Child protection

Occupational Therapy for Pediatrics Occasionally, life takes us through unexpected paths. When my son was a three years old, I began to notice that his development did not correspond to his age. My son could not trace straight lines in any direction; he also had difficulties with drawing and holding a crayon. At the beginning, I thought it was normal, but still, as a mother, I started paying more attention, and soon I realized that it was not normal, and I began to worry. I came to the decision…

In the book Rose’s Story, I learned how endurance, ignorance and lack of communication have resulted to a public stigma. Rose is a strong woman who had faith in all her trial that she faced as a child and adult. She knew what she went through and did not want her children to go the through the same process. She worked hard even in her critical condition of her illness. Her motherly love for her children was so passionate that she wanted to have a good background of an upbringing for them. This…

at school? Would you feel embarrassed having them around, or proud to have such caring parents? If you chose the latter, then you may already know the significance that a parent may have on their child if they took the time to be involved in their children’s school. Without their parent around, the child will most likely suffer a negative outcome in their lives. This makes it almost a requirement for parents to spend as much time as they can in their children’s school to help prepare them for a…

experiences. One difference I see is as the child gets older, they seem to have a bigger imagination. With the bigger imagination, they are able to have more conversations with themselves and others they are playing with. Many of the other things I’ve observed go along with the characteristics that Bergen and Fromberg (2012) have defined. The first, props become more miniaturized, is something that I’ve seen. I’ve noticed that the older the child is, it seems their toys are becoming…

For example if a child was not afraid of the dark before the divorce after the divorce the child could start having the fear of the dark. A possible reasoning for this is because of the stress the children are put under could make the child develop an irrational fear of something they have never been afraid of before. In addition, children with divorced parents have greater chance…

“Race you!” comes a high pitched squeal of a young child heading towards their parent’s car at a shopping mall parking lot. The joys of playing a game and competing with everyone around comes naturally to children. In “Children Need to Play, Not Compete,” author Jessica Statsky argues that participation in competitive team sports is damaging to a developing child. In contrast, the paper “Children’s Development Through Sports Competition: Derivate, Adjustive, Generative, and Maladaptive…

household in order to wake the children up on time and prepare breakfast and lunch for the day, all to have her child ready on time. Meanwhile, the mother may have little time to tend to herself before she sets off on the road to send her child to daycare and herself to work. The working mother may be in question of whether it is appropriate or not to work and utilize a daycare to tend to the child. I often volunteer at Nashville…

The antecedent was Mrs Jennings telling Chloe, a Year 2 child she had previously warned me was 'problematic, ' that she had to be on her best behaviour since she would be changing phonics groups that day. Chloe behaved negatively by vocally expressing her displeasure, throwing her phonics book at the teacher, and hiding in the corner. As consequence for her…

Maturity varies on what a child is exposed to and the environment that they grow up in. As they enter adulthood, these age appropriate values tend to follow suit. Experts say that parents often have to do with these results, Joseph Lao is amongst these experts. “Effective parents are skilled at providing home environments that nurture maturity in their children. They set appropriate examples, provide age appropriate standards and hold their children accountable to those standards” (Lao,…

My lesson plan supports individual learning needs because I give all the children a chance to create, explore and manipulate all different types of materials. By doing this I can be sure to help each one build up on their needs and weaknesses. Plus, while I am doing this I can see what changes need to be made to my curriculum, environment and with my community. In my center, we provide high quality care to all children of all different races, colors and ethnicity. There are so many things to…