Aphasia... new disorder?

It is a mysterious brain disorder can be confused with the preliminary stage of Alzheimer's, but does not deprive patients of their memories, but the words to talk about them.

It is called primary progressive aphasia (PPA), and scientists said they are looking for better ways to diagnose this disease little known. That will help people whose thoughts are lucid but can not express them to receive proper care.

Even many doctors know little about this rare type of aphasia, and spread the problem is key to improving care. There is a study underway to try to slow the progression of the disease by electrical stimulation of the affected region of the brain.

Language and speech are enormously complex. 100 requires just talk activate muscles between the lungs and lips to produce at least 14 different sounds per second, said Dr. Joseph Duffy, of the Mayo Clinic.

A stroke or brain injury can often leave the person with problems to produce sounds or words. The APP occurs for a different reason, because the region of the brain that controls language is sick and degenerates, resulting in communication difficulties -a first glance similar to those caused by dementia.

Interesting...

Reference: http://www.sinembargo.mx/15-02-2016/1623005

Two years = 50 words

Today, I think about kids again, let's see...

"Typically, a child speak. We want to end this widespread phrase 'and speak'. If a child with two years does not use about 50 words is not that it is vague, it is that something happens. " Says Ana Torrico, secretary of the Association of Speech Therapists of Asturias (ALPA), adding that "the problems of language are like a ball, if they persist, they end up having an impact on other areas of life, such as education and social ".

It is of utmost importance to make a correct diagnosis of these problems. It is the pediatrician who has the obligation to inform parents if there is an abnormality, and then derive the child to early care units, formed by speech therapists. A performance that must be done before they start going to school. This diagnosis is crucial, because the late onset of speech may be due to different factors, and only experts can determine whether it is by an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) or one language (TEL).

Reference: Gancedo, M. (2016). Torrico: «A los dos años, un niño debería saber 50 palabras». recovered from http://www.elcomercio.es/gijon/201603/06/torrico-anos-nino-deberia-20160306012410-v.html

Children see. Children do.

Raising a child is not easy, you have to be patient and persevering in their education. And when we talk about education we are not referring to the school or academic training, which of course is important, but that parents offer their children in day to day, training them and teaching them in each of the situations they live .Our children acquire correct values ​​will depend not only on its own character, but what they learn in the family. If the child grows up in an environment where you feel loved, respected and protected you learn proper ethical values. Children need someone to guide them, to encourage them and help them in the course of his life. Need to feel supported, valued, dear ... And for that we are parents, we are the best example, your role model in all respects. We must teach by example and use the values ​​we want to learn, not only for them but for ourselves.

This video is a great example that can reflect. Let this example for our children. They need a lot of us in these difficult moments is when we teach them about the values ​​for this result are better citizens and therefore better parents.

Bad Behavior vs. Disability

Where's my mind now? I want to talk about parents, yes, let's begin... 

Let's be honest, most parents of children with disabilities, make the mistake of underestimating the social expectations of their children. Disability does not justify inappropriate behavior, and if we want our children to reach their fullest capabilities and are ready to seize the opportunities of life, we must be realistic, not only have rights, obligations and responsibilities as well as all.

Our most important obligation is to our own children: "Educate them with love and realistic expectations, so they are ready for the world to profit the most of their abilities." (Tardio, 2016)

Many parents justify behavior as a result of disability. True, disability can cause different behaviors, but your reaction as a parent is what determines if the behavior continues or re-routed. If your child learns something positive, or learns that the easiest way is the way to do everything. The education of your child is your responsibility as a parent, your child all it does is put into practice what you have learned.

The base regulating human behavior analysis, says that if a child has the ability to behave improperly to obtain or avoid something, has the same ability to properly behave with proper training, and learn that there are better ways and more appropriate both get what you want or need.

Reference: Tardio, E. (2016) La discapacidad no justifica el mal comportamiento. Recuperado de http://www.elianatardio.com/2016/03/18/discapacidad-comportamiento/?utm_content=buffer006ea&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Toys are important for the development of our children?

