Lev Vygotsky & the Zone of Proximal Development (Intro Psych Tutorial #179)

In this video I consider how it is that we improve our skills and abilities and how children make progress through different stages of development. This brings us to the work of Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky and his notion of the zone of proximal development. This refers to tasks outside of a child's current level of ability that can be accomplished with assistance (or scaffolding) from a parent, teacher, or peer.

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Thanks for a super informative video ☺️. I would just like to ask though, does the zpd also apply to children with special needs?