St #1020 North
Santa Monica, CA 90404
+1 310-449-0047

Bright Horizons at Cupertino
10253 North Portal Ave.
Cupertino, CA 95014
+1 408-366-1963

Cottage Kids Children’s Center
2800 Cottage Way
Sacramento, CA 95825
+1 916-979-2011

Bright Horizons at San Jose
6120 Liska Lane
San Jose, CA 95119
+1 408-225-3276

Discoveries Learning Center
4519 Hollister Ave.
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
+1 805-683-3001

Bright Horizons at Garner
2275 North Loop Road
Alameda, CA 94502
+1 510-769-5437

Bright Horizons Family Center at Del Mar
3720 Arroyo Sorrento Road
San Diego, CA 92130
+1 858-509-0419

Bright Horizons at 2nd Street
303 2nd St. 2nd floor
San Francisco, CA 94107
+1 415-495-2500

Hutchison Child Development Center
1055 Extension Center Drive
Davis, CA 95616
+1 530-752-3455

Bright Horizons at Marin Commons
1600 Los Gamos Drive, Suite 230, Lobby C
San Rafael, CA 94903
+1 415-492-2262

Bright Horizons at Encinitas
1430 Amargosa
Encinitas, CA 92024
+1 760-942-0500

Bright Horizons at San Clemente
2015 Calle Frontera
San Clemente, CA 92673
+1 949-492-5555

Bright Horizons at Tierrasanta
6090 Santo Road
San Diego, CA 92124
+1 858-467-1800

Bright Horizons at Dublin
7035 Dublin Boulevard
Dublin, CA 94568
+1 925-479-9573

The Academy at Bright Horizons
2232 Encinitas Boulevard
Encinitas, CA 92024
+1 760-436-9666

Bright Horizons at UCLA Westwood
10861 Weyburn Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
+1 213-218-3763

UCSF at Marilyn Reed Lucia Child Development Center
610 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94122
+1 415-504-7023

Bright Horizons at Ocean Park
3350 Ocean Park Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90405
+1 310-452-1919

Central Coast Children’s Center managed by Bright Horizons
1530 Cypress Way A
Santa Maria, CA 93454
+1 805-739-3666

UCSF at Kirkham Child Development Center
10 Kirkham Street
San Francisco, CA 94143
+1 415-664-1217

Bright Horizons at Kansas Street
200 Kansas Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
+1 415-863-2533

Bright Horizons at Bishop Ranch
2603 Camino Ramon
San Ramon, CA 94583
+1 925-866-7005

Bright Horizons at Silicon Valley
7245 Sharon Drive
San Jose, CA 95129
+1 408-252-0203

Papillon Preschool managed by Bright Horizons
1311 S El Camino Real
San Mateo, CA 94402
+1 650-340-7241

Bright Horizons at South Figueroa Street
515 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
+1 323-296-9720

Alcazar Child Development Center at USC
2215 E. Alcazar Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
+1 323-405-6400

Bright Horizons at 1700 Montgomery Street
1700 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
+1 415-240-4336

Bright Horizons at Sunnyvale
1010 Sunnyvale Saratoga Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
+1 669-241-0040

Bright Horizons at Skyport
90 Skyport Drive
San Jose, CA 95110
+1 408-606-9010

The Academy at Pasadena: A Bright Horizons Preschool
700 Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
+1 626-578-7300

The Academy at Westwood: A Bright Horizons Preschool
2028 S. Westwood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025
+1 310-446-5400

Bright Horizons at Newport Beach
2500 W. Coast Highway
Newport Beach, CA 92663
+1 949-642-7300

The Academy at Manhattan Beach: A Bright Horizons Preschool
1114 22nd Street
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
+1 310-546-1700

The Academy at Venice: A Bright Horizons Preschool
2201 Lincoln Boulevard
Venice, CA 90291
+1 310-827-7300

Miniverse
279 E Grand Ave.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
+1 650-583-8839

Bright Horizons at University Park (USC)
2715 University Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089
+1 213-821-9571

Aspirations School of Learning
6286 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, CA 92009
+1 760-603-9173

Galileo Preschool
1250 Blossom Hill Road
San Jose, CA 95118
+1 408-267-3000

Bright Horizons at Playa Vista
12126 West Waterfront Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90094
+1 310-424-3168

Bright Horizons at San Mateo
1700 Alameda de las Pulgas
San Mateo, CA 94403
+1 650-844-6460

Bright Path to Learning Child Development Center
6011 Folsom Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95819
+1 279-214-0144

Bright Horizons at Hillside
80 Lomita Drive
Mill Valley, CA 94941
+1 415-381-3120

Bright Horizons at Mill Valley
10 Old Mill Street
Mill Valley, CA 94941
+1 415-381-4206

Bright Horizons EDS Old Mill
352 Throckmorton
Mill Valley, CA 94941
+1 415-383-1308

Bright Horizons EDS Park School
360 E. Blithedale
Mill Valley, CA 94941
+1 707-892-3070

Bright Horizons EDS Edna Maguire
80 Lomita Drive
Mill Valley, CA 94941
+1 415-381-2231

Bright Horizons at Hills Plaza
2 Harrison Street Suite 150
San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 341-500-4110

Bright Horizons at Redwood City
403 Winslow Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
+1 650-363-4939

UCSF at Laurel Heights Child Development Center
2675 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94118
+1 415-490-5204

Bright Horizons EDS Strawberry Point
117 E. Strawberry Dr.
Mill Valley, CA 94941
+1 415-383-6204

Bright Horizons EDS Tam Valley
350 Bell Lane
Mill Valley, CA 94941
+1 415-388-8304

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2625 W Entiat Ave, Kennewick

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A play-based pre-k learning environment providing flexibility for working families in a modern, secure facility.

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A Few Words About Level Up Preschool

A question many working parents often ask is “Where can I find a high quality preschool near me with a flexible schedule to fit my needs?” Level Up Preschool is a modern, forward-thinking pre-kindergarten daycare conveniently located just off the 395 freeway in Kennewick.

Full-Day Preschool

Level Up Preschool is an all-day preschool for fully potty-trained children ages 3-5 that offers daycare, pre-kindergarten, preschool, and child care services all under one cozy roof. Our teachers are all experienced and engaging and truly love working with children.

We teach using the Learning Without Tears™ Kindergarten readiness learning program which encourages early academic growth in a fun and productive manner. Your children will have fun while learning new skills and concepts!

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Level Up’s part-time preschool is a Montessori program. The goal for each child is to help them develop fully through their time spent in preschool. The following areas of development are a focus of the program:

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How to send a child to kindergarten in Tallinn

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Marina Begunkova

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Parents whose children will go to the capital’s kindergartens this year are already starting to receive letters from the Tallinn Education Department. How long does it take for a confirmation response? Will it be difficult for a child to get into the garden in connection with the arrival of military refugees from Ukraine? And what if you want to change the chosen garden? Read the RusDelfi article.

