Developmental Strategies for Home Collection

This article describes how parents and other caregivers can help their babies develop more advanced ways of thinking, learning, understanding, and solving problems.

This article describes the many ways parents and other caregivers can build thinking, learning, and understanding skills in young children with congenital heart defects (CHDs).

Parents can engage their children in many activities and conversations to promote their development of thinking, learning, and problem solving. This article explains how.

Teens with congenital heart defects (CHDs) still have developing brains, and parents and caregivers can use these strategies to help them develop their skills in thinking, learning, and problem-solving.

Human brains continue to develop into adulthood, and people are always capable of learning and growing. Here are strategies to support thinking and learning in young adults.

Parents and other caregivers can help babies with heart defects to get stronger, more flexible, more balanced, and more cooordinated. Here are some ideas.

Young children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) are sometimes delayed in learning to stand, walk, run, climb, and use their hands. These activities can help them make progress.

During middle childhood, kids can continue to get better at using their hands and bodies. Parents and families can help them to reach their physical goals using these strategies.

Even as their bodies reach maturity, teens with congenital heart defects (CHDs) can still develop physical strength and skills. These activities can help.

Young adults can continue to learn new physical skills, and can work to maintain existing skills. Staying active and learning new things are important for maintaining physical and mental health. Here are ideas to support adult physical skills.

Parents are usually a baby's first social relationship, and they play a critical role in supporting a baby's social development. Here are some tips.

By forging a secure attachment with their baby, parents and other caregivers can set the stage for the baby's healthy social development.

Young children have a lot to learn about their social world, and parents are their best teachers. Here are some strategies and activities for building their social understanding.

As children enter the more peer-based social world of middle childhood, parents and caregivers can use these strategies to support their social understanding and social skills.

Regardless of their child's age, parents can always work to build a more secure parent-child attachment. Secure attachments help children to develop strong social and emotional skills.

Even though teens are often highly focused on their peers, parents and other caregivers can still do a lot to build their social skills and social understanding.

Young adults continue to face new social challenges, and often need to continue working on their social skills. Here are ideas to help.

Well before they can talk, babies are actively learning language. Parents and caregivers can support their language development with these activities.

As they follow their daily routines, parents and other caregivers can use these strategies to promote language development in young children with congenital heart defects (CHDs).

Children's language skills continue to develop throughout childhood, and parents can help children to learn more sophisticated skills with these strategies.

Parents and cargivers can help their teens with congenital heart defects (CHDs) to develop more complex language skills. These activities can help.

Young adults can always learn more language, and more sophisticated language, and these strategies can help.

Parents and caregivers can help their babies start to understand and regulate their emotions. These strategies can promote healthy emotional learning.

Parents play a critical role in helping young children begin to recognize, express, and regulate their own emotions, and to respond well to the emotions of others.

Children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) sometimes struggle to regulate their emotions and behavior. Parents and caregivers can help them to develop self-regulation with these strategies.

Parents and caregivers can help kids with heart defects to develop emotional intelligence and emotional learning.

Teens often need guidance and support in learning to express and manage their emotions, and to understand and respond to other people's emotions. Parents can use these strategies to help them.

Young adults with congenital heart defects (CHDs) continue to face new emotional challenges, and can continue to develop more advanced emotional understanding and regulation skills.

Parents and other family members can continue to offer care and comfort to their child during ECMO treatment. Read how.

During VAD treatment, parents and caregivers can use these strategies to help their child to cope, grow, and learn.

Undergoing a heart transplant can place a strain on the whole family. This article offers guidance on how parents can support a child through the process.

Parents and caregivers can use these strategies to help children to cope with hospital stays, and to continue learning and having fun.

Most babies with congenital heart defects (CHDs) can be safely held skin-to-skin. When parents are able to hold their babies, they can often improve their functioning and healing.

Parents and caregivers can help their babies to establish a good sleep schedule, and to get the sleep they need.

Young children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) sometimes struggle with sleep. Parents can use these strategies to work towards better sleep habits.

Kids with heart defects sometimes have sleep schedules or sleep habits that do not work well within their families. Parents can use these strategies to make things better.

Young adults often struggle to establish healthful and restorative sleep patterns. These tips can help.

Parents and other caregivers can help young children learn the skills and concepts they need before they even enter Kindergarten.

While kids are in elementary school, parents can use these activities and strategies to help them learn at home.

These strategies and activities can help middle school students to make progress in their learning while they are at home.

These activities can help parents and other family members to support high schoolers in their learning at home.

Young adults with congenital heart defects (CHDs) continue to learn and grow. These strategies can help them to build the skills and knowledge they need to reach their goals.

When parents learn to communicate with their baby, they are better able to meet their needs and to create a strong emotional bond. This video will teach parents how to interpret and respond to their baby's cues.

This video explains how relationships are at the core of a baby's learning and development, and offers advice on ensuring that a baby's first relationships are strong and stable.

Children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) are sometimes the victims of bullying. Parents can take these steps to help their children cope and recover, and to reduce or eliminate the bullying behavior.

Children with medical or developmental differences can sometimes be subjected to bullying related to their differences. This webinar teaches parents how to protect and support their children.

These videos explain how parents can understand and support their child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) sometimes struggle with mental health challenges, but parents and other caregivers can always help them to feel better.

Kids with congenital heart defects (CHDs) sometimes develop anxiety about health and medical care. These strategies can help them feel better.

These strategies can help parents and other caregivers to feel confident in managing children's challenging behaviors in a way that promotes their mental health and sense of well-being.

Parents can use these strategies to help their child to safely and competently swallow medicines.

Children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) sometimes struggle with mental health challenges, but parents and other caregivers can always help them to feel better.