REALIZING A POSYANDU (INTEGRATED SERVICE POST) INTEGRATED WITH PAUD (EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION): A NEUROPEDIATRICS REVIEW

Abstract

In a neuropediatric review, the age at which a child is born to entering primary education is a golden age and a critical period in human life stages that will determine their further development. Toddlerhood is a vital stage where half of the total capacity of human intelligence has been formed. If at this age children's brains are not stimulated, their potential will not develop. By the age of 8 years, 80% of the human capacity for intelligence is formed. The children's intelligence capacity will reach 100% when they are around 18 years old. Toddlerhood is the golden age in which the brain grows and develops the fastest. This period is the right time to lay the foundations for developing cognitive, motor, language, socio-emotional, artistic, self-concept, moral, and spiritual abilities. The efforts to develop the potential of toddlers must be started to achieve their optimal growth and development. One of the efforts taken by the government and the community to achieve this goal is through the Posyandu (Integrated Service Post) and PAUD (Early Childhood Education).