The Tallinn Department of Education commented that this year the selection of groups will be the same as before.

“Kindergarten groups are completed between May 1 and August 15. However, if there are places available, children are admitted to the kindergarten throughout the year,” says Pirgit Pedaya, spokesman for the Tallinn Education Department. – “The availability of places is reflected here. But please note that the information will appear there starting from September 2, when the collection of statistics on the completion of groups will be completed. An offer for enrollment in kindergarten can be received by parents during the entire recruitment period, that is, up to 15 August”.

Now there are 125 municipal kindergartens in the capital. Children from one and a half to seven years of age are admitted to Tallinn municipal institutions if the city of Tallinn is indicated as the place of residence of the child and his parents in the Estonian Population Register.

Will the child go to kindergarten?

Many parents express concern that with a large number of refugees from Ukraine, it will be more difficult to get into kindergarten. The Tallinn Department of Education comments that the availability of education for our residents has not decreased due to the arrival of military refugees from Ukraine. “All parents who have enrolled their children in the queue for a place in kindergarten will be provided with these places,” Pirgit Pedaya notes. “Children of military refugees from Ukraine are offered free places – that is, if there is a free place in the group and there are no applicants for it from among those on the waiting list of the corresponding age.”

The department also says that during the group recruitment period, families are offered places vacated after children who have moved on to the next level of education – to school. Children who go to school this year have the right to attend kindergarten until 31 August.

If parents don’t get a response, what should I do?

The department replied that after August 15, the availability of places in kindergartens is clarified. All parents who do not receive an invitation to kindergarten during this period will be sent a link with information about free places in other kindergartens.

What if the parent wants to send the child to another kindergarten?

If parents wish to choose another kindergarten, they can check the list of available places in other kindergartens or contact the director of the desired kindergarten. Information about available places will appear on the website of the Tallinn Education Department after 2 September.

Is it possible to choose a garden not near the house?

When choosing a kindergarten in the department, it is recommended to take into account the location of the kindergarten, as well as the methods of education and training used in it and the working language. This means that residents can choose for their child any kindergarten that has free places.

Can a child who lives outside the capital be sent to the Tallinn Kindergarten?

In accordance with the decree of the Tallinn City Government, children living outside the administrative territory of the city of Tallinn are admitted to the children’s institution, subject to availability, on the basis of agreement concluded between the rural municipality or city government of the child’s place of residence and the Ministry of Education.

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Children evacuated from kindergarten “Filippok” in Tolyatti – February 10, 2023

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Children were taken out, cars and emergency services brigades gathered at the building

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An unknown person reported about the mining of a kindergarten in the Central District of Tolyatti . We are talking about the preschool institution “Filippok” on Mira Street. According to eyewitnesses, the children were quickly taken out, rescuers were on duty nearby, who provided a roomy bus as a heating point.

The sappers walked around the kindergarten, and soon the results of the check were made public.

— At 12:48 on February 10, the inspection of the kindergarten building was completed. There is no threat. Information about a possible mining operation was not confirmed, the Togliatti administration reported.

The last two days the educational institutions of the city in the epicenter of violent events. Unfortunately, they can hardly be called positive. On February 9, a report was received about an attack on a teacher – as it turned out, it was false. In the morning it became known that the teacher allegedly put paper in the student’s mouth. Day “mined” a kindergarten.

In autumn, a suspicious box in the school yard of a prestigious city lyceum caused a commotion and a brigade’s departure. The solemn line was interrupted – people were sent home.

Last summer 2022, children were evacuated from several educational institutions at once and in different parts of the city. In addition to schools and kindergartens, people were taken out of shopping centers, clinics and hotels.

Tacoma, WA (Childcare & Programs)

There are 141 Daycares in Tacoma, Washington, serving a population of 207,280 people in an area of 50 square miles. There is 1 Daycare per 1,470 people, and 1 Daycare per square mile.

In Washington, Tacoma is ranked 97th of 729 cities in Daycares per capita, and 33rd of 729 cities in Daycares per square mile.

List of Tacoma Daycares

Find Tacoma, Washington daycares and preschools.

