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 expecta...

 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 expecta...

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 ...

Emotional Abuse, Neglect, and violence Emotional abuse is behavior that damages a child’s emotional development or sense of self-esteem. It may consist of pressures, continuous condemnation, as well as withholding love, support, or guidance. Neglect is a pattern of failing to provide for a child’s basic physical and emotional needs. Neglect is a very common type of child abuse, and according to Child Welfare Information Gateway, more children suffer from neglect than from physical and sexual abuse combined. (  (Parenting Should Not Be Hard You deserve Support., 2016) .    As a child growing up my very best friend was exposed to a tremendous amount violence because her parents fought all the time, plus, they were Alcoholics. She was beaten almost every day because her mother was angry at her father, and her father abused her because he was angry at her mother. Lynne was an only child, her only outlet was coming to my house, and playing with my siblings, at th...

Generally speaking, children need healthy water in order to thrive, water is needed for our organs to function properly, children need proper brain function for learning, children need to live in clean sanitary conditions in order to live healthy, and without diseases related to water, but most of all children miss school, and some do not live long enough to make it to school because they die before age five due to contaminated water   . Nonetheless, it imperative to me that children have decent hygiene and hand washing techniques in order keep them from spreading killer germs to each other. Children and parents also need the use of sanitary toilets, to keep from distributing diseases      others, especially for young females. In addition, girls are more likely to pick up diseases from contaminated toilets, than males. In developing countries children do not have access to clean water. One in five children die from diseases, that  water carries. Seven ...