Osarenoma Iyamu
Psych 210
Prof Martin
May 2, 2018
Policy Evaluation Homelessness affects every aspect of a child's life. Homelessness is the state of having no home. A child having a home can hinder their emotional, physical, cognitive, social and behavioral development. The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is a policy that serves homeless children. This policy reaches out to homeless families with children, gives assistance to identifying and serving homeless children and their families and also provides flexibility to obtain immunization and other documents that are needed so those homeless children can be served quickly. Due to tragedies, such as the loss of housing, financial difficulty etc., several children live …show more content…
Children might have emotional problems if they have poor peer relationships. When a child is homeless, this can affect their relationship with their peers and parents. It would be very difficult for a homeless child to interact with a peer since they are not in a stable home. Young children that are homeless usually get separated from their parents. Children being separated from their home or parents may cause separation anxiety. Separation anxiety is extreme fear or anxiety that children go through when being separated from their parent or home. This is an emotional problem that can cause severe distress. Also, a child being separated from their parents can lead to negative effects that are long term. Homeless children tend to worry about where they will be staying or sleeping. Older children often worry about being separated from friends, siblings, pets, and fear that they will be seen different among new peers at …show more content…
Children use friendship as a way to explore who they are and a way to working out personal problems. This is another thing that homeless children will not be benefiting from. After 18 months, developmental delays start to show up in homeless children. Homeless children begin to exhibit their effects to stress. This will then cause them to be insecure, distrusting, fearful, etc., these developmental delays are thought to influence later behavioral and emotional problems. Mental disorder is very high for in homeless children that are between 6 and 7 years old. One-third of homeless children tend to have a major mental disorder that inhibits their daily activity. About half of homeless children have problems with anxiety, depression, or withdrawal. Also, when homeless children are stressed, this can cause them to have insecure attachments to others, low self-esteem, and dysfunctional personality
Psych 210
Prof Martin
May 2, 2018
Policy Evaluation Homelessness affects every aspect of a child's life. Homelessness is the state of having no home. A child having a home can hinder their emotional, physical, cognitive, social and behavioral development. The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is a policy that serves homeless children. This policy reaches out to homeless families with children, gives assistance to identifying and serving homeless children and their families and also provides flexibility to obtain immunization and other documents that are needed so those homeless children can be served quickly. Due to tragedies, such as the loss of housing, financial difficulty etc., several children live …show more content…
Children might have emotional problems if they have poor peer relationships. When a child is homeless, this can affect their relationship with their peers and parents. It would be very difficult for a homeless child to interact with a peer since they are not in a stable home. Young children that are homeless usually get separated from their parents. Children being separated from their home or parents may cause separation anxiety. Separation anxiety is extreme fear or anxiety that children go through when being separated from their parent or home. This is an emotional problem that can cause severe distress. Also, a child being separated from their parents can lead to negative effects that are long term. Homeless children tend to worry about where they will be staying or sleeping. Older children often worry about being separated from friends, siblings, pets, and fear that they will be seen different among new peers at …show more content…
Children use friendship as a way to explore who they are and a way to working out personal problems. This is another thing that homeless children will not be benefiting from. After 18 months, developmental delays start to show up in homeless children. Homeless children begin to exhibit their effects to stress. This will then cause them to be insecure, distrusting, fearful, etc., these developmental delays are thought to influence later behavioral and emotional problems. Mental disorder is very high for in homeless children that are between 6 and 7 years old. One-third of homeless children tend to have a major mental disorder that inhibits their daily activity. About half of homeless children have problems with anxiety, depression, or withdrawal. Also, when homeless children are stressed, this can cause them to have insecure attachments to others, low self-esteem, and dysfunctional personality