Achievement Ctr Presch Dc

2421 70th Avenue West

Tacoma,
WA

Al Davies Boys & Girls Clubs

1620 South 17th Street

Tacoma,
WA

Alphabet ‘C’ Preschool

5419 South Puget Sound Avenue

Tacoma,
WA

Alphabet Preschool And Learni

2305 South Tacoma Way

Tacoma,
WA

Altamese Academy Of Angels

1307 South 14th Street

Tacoma,
WA

Arcadia Learning Center

6312 North 30th Street

Tacoma,
WA

Asbury United Methodist Churc

5601 South Puget Sound Avenue

Tacoma,
WA

Assorted Tikes Inc C

7503 Portland Avenue East

Tacoma,
WA

Bates Early Childhood Learnin

1101 South Yakima Avenue

Tacoma,
WA

Boys & Girls Club/Gonyea

5136 North 26th Street

Tacoma,
WA

Boys & Girls Clubs/East Side

614 East 64th Street

Tacoma,
WA

Browns Point Extended Day Prg

1526 51st Street Northeast

Tacoma,
WA

Cascade Christian School Dba

1819 East 72nd Street

Tacoma,
WA

Cascade Christian Schools

3425 176th Street East

Tacoma,
WA

Champions At Downing

2502 North Orchard Street

Tacoma,
WA

Champions At Franklin

1402 South Lawrence Street

Tacoma,
WA

Champions At Geiger

621 South Jackson Avenue

Tacoma,
WA

Champions At Jennie Reed

1802 South 36th Street

Tacoma,
WA

Champions At Point Defiance

4330 North Visscher Street

Tacoma,
WA

Champions At Roosevelt

3550 East Roosevelt Avenue

Tacoma,
WA

Champions At Sherman

4415 North 38th Street

Tacoma,
WA

Champions At Skyline

2301 North Mildred Street

Tacoma,
WA

Champions At Washington Hoyt

2708 North Union Avenue

Tacoma,
WA

Charles Wright Academy

7723 Chambers Creek Road West

Tacoma,
WA

Child’s Time Iii

11415 Pacific Avenue South

Tacoma,
WA

Children Of Hope Childcare

1937 South G Street

Tacoma,
WA

Childrens Life

5715 North 33rd Street

Tacoma,
WA

Childrens Life Iii

1016 South L Street

Tacoma,
WA

Christ Lutheran Church

8211 112th Street Southwest

Tacoma,
WA

Christian Brotherhood Academy

2136 Martin Luther King Junior Way

Tacoma,
WA

City Kidz Preschool & Daycare

701 East 72nd Street

Tacoma,
WA

Community Montessori

1407 South I Street

Tacoma,
WA

Cottesmore Child Dev Ctr

3319 South Adams Street

Tacoma,
WA

Country Playhouse Childcare I

8304 Veterans Drive Southwest

Tacoma,
WA

Cozy Corner Child Care Inc

1129 East 72nd Street

Tacoma,
WA

Crescent Heights Extended Prg

4110 Nassau Avenue Northeast

Tacoma,
WA

Cribs To Bibs Learning Center

7606 Douglas Avenue West

Tacoma,
WA

Dee And Doras Daycare

1502 South J Street

Tacoma,
WA

Dee And Doras Daycare Center

1010 South 15th Street

Tacoma,
WA

Downing Elementary Extended

2502 North Orchard Street

Tacoma,
WA

Eastside Koinonia Preschool &

4420 Portland Avenue East

Tacoma,
WA

Emmanuel Lutheran Child Care

1315 North Stevens Street

Tacoma,
WA

Essential Care Too

7240 East McKinley Avenue

Tacoma,
WA

Evening Child Care Program

9401 Farwest Drive Southwest

Tacoma,
WA

First Learning Tree Dc Ctr

1328 South 84th Street

Tacoma,
WA

Gingerbread House Daycare

10922 Kline Street Southwest

Tacoma,
WA

Grant Elementary Extended Day

1018 North Prospect Street

Tacoma,
WA

Growing Pains Learning Center

1674 South Geiger Street

Tacoma,
WA

Hands Of Care Learning Center

10506 Bridgeport Way Southwest

Tacoma,
WA

Immanuel Preschool Daycare

9244 Pacific Avenue

Tacoma,
WA

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• Animal Hospitals
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Daycare Assistant Jobs in Tacoma, WA (Hiring Now!)

Lead Direct Support Professional (Lead)

Redwood Family Care Network

Direct Support Professional Job in Shoreline, WA

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Changing Lives Shaping The Future

Job Title:

Lead DSP

Job Area:

North King County

Working Schedule:

Monday – Friday 7a-3p

SUMMARY:

Provides personalized supports to ensure supported clients’ safety and health is maintained and they can experience the nature and quality of life of their choice based on their needs, preferences, aspirations and decisions. Service provisions focus on maintaining or enhancing the clients’ dignity, well-being, autonomy, personal choice, self-esteem and teaching functional skills that are alternatives to maladaptive behaviors. Supervision, protection and care of clients individually and in-groups at all times. Documentation of their progress; identification of the possible need for professional services; and communication of such findings to Supervisor.

Compensation & Benefits:

$20-23 per hour

Voluntary Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance

Voluntary Short-term and Long-term Disability

Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Company Paid Basic Life Insurance & ADD

plus

Voluntary Life Insurance

Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO Vacation & Sick Time)

Unlimited Peer Referral Program

Payday on demand through Dayforce Wallet

Working Advantage employee discount program

NEW 1/1/2023 – Health Savings Account (HSA)

NEW 1/1/2023 – Flexible Savings Account (FSA)

NEW 1/9/2023 – 401(K)

NEW 1/9/2023 – Capella University Discount

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

May include

but are not limited to the following:

Responsible for the Care, Health, Safety, and Supervision of clients, this is the number one priority

Shifts on floor of 6 to 8 hours daily.

Must have a willingness to move programs as directed by supervisor as needed and/or without notice.

In charge of keeping facility in compliance.

Responsible for maintaining a clean, safe, stimulating living environment. Perform normal household cleaning, including vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, dusting, scrubbing, washing dishes, laundry and keeping closets/drawers organized and neat.

Assist residents with all household chores. Maintain the house neat and clean at all times. Responsible for the overall cleanliness of the home.

Monitor or provide assistance and/or instruction to individual with dressing, grooming, bathing, toileting, eating and sleeping habits as needed.

Assist with wheelchair use, including pushing, folding/unfolding, and loading into autos.

Support Supervisors in creating menus, shopping, and safe food storage for client.

Prepare, provide instruction and/or assist in preparing nutritious meal that reflect individual preferences.

Will follow the direction of the Supervisor to implement the program plan.

Review documentation and discuss items with staff.

Will assist in keeping accurate data on the residents’ progress towards their individual goals.

Engage the residents on all tasks, training and community integration activities.

Report all incidents and occurrences to Supervisor including all incidents of possible abuse or neglect.

Report to Supervisor any resident’s needs that implies to be requested to the agencies.

Will always present yourself appropriately, and as a role model for clients and other Direct Care Staff at home and in the community. Follow dress code.

Will attend any meeting and training per Supervisor request.

Will dispense or supervise dispensing of medication to clients.

Support Supervisors by coordinating staff for medical appointments and activities.

Assist Supervisors in the creation of the Activity Calendar with the staff and clients’ input.

Follow activities scheduled, keep residents active and always give them a choice.

Provide transportation to clients.

Follow established formal behavior support plans and guidelines for positive behavior support programs as outlined.

Assist in developing positive behavior supports by providing feedback about clients’ preferences.

Support client’s participation in cultural, recreational, and educational activities both at home and in the community.

Follow established emergency plan and procedures.

Will document all occurrences and observations on their proper forms every shift.

Provides leadership by displaying positive conduct and demonstrates initiative to enhance program.

Resolves routine problems that arise and contact Supervisor if serious problems arise (behavioral crisis, medical crisis, etc.)

Ensures proper maintenance and care of existing supplies, furnishings and equipment.

Receive receipts and documents for client finances.

Maintains clients’ confidentiality whenever appropriate. Refers sensitive communications to FOS. Maintains Confidentiality Regs.

FOLLOW ALL COMPANY RULES AND PROCEDURES.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty assigned, satisfactorily.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Must be at least 18 years old and have at least one-year experience working with people with behavioral challenges and developmental disabilities.

All staff are required to possess the following prior to employment:

No DUIs or dangerous driving,

Staff will be assessed for their patience and capacity to work with very difficult behaviors and their overall people skills.

All staff will be evaluated annually or as needed to assess if they are appropriate for the position and if they should continue employment.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required:

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents in the English language such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Abilityto speak effectively before representatives from various agencies, Residents and co-workers.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to stoop,
kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must be available to participate in restraining of a Resident, upon need. The work environment characteristicsdescribed here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, and risk of electrical shock typical of a residential setting.

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Ages 0 to 3

We hear the term child development a lot, but you may be thinking, what exactly does that cover? Child development refers to an expansion of physical, cognitive, psychological, and socioemotional skills that lead to increased competence, autonomy, and independence for a child. From conception to birth and through early childhood, it is important to ensure children are protected and encouraged to grow across developmental domains.

5 Developmental Domains For Early Childhood

There are 5 developmental domains, or specified areas of knowledge and activity, in childhood development. They are:

• Cognitive Development-

  • Cognitive development is the ability to learn, think, and problem solve.

• Social-Emotional Development–

  • Social-Emotional Development is the ability to interact, self-soothe, associate and actively engage with others.

• Speech/Language Development–

  • Speech and language development is the ability to understand and use language.

• Physical Development–

  • Fine Motor Development is the ability to use smaller muscles, like hands and fingers.
  • Gross Motor Development is the ability to use large muscles, including a wide range of leg and arm motions, sitting up, pulling up, etc.