Let's see where's my mind today...

One of the great challenges and occupations of parents is to give their children the best opportunities for development. Thus, one of the most controversial aspects of raising a child is the type and amount of toys that should have, especially in these times when the offer is vast and varied. Literally, there is no place we go with children and not find a toy section, from the park, supermarkets, squares and everywhere they appear.

It is common the idea that a toy serves only to entertain, but if we know that more attention can be great tools for knowledge and learning. Of course, this depends on the qualities and possibilities that has the object that our children interact. Reflecting on this aspect is vital because, through the decisions we make on this subject can contribute to a healthy development or saturation that hinder meaningful learning.

From neuropsychology, he states that action is vital to gain knowledge as the brain creates neural networks (synapse) that become learning through interaction, discovery, movement and handling; In this sense there are many toys on the market that hamper these aspects, in fact, the most popular are those that prevent the child be creative, print them imagination and thus generate knowledge. (Farias, 2013)

For example, action figures or toys that have sounds, lights, movement and many colors are very common but they only serve for the child to observe them in performing their multiple exploits, merely press a button to start the action . In these toys no chance of play, interaction or movement.

The same situation occurs with video games, which are highly stimulating and generate anxiety and stress, are unfortunately becoming more common and parents are turning to them in an effort that children are quiet but the resulting consequences are serious, since difficulties concentration, delayed learning and socialization problems.

Another key aspect in the development of the child and takes neuropsychology, is the game as a volunteer and desirable activity, ie, as a source of internal motivation of the child and to be so essential that it is a free play, full possibilities and where necessary to reflect to solve obstacles, this is possible with simple objects and often no cost, like going to the park and let our children to interact with their peers, allowing them to play with boxes, dishes and other items all have at home, drawing, molding clay; these games are set in the understanding that the simpler the toy, the more likely.

Moreover, the amount of toys they have at their disposal is also important, as proposed by Jonh Payne in his book Parenting with simplicity: “El número de juguetes que tu niño tiene a la vista, y que puede usar, deberá reducirse de manera radical”. This is because, the fewer objects to play with, increases the degree of care and the ability for deep play; the fewer toys have experience less disconnection and burden, this can observe when children have many elements of play and only take one after another without stopping at any giving the perception that they need more toys, because those available are not enough, what it leads parents to a circle of endless consumption.


Reference:  Farías, I. (2013) Imporancia de los juguetes para el desarrollo de los niños. Recuperado de http://psic.mx/index.php/conversemos/item/115-importancia-de-los-juguetes-en-el-desarrollo-de-tu-hijo-una-perspectiva-neuropsicologica

Enthusiasm Help You to Learn

Where's my mind today?... 

When we talk about learn, we mean that is a unique process of development and personal growth that involves complex mental operations. Recent advances in neuroscience show that positive emotions promote learning. (Rodríguez Ruiz, 2015) For the process of learning to occur it is necessary that learners want to learn, enthusiasm promotes learning. 

I thinks that the enthusiasm works as a stimulant for the brain, facilitates the connection between neurons and enhances mental operations and therefore learning. Ensure excitement in the act of learning is often turned into a very complicated task. It really is where the information is a unique address traditional education systems, and learning becomes a routine, a global process that must be equal for all. In these educational systems using obsolete methods, the individuality of each child is not respected, it is not allowed to discover content, explore, give meaning and make it yours.

In contrast, traditional systems become a machining learning act, and thereby denature the process. All this leads to a logical disappointment, lack of motivation, lack of enthusiasm and an absence of learning. Finally we find a panorama of school failure who do not know to put that solution and do not fully understand the causes, as we move away from the understanding of the learning process.

Reference: Rodríguez Ruiz, C. (2015) El esntusiasmo favorece el aprendizaje. Recuperado de http://educayaprende.com/el-entusiasmo-favorece-el-aprendizaje/

Our society... This is psychology

Where is my mind?...

