Developmentally Quotes

The point of the primary program is to be developmentally appropriate rather than age appropriate. This keeps in the spirit of that. - Lisa Gross

The need for all types of housing for people on restricted incomes is tremendous in the valley, so most units are not restricted to people in substance abuse treatment or who have bad histories. Seventy-five percent will be working families who don?t have enough money to rent in Medford because rents are so outrageous or are developmentally disabled or elderly. - Shirley Wilkes

The important thing is to have the developmentally appropriate thing for the kids. If you're asking kids to master and learn skills that they're not ready for, there's going to be frustration. Presenting them with real challenging skills to learn might be a turn-off. - Bill Pierce

The curriculum is absolutely developmentally appropriate and contains positive messages about staying healthy. - Kelly Devers

So much of this is based on 35 years of studying humans physically, skeletally, developmentally, forensically. - Jeffrey Schwartz

Realizing that about 80 percent of developmentally disabled people live at home, it shouldn't be surprising that pressures are mounting on these families. - Paul Herrera

In the last three months, developmentally and physically, they have grown so much. It's crazy. Aaron's sister lives in New York, and she came home at Christmas and was just in awe of how much they've grown. - April Six

I started off when Austin was party central. There is so much happening at (college) age, developmentally speaking ... I had no idea about a neurological disorder called ADD. I was set up to fail. - Jon Thomas

I applaud Sudbury Valley's focus on freedom, but not what I take to be an inattention to community... Sudbury has a libertarian bent, and the worldview seems to see all adult involvement as an authoritarian restriction of personal autonomy. Total autonomy is not developmentally appropriate. Kids need guidance and many of them need structure at the same time that they need the opportunity to learn how to make good decisions. - Alfie Kohn