All domains of child development and learning are connected! We will take a look at each domain up close, how they are naturally expressed through behaviors and how caretakers can encourage these behaviors with specific feedback. This series, created and written by Lauren Olivas, a CSUSB Masters in Child Development student, will look at stages within the first three years. Stay tuned as we cover skills to watch for and how to identify opportunities to engage.

We’ll begin with cognitive development in early childhood, which again is the ability to learn, think, and problem solve. How do these skills begin to present themselves in infants and toddlers and what activities and opportunities can we create to support them?

Cognitive Development for Infants and Babies

At 2-months-old, learning and problem-solving skills are being developed. There are a wide range of cognitive development milestones babies should be working on in the early years of their lives. These include:

• Paying attention to faces
• Following objects with their eyes
• Recognizing people at a distance
• Putting things in their mouth
• Passing toys from one hand to another
• Looking for things to hide and engaging in a peek-a-boo
• Responding to affection and recognizing familiar people from a distance

Cognitive Development Activities for Babies:

• Talk, read, sing and play together every day-feeding, dressing, and bath times are great for this.
• Look at pictures and picture books together.
• Hold a toy or rattle above their head and encourage them to reach for it.
• Pay attention to their differing cries to learn what your baby wants.
• Play peek-a-boo.
• Play hide and seek with toys and age appropriate objects.
• Allow your baby to safely reach for toys, kick their feet and explore their surroundings.
• Point to and talk about your surroundings.
• When your baby drops something on the floor, pick it up and give it back to them to explore cause and effect.
• Establish routines and maintain them consistently.
• Describe the behaviors you want instead of those you don’t. For example, tell baby, “feet on the floor” instead of “do not climb.”

Cognitive Development in Toddlers

Once your baby transitions to toddlerhood (after one year of age), they should be able to engage in more complex problem-solving and cognitive tasks such as:

• Scribbling on their own
• Participating in caregiving activities for a doll or a stuffed animal
• Engaging in simple pretend play
• Naming items in a picture book (“dog” or “baby”)
• Finding objects hidden under multiple layers
• Completing sentences or rhymes in familiar books

Cognitive Development Activities for Toddlers:

• Talk to your child about your daily routines and what you’re doing.
• Work on puzzles together.
• Encourage your child to help with simple household chores.
• Ask lots of simple questions.
• Praise and encourage behaviors you want more of rather than scolding or punishing for the behaviors that you do not.
• Play with blocks and sort shapes.
• Practice identification, ask your child to name parts of their body or what they see out the car window.
• Encourage pretend play.
• Play hide and seek with objects around your home.

(Content provided by Lauren Olivas, M.A Child Development Candidate, Higher Education Mentor for Quality Counts California)

Other Important Resources:

• Resources for building quality at home.
• What is Sesame Street in Communities and how does it support families and children’s growth?
• Watch the webinar, “Children’s Emotional Well-Being During Unpredictable Times” from Dr. Eugene Wong on childhood anxiety and how to effectively support a child who worries.

 

Finally, if you have questions of concerns about your child’s development or behavior, check out Help Me Grow Inland Empire for developmental screening information.

Reliable & Easy Block Play

Everyday play is vital to cognitive development in toddlers as well as their social, emotional, and physical well-being. Science suggests that children, especially toddlers, learn best through play. Specifically, their natural playful behavior seems to affect their ability to learn, especially when the activity interests them.

In fact, play is a valuable method of learning for toddlers. So, let’s look at play and cognitive development in early childhood.

What Is Cognitive Development?

Cognitive development in children focuses on the advancement of processing information pertaining to perceptual skills, language abilities, attention, memory, decision-making, and learning.

As a core component of cognitive development in toddlers, brain development requires a lot of exploring, thinking, and figuring out how things work as they relate to their environment.

Toddlers sing songs, plays with blocks, and listen to their parents talk or read; those interactions increase their cognitive skills.

What Are Cognitive Skills?

In early childhood, your toddler’s ability to learn is rapidly developing. Accordingly, cognitive abilities or skills are the tools and behaviors your toddler’s brain uses to process information, both incoming and outgoing. Additionally, cognitive development skills include progressive skill-building and determine how your toddler learns.

Cognitive skills in toddlers enable them to take in information and store it in the brain until it is needed. Later, when required, their cognitive abilities help retrieve and use the information to focus, think, read, analyze, evaluate, make comparisons, problem-solve, and grasp cause and effect.

How To Support Cognitive Play And Development

As a parent, your support and ability to foster cognitive development is vital. The first thing to remember is to create an environment and attitude that gives toddlers choices. Secondly, encourage their problem-solving and decision-making by allowing them time to figure things out.

Gently guide and support them to try different solutions, for example, “Is there another spot the puzzle piece might fit?” Or “What about turning the puzzle piece in a different direction?” Most important, be patient and let them solve the problem. Then celebrate their successes to further support trying new things.

Spending quality time engaging and playing with your toddler is critical to their development. Furthermore, this time builds your relationship and sends a powerful message, “That You Matter To Me!” Positive relationships lay the groundwork for your toddler’s cognitive development, but none are as essential as the loving one you have with your child.

Children who feel confident and important are free to explore and learn. They learn about the world, discover who they are and how they fit into it all.

So, engage with your child, whether playing with blocks, doing puzzles, creating with arts and crafts, reading, or immersed in outside activities; most importantly, let them lead the play!

Cognitive Activities For Cognitive Development In Toddlers

• Add fun items to bath time for pouring, scooping, and measuring. Experiment to see if things float or sink.
• Develop their social skills by inviting your toddler to play with other children.
• Answer your toddlers, “Why?” questions. Find the answers together whenever possible.
• Assemble puzzles, encourage trial and error to fit the pieces together.
• Create an art box with paper, crayons, paint, colored chalk, fabric scraps, and other materials. Then let them create, using their imagination and creativity.
• Build and expand on your toddler’s interests. For instance, if they have a love for sea animals. Plan a trip to the aquarium to further their learning.
• Encourage and participate in imaginative play together.
• Expose your child to cognitive development toys, games, and activities such as wooden blocks for toddlers.
• Play simple games like “Simon Says” or “Follow The Leader.”
• Invite exploratory play by encouraging them to discover through their senses.
• Provide materials such as colored pegs, building blocks for toddlers, or shapes for matching, sorting, and counting games.
• Enjoy outside activities at a park or in your backyard. Support exploration with a nature walk.
• Model and teach appropriate ways to show emotions like anger and frustration.
• Read books daily. Ask them to name items in the book or fill in the blanks. For instance, stop reading one of their favorite books and ask your toddler, “What happens next?”
• Engage in language activities, such as storytelling.
• Recite classic rhyming songs like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.”
• Sing silly or action songs such as “I’m A Little Teapot” Or “Head And Shoulders.”
• Talk, have conversations about what you are doing and where you are going. For example, “We are going to get dressed after breakfast.” “After we get dressed, we are going to the park.”
• Teach your toddler finger-play songs like “Itsy Bitsy Spider.”

