The Advocates' Child Studies Blog

Encouraging Colleagues When they are down the best comfort ever. Some of us colleagues began this journey together with our first class On Foundations of Child Development and now I have added more colleagues to this journey. Due to having technical difficulty most of these weeks. I have been late with every assignment, but I would not give up because we started together and we will end this journey with a positive and not a negative. You may not have known it, but by Just reading your discussions and blogs have kept me encouraged to keep going. Several times I wanted to throw in the towel, but I didn’t and that is what counts. 

 Spiritual Quote A child's life is like a piece of paper...  on which every person leaves a mark. A daughter/son may outgrow your lap, but she/he will never outgrow your heart. Walden University M.S. in Early Childhood Studies Criteria for Blog Assignments Quality of Work Submitted Exemplary Work reflects graduate-level critical, analytical thinking. (2 points for initial post; 1 point for each comment) Satisfactory Work reflects some minimal effort. (0-2 points for post; 0-1 point for each comment) Unsatisfactory Work reflects no effort. (No blog post shown; no comments given)     Adherence to Assignment Expectations The extent to which work meets the assigned criteria. Assignment meets expectations All key components are included Assignment is close to the expectation. Some key components are included. Does not fulfill the expectations of the assignm

 Spiritual Quote A child's life is like a piece of paper...  on which every person leaves a mark. A daughter/son may outgrow your lap, but she/he will never outgrow your heart. Walden University M.S. in Early Childhood Studies Criteria for Blog Assignments Quality of Work Submitted Exemplary Work reflects graduate-level critical, analytical thinking. (2 points for initial post; 1 point for each comment) Satisfactory Work reflects some minimal effort. (0-2 points for post; 0-1 point for each comment) Unsatisfactory Work reflects no effort. (No blog post shown; no comments given)     Adherence to Assignment Expectations The extent to which work meets the assigned criteria. Assignment meets expectations All key components are included Assignment is close to the expectation. Some key components are included. Does not fulfill the expectations of the assignm

Making an allowance for an obligation to observing young children holistically. We as educators, school administrators, and early interventionist must evaluate the whole Child not just pieces of the child. I do believe the child which may have a delay, should be assessed, and evaluated, but sometimes it is a catch 22 because for one thing, the child may not have a delay, but on the other hand, if they do have a delay. It can be caught early in life, and then again being done too early may sometimes be done with biases depending on who is doing the child’s assessment. Furthermore, assessments first need to be done in an environment that is comfortable to the child and many instruments should be used for testing, and several interventionist, teachers and school administrators’ should meet with families a few times before the actual evaluation is completed. In my opinion if we do this we can be sure the child is being evaluated properly and without biased assumptions not all educators

Making an allowance for an obligation to observing young children holistically. We as educators, school administrators, and early interventionist must evaluate the whole Child not just pieces of the child. I do believe the child which may have a delay, should be assessed, and evaluated, but sometimes it is a catch 22 because for one thing, the child may not have a delay, but on the other hand, if they do have a delay. It can be caught early in life, and then again being done too early may sometimes be done with biases depending on who is doing the child’s assessment. Furthermore, assessments first need to be done in an environment that is comfortable to the child and many instruments should be used for testing, and several interventionist, teachers and school administrators’ should meet with families a few times before the actual evaluation is completed. In my opinion if we do this we can be sure the child is being evaluated properly and without biased assumptions not all educators