Today want to focus on subjects that involves 

psychology. As I mentioned in my introduction, actually I am preparing myself in the psychology and mental health area. In general terms is known as the equilibrium status between a person and its social and cultural ambient which guarantees it laboral, intellectual and social activities to achieve wealth and a good lifestyle. Mental health is a term used more as an analogy of what its known as health or physical condition, but related to it, there are more complex dimensions than the organic and physical functioning of the person. This term has also been defined multiple ways because of studies from different cultures. Its concepts includes wealthiness, autonomy, competition, emotional potential, and some others. On the other hand, precisions of the World Health Organization says that there are no official definitions about what mental health is and that any definition given to it will always be influenced by cultural differences.

There is a short relation between social psychology and mental health. In consequence of the instability of a person with a mental condition, it will be reflected in the society as well. We see how groups are created and communities inside of one big society, the divisions that occurs and how some groups are constantly marginated and left out. Social acceptance to people who suffers any mental condition is proven to be the best help and also the best way of prevention from mental disorders. Unfortunately, people with this kind of conditions are victims of discrimination, even from their own family, they are not accepted easily in the work nor the educational area or even in the community. The lack of knowledge about what a mental health condition means, it is another factor that has to do with marginalization. Young people have a high potential of minimizing possible disabilities if the social acceptance is big and if they receive the necessary help and services. Recuperation comes along with the social acceptance, as I mention before. Discrimination and stigma makes the process of recuperation a whole lot more difficult for those people with mental conditions.

Another of the subjects that relates the mental health and the social psychology is poverty. By this I do not mean that every poor person has a mental condition, but as it happens a lot in the explanation of the psychological phenomena's, the correlation between poverty and mental health follow a circular logic, making that the socioeconomic conditions levitate the chances of experimenting psychological problems, at the same time that the mental illness implies a bigger risk of social exclusion. Poverty suppose a composition of stressful situations, such as economic tensions, family conflicts, residence changes, unemployment, less educational opportunities, social discrimination, etc. Definitely, people who encounter this type of situations usually go through circumstances they hardly take control of, and their lives keep on going on on a constant life full of obstacles. This constant exposition to stressful events, has been related with negative consequences like for example, a higher incidence of depression, anxiety, postraumatic stress disease, addictions, social problems and delinquency, between many others. On the other hand, going around the circle, mental illness implies a higher risk of poverty. This way, psychological and social problems affect with the educational and laboral level that a person can reach, because a mental condition not treated implies, in many cases, a difficulty grade added. Also, people with mental health diseases, most of the times confront social stigmas and prejudices, which implies a barrier that maybe is more difficult to get through when it comes to finding a job and reducing the risk of poverty and exclusion.
We can observe that mental health themes has to do with many areas such as neuropsychology, developmental, social, educational and clinic psychology, etc. This way we can confirm that this is an area that has relevance, not only for the world of psychology and investigation, but it has big implications with the progress of of our society and the world in general. With out a doubt, this area is a present door open to the future.
Psychology is one of the most important sciences in the daily life of the individual, because it works with it behavior. Social and mental health, both helps people with problems that affects them like for example, violence, abuse, parent and child relations, communication and some others. The way of communication and social behave of the person or a group of people, are studies used to evaluate and treat the diseases and possible dangers that represents for society in general. Most of the mental diseases have a solution or at least a treatment which it can be effective if its applied on time.

Just like this, we want to break the vicious circle that unifies negative thing about social psychology and mental health, it requires a different focus, more flexible, and socially conscious among the health professionals. But, it also requires us to focus and establish our priorities as a society in those economical disadvantaged areas. We have to keep on mind that most of the people hold on and go through life conditions that risks their mental health. Remembering the increment of poverty, violence, abuse, etc. it is possible that the treatment of health problems that are associated to it, soon it becomes an emergency if its not the case already.

References:

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