Finally, how about some block play with blocks for toddlers to build their cognitive skills!

Block Play And Toddler Cognitive Development

Your block center is the ideal place for cognitive development in play. Block activities foster exploring, thinking, and problem-solving. Whether your toddler is sorting, stacking, or designing the next Eiffel Tower, they are building their cognitive skills.

The benefits of building with blocks are numerous; in addition to developing your toddler’s cognitive abilities, playing with blocks increases skills in the following areas, social-emotional, language, creativity, physical, and motor. The more your toddler builds, the more cognitive growth occurs.

Building with blocks is easy to include in your daily routines. When you engage in block play with your toddler, it supports exploring and discovering new concepts.

Cognitive Development Examples In Block Play:

• Block play provides the opportunities to understand one to one correspondence. 
• Blocks allow toddlers to understand 1 block versus 2 blocks. 
• Building with blocks brings understanding to taller, shorter, longer, same, different, heavier, and more.
• Experimenting with cause and effect, your toddler discovers how a block reacts when added to the top of another one. Why did the tower come crashing down?
• Physical interaction with the blocks reinforces what it means to “add” blocks to make the tower taller or “subtract” blocks so the roads are the same length.
• Through trial and error, your toddler begins to understand how to balance the blocks and defeat gravity.

“Playtime is precious. Play builds brain pathways for thinking, creativity, flexibility, empathy, and many other lifelong skills.” – Heather Shumaker –

Cognitive Development In Toddlers

Studies show, and many experts agree that free play is crucial for your toddler’s brain development! And what do toddlers love to do? They love to play and explore! At play, they are thinking, learning, experimenting, exploring, and problem-solving all the time. Consequently, your toddler wants to test and try everything. Even if things do not seem appropriate for their age. Bound only by their abilities, they are determined to discover how everything works.

At this stage, toddlers are rapidly building independence, confidence, and self-expression, which can often be difficult for parents. We’re sure you have heard of the “terrible twos.” Maybe you are experiencing them right now!

Your 2-year old not only understands approximately 100-150 words but also grows their vocabulary by 10 new words a day. They know the words and concepts of “thank you” and “please.” Toddlers are starting to grasp their emotions and better understand fear, anger, and love. Their behavior is more appropriate, and they comprehend discipline and inappropriate behavior.

Pretend play becomes a focus of your toddler’s daily activities. They enjoy creating imaginative scenarios and playing with other children. Through play, your child can act out everyday activities like shopping, cooking, and cleaning, helping them better understand their surroundings.

Have a preschooler? Read our Cognitive Activities: How To Promote Cognitive Development In Preschoolers post.

Cognitive Development Milestones

Cognitive skills such as following directions, engaging in imaginative play, and sorting shapes are part of toddler cognitive development. Furthermore, these tasks or behaviors that most children complete by a certain age are referred to as developmental milestones. These achievements or milestones are usually divided into five major domains: physical growth, social-emotional development, motor development, and cognitive and language development.

During this tremendous growth stage, your toddler’s physical, social-emotional, motor development (both fine and gross), cognitive development and language will grow leaps and bounds. It can be an exciting time to watch them experience the world and their surroundings.

Toddler Cognitive Development Milestones (Learning, Thinking, Reasoning, Problem -Solving)

We will be looking specifically at the cognitive milestones for toddlers. Typically children progress through developmental milestones in sequence. Therefore, by the age of three, they will know or complete most of the below tasks.

However, all children develop at their own pace, so use these for informational guidelines only. Please contact your pediatrician if you have any concerns about your toddler’s development.

Want to see what cognitive development for toddlers will look like over the next year? Here is what to expect:

• Answers simple questions like, “Where?” “What are you doing?” or “What is this?”
• Begins to sort or match some colors, pictures, or shapes.
• Can follow two or three-step commands (“Please, pick up the red block and put it on the shelf next to the blue one.”)
• Communicates a wide range of emotions and feelings.
• Comprehends the concept of one to one actions, such as passing out one book per person.
• Curious about how things work and will use trial and error to investigate.
• Develops a sense of humor.
• Engages in imaginative play, enjoying easy make-believe games.
• Enjoys simple 3-4 piece puzzles.
• Finds objects even when hidden.
• Has an increased attention span.
• Identifies themselves by name in the mirror.
• Imitates playmates or adults- for example, doing laundry, cooking, or playing house.
• Incorporates toys in multiples ways, such as using blocks in pretend play – for example, may use a block as a telephone.
• Knows full name, gender, and age.
• Labels body parts.
• Likes looking at books, listening to stories, and storytelling. May make appropriate comments, complete the rhymes or sentences in familiar books.
• Loves repetition, be prepared to read the same book or sing the same song repeatedly.
• Names at least one color and possibly more.
• Names items in a picture book.
• Recalls parts of a story or past experiences.
• Recognizes familiar objects and can match them with their use.
• Starts to understand time like the future (tomorrow or soon.)
• Understands “same” and “different.”
• Understands counting and can count 2-3 objects.

 

A relationship with a loving, caring, and trusting adult is an essential component of cognitive development in toddlers. The time you spend together playing sends an important message, “You are important to me, and you are loved!” So grab a set of wooden toy blocks and enjoy some quality block play!

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Cognitive science is one of the fastest growing segments of modern interdisciplinary research devoted to the study of the functions of consciousness and the mechanisms of the brain that implement these functions. One of the most important results of the development of cognitive science in recent years has been the emergence of a number of new disciplines (cognitive ergonomics and neuroergonomics, neuroeconomics, neuromarketing) and a whole class of technological applications in medicine and related fields of science. In our country, these works are carried out within the framework of the Interregional Association for Cognitive Research (MAKI) and on the basis of the National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”. The authors of this article are employees of the National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, heads of the MAKI: Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences B.M. Velichkovsky – founder and first President of MAKI (2006–2010) and V.L. Ushakov is the current President since 2018.

The article provides an overview of current neurocognitive research that combines fundamental questions with practical applications. The results of the ongoing work at the National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” aimed at creating new types of human-machine interfaces, which are designed to replace in the near future the traditional graphical user interfaces created at an early stage of cognitive science, are described. These works are largely related to the study of the features of visual attention and voluntary oculomotor behavior in humans. Methods and results of studying the macroscale mechanisms of the brain are presented. Modern methods, such as ultrafast functional magnetic resonance imaging and dynamic causal modeling, allow in a completely non-invasive mode to restore the picture of cause-and-effect interactions of human brain structures when solving various problems and in the state of waking rest, basic for human consciousness. With the help of these methods, it was possible for the first time to study the interactions of brain mechanisms related to different evolutionary levels of its organization, namely, the most ancient, ancient, new and recent cortex. An example of the former is the hippocampus, and the latter is the frontopolar regions of the frontal lobes. As a result, new data on the asymmetry of the human brain in normal and pathological conditions were obtained, indicating the importance of interhemispheric asymmetry with the right hemisphere dominance of effective (causal) connections at rest with the normal functioning of the brain and human consciousness. The authors emphasize that the features of the macroscale organization can and should be correlated with the molecular mechanisms of the corresponding neural networks of the human brain.

