Through this course I learnt about the development of children and young people,the elderly and the kinds of care and support they require and much more. The greatest memorable experience through the course was when students with severer disabilities attended my school. My role was to bond with the students and to help and encourage them to participate in making clocks for Christmas. From this experience I learnt to be patient,compassionate and non-judgemental.…
Chapter One Outline I. Early childhood education is an important career of educating and caring for young children. It is good to learn more about yourself to acquire knowledge that will help you grow. II. Early childhood education refers to the education and care given to children from birth to age eight.…
The Early Years Curriculum has developed over time from 1944. The background of the progress of legislation and reports through the years will be shown in a timeline. The developments of provision within the UK will demonstrate the changes through the years and the adoptions made to enhance provision. The Early Years Curriculum since 1944 has been culminated through legislation and reports.…
What do I want to learn from this course? To be honest, that is a hard question. I have worked with two-year old’s for the better part of my 24+ years of service and I don’t really know how this course will help me in the future. I do not do a lot of writing as a form of communication.…
I indeed never thought of myself as an advocate until I attended the seminar with Ken J. Jaffe. The seminar was an eye opener for me. While listening to his speech, I realized, that I’ve been advocating all along in the matters that I do on a daily basis; on behalf of the children in my care and the children in the neighborhood. Various times young parents can be frustrated while dropping off or picking up their children which causes them to speak to their child(s) in an inappropriate manner. However, I always find myself intervening on behalf of the child.…
Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder before two-years old, E. received all the services Early Intervention provides. By age three his parents felt there was an expressive, creative “boy inside” that was not being reached, and discovered dance/movement therapy. Longitudinal videotapes, live performance, group dancing and discussion with the dance/movement therapist, E., and his mother chronicle E.’s journey. Using a transdisciplinary approach including the creative arts and DIR®/Floortime, E.’s gifted musicality, inquisitive creative mind, sensitive capacity for symbolic expression, and passion for all the fine arts enable E., a person deeply on the spectrum, to develop his voice and embodied presence. Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at almost two-years old, E. received the full spectrum of services Early Intervention…
. Early intervention occupational therapy practitioners must keep in mind that the client is not the child alone, but rather the child in the context of his family and caregivers. The following video link highlights recent biological research that demonstrates the importance of interventions that encourage healthy relationships between the child and the primary caregiver. What are your thoughts? http://vimeo.com/33231528Links to an external site.…
I completed my first teaching experience on Thursday, September 29, 2016. After much consideration on the course options, I settled on Dr. Ferrier’s Psychology of Child Development (PSY 2210) course. This class meets twice a week, so the class period was 1 hour and 15 minutes, and is located in Fletcher Hall, room 100. I strategically chose child development for my first teaching experience because I thought it was important to feel fairly comfortable with the material, especially knowing how nervous I would be. I took three developmental courses during my undergraduate career, and have two children of my own, so this course seemed like a great fit.…
I love working with a diverse range of families. Each family that we serve has unique needs and desires for their child. I really enjoy the process of getting to know families, helping them develop a plan that aligns with their vision for their family, and shaping that plan as they travel their road in Early Intervention. Perhaps what I enjoy most is when I see how a family’s time in Early Intervention has empowered them to understand and advocate for their child.…
Explain how different types of interventions can promote positive outcomes for children and young people where development is not following the expected pattern. “Early intervention means intervening as soon as possible to tackle problems that have already emerged for children and young people... it means that it targets specific children who have an identified need for additional support once their problems have already begun to develop but before they become serious.” (Department for Education, Early Intervention Paper, 2010.) There are numerous intervention services that are provided through schools namely, SENCo, Speech and Language Therapy, Social Workers and Educational Psychologists etc.…
Name of Program/Setting (full description of environment, students, teachers, etc.) The program that I choose to do my observations is the Ounce of Prevention, the classroom is a three to five class, with seventeen students and three teachers. The classroom is divided into fine areas for the children to move around freely. The children were actively engaged in their experiences. As I observed the children in their play, I saw positive relationships and interactions with adults and peers.…
Through this course I was able to learn a lot about how infants develop. The videos taught me when children begin to actually see objects. Through the videos I was able to watch a baby develop the thought process that if they cry they will get attention. Crying is the main way for babies to get everyone to know what they want, it is their only way of communicated besides looking in the direction of what they want. My field experience at Little Alfa taught me a little bit.…
Introduction This essay will be an informative, critical and thoughtful reflection on past learning experience in the program and what these reflections inspire me on my future as an early childhood educator. Two highlighted learning experiences will be described in relation to corresponding teaching standards. And there will be reflective discussions on how to support chidlren’s learning and needs (especially special/additional needs) and how to build positive relationships with colleagues and families more effectively. Having learned in early childhood education field for almost two years, there are two experiences that impressed me most and made me think deeply. • Working with children with special/additional needs…
If children are required to attend preschool, you are exposing your child to many different skills that are going to be needed for the rest of your life. Don’t you want your child to be getting an education about life while making friends and having fun at the same time? There are three different areas of development that your child will grow in when attending an early childhood education program. Those three areas of development are physical, social and emotional, and intellectual.…
Taking this class as really change my perspective of social work and has shown me the different careers to social work. This course has taught me many things such as, what social work really is, child welfare, poverty, and mental health. During the first few weeks of class we talked a lot about what…