The website that I have been exploring is Zero to Three. The section that caught my attention was the Behavior and Development section . I read information on Early Childhood mental health, this is current in my development as a professional because it has only deepened my understanding of the importance for children to have social emotional skills. This section talked about how important it is for children to build relationships with others, communicate, play, and learn how to express their feelings. I really didn't find anything that was controversial, but I did read information that helped me think about an issue in a new way, assessments of children.
The website explains what an assessment is and what it is supposed to do and that is to deepen their understanding of a child's developmental capacities. The website actually publishes a guide for parents to read that will help them understand what is going on and also encourages them to collaborate. I think these assessments are how neuroscientist support Early Childhood because it gives educators better ammunition to help children succeed. The website and newsletter has an abundance of helpful information for parents and educators that will educate them on how to help their children.
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Poverty World-Wide
I am still waiting hopefully to hear from any of the international contacts, in the mean time I had to chose to do the alternative assignment. The website that I explored is called Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Cent re or CHIP for short retrieved from HTTP://www.childhoodpoverty.org
The website stated that there are over 600 million children that live in poverty world-wide and in underdeveloped countries it can be much higher. It is said that poverty can effect a child's development especially when it comes to nutrition and health. One insight that I have learned from the website is that CHIP tries to fill in the gaps about poverty, many may not know the way poverty effects individuals internationally. CHIP fills in the gap by doing country specific research, they raise awareness to poverty issues, and they do policy analysis which means they examine the policies the other countries have on poverty.
Another insight that I have gained from the website is that all of the research done is for policy-makers, practitioners, and activists who are concerned with the issues of poverty. Some of the main goals CHIP is trying to achieve is positive change in policy areas, policy implementation, and effectively using the research findings. The third insight that I gained from the website is that CHIP has many reports, publications, articles, and briefings that can be read online that share more information and research that CHIP has done.
References:
http://www.childhoodpoverty.org
The website stated that there are over 600 million children that live in poverty world-wide and in underdeveloped countries it can be much higher. It is said that poverty can effect a child's development especially when it comes to nutrition and health. One insight that I have learned from the website is that CHIP tries to fill in the gaps about poverty, many may not know the way poverty effects individuals internationally. CHIP fills in the gap by doing country specific research, they raise awareness to poverty issues, and they do policy analysis which means they examine the policies the other countries have on poverty.
Another insight that I have gained from the website is that all of the research done is for policy-makers, practitioners, and activists who are concerned with the issues of poverty. Some of the main goals CHIP is trying to achieve is positive change in policy areas, policy implementation, and effectively using the research findings. The third insight that I gained from the website is that CHIP has many reports, publications, articles, and briefings that can be read online that share more information and research that CHIP has done.
References:
http://www.childhoodpoverty.org
Thursday, July 11, 2013
ZERO TO THREE
The organization that I chose is called Zero To Three, http://zerotothree.org.
This organization is a national organization that is geared toward helping parents, professionals, and policymakers the knowledge and know how to nurture early development. The mission of the organization is to ensure that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life.
The organization plays a critical leadership role in promoting understanding around key issues affecting young children and their families, including child care, infant mental health, early language and literacy development, early intervention and the impact of culture on early childhood development.(Zero to Three 2010).
The issue from the website that caught my attention was the maltreatment tab, because this sometimes is an issue in a child's life. In this tab it talked about child abuse and neglect, impact of trauma on children, and building strong families and healthy communities. This tab shared alot of useful information that can be very helpful to a caregiver or a parent.
Reference: http://www.zerotothree.org
This organization is a national organization that is geared toward helping parents, professionals, and policymakers the knowledge and know how to nurture early development. The mission of the organization is to ensure that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life.
The organization plays a critical leadership role in promoting understanding around key issues affecting young children and their families, including child care, infant mental health, early language and literacy development, early intervention and the impact of culture on early childhood development.(Zero to Three 2010).
The issue from the website that caught my attention was the maltreatment tab, because this sometimes is an issue in a child's life. In this tab it talked about child abuse and neglect, impact of trauma on children, and building strong families and healthy communities. This tab shared alot of useful information that can be very helpful to a caregiver or a parent.
Reference: http://www.zerotothree.org
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Establishing Professional Contcts
I have sent out three emails, and I am still awaiting responses from those I have emailed. I have sent emails to Morocco, Germany, and South Africa. Hopefully I will hear from them soon because I am really interested in their early childhood program. If contact is not established then I will do the alternative assignment.
The website that I have chosen to explore is Zero to Three, because I have a three year old and I teach three year old. Zero to Three has a lot of interesting articles with a lot of useful information.
The website that I have chosen to explore is Zero to Three, because I have a three year old and I teach three year old. Zero to Three has a lot of interesting articles with a lot of useful information.
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