The results of studying the features of the expression of protein-coding genes in the frontopolar regions of the frontal cortex are presented. These studies also revealed right-sided dominance, but this time in terms of the number of genes expressed, which were found to be associated with schizophrenia risk. However, no association was found with major neurodegenerative diseases.

The diagnosis of consciousness has always played a crucial role in medicine. To this day, communicative contact with the patient remains the main test of the preservation of consciousness. At the same time, the importance of objective methods is growing. Arguments are given that indicate that the modeling of consciousness and the corresponding implementation are the most important condition for the further development of work in the field of cognitive technologies and machine “intelligence”.

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The basis of the cognitive development of children with severe multiple developmental disorders is the kinetic and kinesthetic development of the child



First, let’s understand what is meant by the term “cognitive development”. Cognitive development (from the English. Cognitive development) – the formation of all aspects of thought processes, such as: memory, perception, problem solving, concept formation, logic and imagination. The doctrine of cognitive development was developed by the Swiss philosopher and psychologist Jean Piaget. His epistemological doctrine determined the diversity of basic concepts in the field of developmental psychology, and also explores the level of intelligence, which, according to Piaget, means the ability to more accurately reflect the external environment and implement regular operations on the types of concepts formed in cooperation with the external environment. The doctrine interprets the origin and structure of schemas—schemes for perceiving the universe—during the “developmental stage,” a time when babies are learning the latest techniques for understanding information in the brain. The doctrine is “constructivist”, the idea being that, unlike nativist doctrines (which describe cognitive change as a gradual acquisition of knowledge through skill), it argues that we individually construct our cognitive capabilities through our activities in the world around us.

Studying the work of the human brain structure, physiologists discovered the following fact: for the cognitive development of babies, bright information is required, that is, such information that comes from the sense organs together with movement and personal-emotional experiences.

The ingenious Russian physiologist IP Pavlov, the developer of the science of the highest nervous activity, believed that every idea ends with a movement. He explained this by the fact that as a result of movement during mental work, neural networks are created that allow one to assimilate new knowledge. During this process, special substances are released that contribute to a change in the nervous network.

Another scientist, a doctor of neurophysiological sciences and a professional in the field of education, K. Hannaford, wrote in the book “Movement Wise”: “The wrong notion that the mind and body are separate manifestations is seriously rooted in our society and, therefore, movements are not connected at all. with the intellect … This is due to the philistine view of the body: bodily functions, feelings and impressions that accompany life are considered more low, less human than the intellect … As if the significance of the body should be in order to “transfer” the brain from one place to another and in this way to guarantee his weighty work… But not all thinking and teaching is concentrated only in the head. Otherwise, our body, physical exercises from childhood and throughout life play the most important role in the formation of a network of nerve cells, which is considered the result of learning. For this reason, the cognitive development of children with disabilities is so problematic.

Speaking about the features and developmental opportunities of children with TMND, let’s clarify what this term defines.

These children have a pronounced lack of cognitive development in combination with impaired motor activity. In this category of children, intelligence, communication and speech, sensory sphere, motor skills suffer, sensorimotor coordination is disturbed, they cannot accurately and quickly start moving, change the rhythm and pace of movement.

Thus, it is the motor disorders in a child with TMND that are the basic part of the main defect and are formed by the same mechanisms as the main defect.

Currently, the most urgent problem of specialists working with this contingent is the organization and implementation of correctional and developmental work to change the kinetic and kinesthetic feelings and perceptions of children with TMND.

The kinetic and kinesthetic development of children with TMND is as important as the development of vision and hearing. However, we can only speculate what limit a child with SMDD can achieve in each of these areas. Suppose that most likely the development will be minimal, and he will not learn to talk, serve himself, walk. Therefore, there was such an opinion until recently that it is pointless to teach such children anything.

Despite this dogma, the practice of employees working with this category of children convinces us that there are no children who have not learned something. Every child is capable of development if he is supported. Therefore, it is very important to teach children how to interact and communicate with people around them. It is also necessary to explain to this child that he himself has the opportunity to influence the world around him by his activity. In this regard, it is quite important for children with TMND to change kinesthetic and kinetic feelings and motor activity.

The brilliant Russian scientist I.M. Semenov believed that the “muscular feeling” proper is considered not only a vector of the direction of movement, but also a psychological factor in spatial thinking, understanding of time, subject judgments and conclusions, which most emphasizes the significance of kinesthetic feelings in the psychological work of people.

The kinesthetic sense is required for the child to determine information about the movement and position of his personal body in space. It appears with irritation of proprioceptors (peripheral components of sensory organs) located in tendons, muscles, ligaments and joints. Further, on the basis of kinesthetic sensitivity, intersensory connections are formed, namely: visual-motor, motor-motor, auditory-motor, skin-kinesthetic, tactile-motor, etc.

The formation of kinesthetic sensitivity is undoubtedly not considered, without the kinetic factor in the development of children. Kinetics is a complex of body movements that an individual uses in the course of communication. It explores human behavior in its non-verbal manifestations, these include: pantomime, facial expressions, expressiveness and manifestations of emotions, experiences.

The formation and change of kinesthetic and kinetic feelings compensates for impaired vision or hearing in children with TMND. It depends on the fact that this type of feeling, according to the definition of I.M. Sechenov, acts in the form of a “muscular feeling” and has the ability to drastically intensify with special training, during which a conscious body movement is formed characteristic of speed, rhythm and strength.

The main goal of teachers working with children of this category is the process of the greatest initiative and independence of children with SMDD during the day, as well as the development of the ability to communicate with people around them by the method of non-traditional communication based on preserved functions. As a result, correctional classes with children on the development of kinesthetic and kinetic perception are focused on the conscious performance of body movements by children, on the development of their methods of control and self-control over their movements.

When selecting and conducting corrective and developmental activities, one must take into account, in fact, that kinesthetic feelings are closely related to the work of the peripheral sections of the analyzers and receptors located on the skin of the body, which perceive irritations from the environment. This is very clearly expressed in touch, which combines kinesthetic and skin sensations, in which vestibular, auditory, visual and other analyzers play an important function.

In comparison with normally developing peers, the formation of the accuracy of body movements, the mastery of the abilities of control and self-control in children with TMND are carried out in a longer period of time, during long sessions with numerous repetitions. For the formation of the motor ability of special children, special exercises are required. And the main way of working with these guys is the method of stimulation: tactile-motor, visual-motor, motor-auditory, etc.

At the same time, at the beginning of work, it is purposeful to apply the method of passive stimulation, and only then the method of active stimulation; which will contribute to the child’s habituation in this place and his greater confidence in the study of the external environment, as well as an increase in his dynamic and static endurance, performance. His body movements in this case will work as a working tool in understanding objects, their qualities and phenomena of the external environment. And the control of their body will strengthen children with TMND to feel all the influences of the external environment much faster and more accurately and understand them accurately.

Therefore, from the above, we conclude. Kinetic and kinesthetic development is in the concept of the formation of the cognitive development of children with TMND.

Literature:

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C Section Incision Burning And Stinging

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The birth of a baby is a joyous occasion, but it also comes with complications. When done through C-section, one of the things that you should watch out for is that it is healing correctly.

Women who undergo cesarean delivery need more time to recover than those they would after a standard delivery.

Also, akin to any surgical experience, proper aftercare guidelines are essential to ensure a speedy recovery.

Still, it’s typical to experience pain, soreness, and even bleeding. However, extreme C section incision burning and stinging is intimidating and should cause concern.

So what happens if your C-section incision is burning and stinging, and how can you take care of it?

Here’s everything you need to know to treat your C-section incision.

Why is my C-section incision burning and stinging

For women who are unable or unwilling to give birth virginally, a C-section delivery may seem like the best option.

While this surgical procedure usually goes well, you may have noticed that your internal stitches pain after c section incision keeps burning and stinging. 

It happens when there is damage to the nerves close to the incision area during surgery. These are the iliohypogastric, genitofemoral, and nerves. They allow you to feel sensations on your abdomen. 

They can be bruised, crushed, or trapped by scar tissue as you start healing. You may also experience some pain around your C-section incision when you get pregnant again.

As the uterus grows, the scar tissue there stretches with a new life inside. In some cases, burning or stinging could be an indicator that your incision is infected.  

Another less commonly diagnosed reason for the pain is endometriosis resulting from c-section scars, which happens when the uterine tissue connects to other surrounding organs in your body.

It can sometimes appear like a lump that brings excruciating pain and needs immediate treatment. 

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C Section Incision Burning And Stinging – 5 Ways To Make It Stop

If you’re experiencing burning pain in and around your c-section incision, it may be very sensitive.

It may hurt with the slightest touch, and you can also experience some electric shock sensations. 

Abrasions from your clothes or the waistband of your pants or jeans will hurt a lot.

The first thing you need to do is go to a doctor who will then help you to determine why your c-section incision is burning and stinging.

 From here, there are various remedies you can try. The 5 most practical ways of stopping C Section Incision Burning And Stinging are all listed below.

1. Blocking of the nerves in cases of nerve damage

This involves anesthetic injections around the nerve area to cause temporary numbness.

Blocking of the nerves in cases of nerve damage is a proven way to stop C Section Incision Burning And Stinging.

During C-section, the doctor makes a cut, which cuts through body tissues and nerves.

While doctors are careful not to touch the edges of the C-section incision that houses the most sensitive nerves, genitofemoral, ilioinguinal, and/or iliohypogastric, they run very close to the incision point.

As such, they are easily damaged during the procedure, leading to a burning and stinging sensation during the healing process.

Your doctor can help with managing these sensations by blocking these nerves.

It involves anesthetic injections around the nerve area to cause temporary numbness.

2. Treating Endometriosis using antibiotics.

A C-section procedure increases one’s chances of contracting endometriosis. That’s because the procedure might cause injuries to the endometrial tissue, which causes it to move outside of your uterus.

This is a rare occurrence and your doctor might not notice it immediately after the C-section procedure.

Your doctor will have to do several tests, including conducting a pelvic ultrasound or a pelvic biopsy for proper diagnosis.

Luckily, endometriosis is treatable using antibiotics. However, your doctor can also recommend laparoscopic surgery, also referred to as exploratory surgery.

Keep in mind that this surgery process can also be part of diagnosis.

3. Abdominal binding

Abdominal binding is also excellent at relieving the pain around your c-section incision. It also helps speed the healing process.

It’s a stretchy material and needs to go around the midsection. It can help you to get back to tip-top form after major surgery.

Abdominal binding is also excellent at relieving the pain around your c-section incision. This is not a new treatment option.

In fact, it has been practised for centuries. It’s a stretchy material and needs to go around the midsection.

It can help you to get back to tip-top form after major surgery.

It needs to be tied as tightly as possible to provide your abdomen with enough support and keep it firmly in one place.

This is important because even after birth, your body will still experience some changes.

The support that abdominal binding gives helps your body to heal properly, and even manage the burning and stinging sensation on your C-section incision.

It also helps speed the healing process.

4. Scar tissue mobilization.

You can look into getting a scar tissue massage, also known as scar tissue mobilization. It can make your internal stitches pain after c section feel better and stretch more comfortably.

It would also help if you moved around so you can reorganize the collagen fibers.

With this, you’ll also reduce adhesions to surrounding tissues and organs.

Massaging any body area is not a new phenomenon. It helps relieve lots of tension on your body muscles and tissues to the extent of relieving some pain.

That’s why massaging an injured area is sometimes used in relieving some discomfort.

If your C-section wound is experiencing a burning or stinging feeling, look into getting a scar tissue massage, also scar tissue mobilization.

It can make your internal stitches pain after c section feel better and stretch more comfortably.

It would also help if you moved around so you can reorganize the collagen fibers. With this, you’ll also reduce adhesions to surrounding tissues and organs.

5. Using heat or ice

Using heat or ice is one of the easiest and most effective ways of dealing with c-section incision pain. If you have an ice pack, place it on the C-section wound.

In the absence of an ice pack, you can use ice cubes but wrap them in a clean towel and place them on the wound. This is often referred to as cold therapy.

It reduces the amount of blood flow to the area, reducing swelling and inflammation that cause the stinging and burning sensation.

If the area is painful, the ice will also help in reducing nerve activities around that area, which relieved the pain.

On the other hand, you can use a heating pad set on warm or low. The heating pad, which uses heat therapy, increases blood circulation and flow in the C-section area.

It also helps in increasing the flexibility of muscles in this area, relieving you of the burning and stinging.

It can be hard to go about your day with a c-section incision burning and stinging.

However, knowing why this is happening can help you to let go of some of the worries that come with the healing process. 

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Modern technique caesarean section is that the incision of the skin and subcutaneous tissue is made along the lower fold of the abdomen in the transverse direction (according to Pfannenstiel) up to 15 cm long, or a transverse incision is made (according to Joel-Kohan ) 2-3 cm below the middle of the distance between the womb and the navel, 10-12 cm long. This is a convenient and fairly quick operative access for caesarean section. Such an incision has its advantages: it has a good cosmetic effect, which explains the widespread use of this type of intervention, because both of these incisions create favorable conditions for intradermal suture. It is noteworthy that during a repeated caesarean section, an incision on the skin is made at the site of the previous scar with excision of the latter. Such an incision of the anterior abdominal wall allows for a more active postoperative period compared to a longitudinal (lower median) incision. The puerperal woman is allowed to get out of bed during the first day after the operation, which is the prevention of subinvolution of the uterus, intestinal paresis, the formation of adhesions and reduces the risk of thrombosis in the postoperative period.

Over the past 10 years, the technique of caesarean section has progressively changed. A prerequisite for this was the work proving that the unsutured visceral and parietal peritoneum does not entail any additional postoperative complications and even significantly reduces the likelihood of adhesions in the abdominal cavity. Another prerequisite was the widespread use in surgical practice of synthetic (vicryl, polyglycolide) absorbable suture material, and therefore, when suturing an incision on the uterus, a single-row continuous suture is more often used. In patients with a single-row suture on the uterus (according to ultrasound data), edema in the area of ​​the postoperative suture is observed 4 times less often than with a double-row suture. The suture on the uterus and aponeurosis is treated using argon plasma coagulation (APC). A feature of the APC is that the active electrode is blown with argon, ionized, and a torch is formed between the electrode and the tissue. In an environment of inert argon gas at a temperature of 120°C, tissue coagulation occurs to a depth of no more than 3 mm. In this case, there is no effect of carbonization-charring, since there is no direct combustion of the tissue, and there is also a direct thermal effect on the microbial agent. Due to APC, the healing processes are activated – as a result of deep tissue heating: myometrium in the suture area (to a depth of 10-15 mm) and reduction of collagen fibers due to tissue heat treatment. The use of APC for caesarean section can reduce blood loss during surgery, improve the quality of life in the postoperative period by reducing pain and reducing the length of stay in the hospital. Direct antibacterial action makes it possible to refuse preventive course antibiotic therapy, promotes the healing of the surgical wound, and reduces the risk of purulent-inflammatory diseases in the postoperative period. In addition, the consistency of the scar on the uterus is achieved, which allows you to increase the percentage of subsequent spontaneous births.

The combination of several well-known techniques and the elimination of a number of optional steps make it possible to speak of Stark caesarean section as a new modification that has a number of advantages over conventional methods. These include rapid retrieval; a significant reduction in the duration of the operation; reduction of blood loss; reducing the need for postoperative use of painkillers; reduction in the incidence of intestinal paresis and other postoperative complications; earlier discharge for 3-4 days after birth.
The duration of a traditional surgical intervention is on average 40 minutes, and in the Stark modification – 22 minutes. Due to these advantages, as well as the simplicity of the method itself, this operation is quickly gaining popularity. Babies removed after a cesarean section according to Stark have a more stable adaptation, which allows them to be breastfed during the first minutes of life.

Our Maternity Hospital uses a new technique of “slow” caesarean section. A unique, gentle way of delivery “slow” caesarean section at 29maternity hospital! The method of “natural” or “slow” caesarean section, for patients with a contraindication for natural childbirth, was developed by English specialists in elite clinics in London. Its essence is as follows: the woman in labor is conscious, as in a conventional cesarean, the doctor makes a small incision and removes the baby’s head. Unlike a standard cesarean section, when the baby is quickly taken out, not giving the opportunity to adapt to environmental conditions, with a “slow” cesarean section, the child is given the opportunity to get out of the uterus on his own. The mother is actively involved in the delivery process, she can watch how the baby is born. This method of operative delivery is safe for mother and baby, and it is gaining more and more supporters among women abroad, especially in the UK. Maternity Hospital at City Clinical Hospital No. 29is the only state maternity hospital in Moscow where this unique technique is used.

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Cesarean section in maternity hospital No. 8. City Clinical Hospital named after V.P. Demikhova

The modern technique of caesarean section is that the incision of the skin and subcutaneous tissue is made along the lower fold of the abdomen in the transverse direction (according to Pfannenstiel) up to 15 cm long, or a transverse incision is made (according to Joel-Kohan) 2-3 cm below the middle of the distance between the womb and the navel, 10-12 cm long.

This is a convenient and fairly fast operative access for caesarean section. Such an incision has its advantages: it has a good cosmetic effect, which explains the widespread use of this type of intervention, because both of these incisions create favorable conditions for intradermal suture.

It is noteworthy that in case of repeated caesarean section, an incision on the skin is made at the site of the previous scar with excision of the latter. Such an incision of the anterior abdominal wall allows for a more active postoperative period compared to a longitudinal (lower median) incision. The puerperal woman is allowed to get out of bed during the first day after the operation, which is the prevention of subinvolution of the uterus, intestinal paresis, the formation of adhesions and reduces the risk of thrombosis in the postoperative period. Over the past 10 years, the technique of caesarean section has progressively changed.

The prerequisite for this was the work proving that the non-sutured visceral and parietal peritoneum does not entail any additional postoperative complications and even significantly reduces the likelihood of adhesions in the abdominal cavity. Another prerequisite was the widespread use in surgical practice of synthetic (vicryl, polyglycolide) absorbable suture material, and therefore, when suturing an incision on the uterus, a single-row continuous suture is more often used. In patients with a single-row suture on the uterus (according to ultrasound data), edema in the area of ​​the postoperative suture is observed 4 times less often than with a double-row suture. The suture on the uterus and aponeurosis is treated using argon plasma coagulation (APC).

A special feature of the HSC is that the active electrode is blown with argon, ionized, a torch is formed between the electrode and the tissue. In an environment of inert argon gas at a temperature of 120°C, tissue coagulation occurs to a depth of no more than 3 mm. In this case, there is no effect of carbonization-charring, since there is no direct combustion of the tissue, and there is also a direct thermal effect on the microbial agent. Due to APC, the healing processes are activated – as a result of deep tissue heating: myometrium in the suture area (to a depth of 10-15 mm) and reduction of collagen fibers due to tissue heat treatment. The use of APC for caesarean section can reduce blood loss during surgery, improve the quality of life in the postoperative period by reducing pain and reducing the length of stay in the hospital.

Direct antibacterial action makes it possible to refuse from preventive course antibiotic therapy, promotes healing of the surgical wound, and reduces the risk of purulent-inflammatory diseases in the postoperative period. In addition, the consistency of the scar on the uterus is achieved, which allows you to increase the percentage of subsequent spontaneous births. The combination of several well-known techniques and the exclusion of a number of optional steps make it possible to speak of Stark caesarean section as a new modification that has a number of advantages over conventional methods.

These include:

• rapid retrieval; a significant reduction in the duration of the operation;
• reduction of blood loss;
• reduced need for postoperative pain medication;
• reduction in the incidence of intestinal paresis and other postoperative complications;
• earlier discharge 3-4 days after birth.

Traditional surgery takes an average of 40 minutes, while the Stark modification takes 22 minutes. Due to these advantages, as well as the simplicity of the method itself, this operation is quickly gaining popularity. Babies removed after a caesarean section according to Stark have a more stable adaptation, which allows them to be breastfed during the first minutes of life.