Affordable Family Services: A Case Study

The Early Head Start teacher participated in the (IEP) meeting to provide necessary information of Christopher’s abilities. Christopher received occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy inside of his classroom setting. Christopher received additional therapy in his home on Saturday’s when his mother home from work. Christopher’s mother served on the Head Start Policy council and their family volunteered their time in the center. The Early Head Start staff built a rapport with Christopher’s family to establish a sense of

Health and Human Services Department has awarded another $500 million to expand head start in 40 states, and another $330 million has been donated from major corporations, foundations, and individuals to help with the early childhood education goal.” (Obama announces $1 billion investment, 2015, p. 1). There is also an abundance of private grants that can be applied for, our organization is non-profit giving us a multitude of tax breaks and benefits as well. Participation in different high-quality programs such as the

Case management services were provided through an FTM (family team meeting) in the youth's home. Present at the meeting were WYP (Wraparound Youth Partner) Andy Ngo, WPP (Wraparound Parent Partner) Natalie Krag, WCC (Wraparound Care Coordinator) Quoc Tran, the youth's father, the youth's mother, and the youth. The meeting started with the positives and the successes. The mother got a haircut, the family spent Thanksgiving together, the youth is doing his chores, and the youth's behaviors is better during winter break. The team discussed about finding resources to assist the family with counseling. The family is open to the idea. The team discussed about closing the case. The family is open to the idea. The mother felt that Wraparound is not

Since the creation of the head start program, several researchers have published about the ineffectiveness of the program. For example, according to Currie & Thomas (1993), head start programs have no impact on African American students' academic success in elementary school. To explore Currie and Thomas's research findings, a program evaluation of the program will be carried out on Aaron E. Henry Head Start Program. Aaron E. Henry Head Start Program, which is located in Clarksdale, Mississippi, is being selected because majorities of its residents are African Americans. According to the United States Census Bureau (n.d.), over 75% of the individuals living in Clarksdale, Mississippi are African Americans. In order to evaluate this head start

Early Head Start is a federally funded grant program. Women can apply when they are pregnant and the school is for ages six weeks up to three years old. It helps out the families who are lower income to get their children the education that they need for the early years of their lives. In Early Head Start there are 48 children that are enrolled in school.

The lack of attention given to an individual child’s needs can be observed in the structuring of the classroom at Head Start. The program places

In the article we reviewed what is known about Head Start and argue that the program is likely to generate benefits to participants and society as a whole that are large enough to justify the program’s costs. Although in principle there could be more beneficial ways of deploying Head Start resources, the benefits of such changes remain uncertain and there is some downside risk.

Head Start supports the child’s growth and development in the learning environment that is positive through different services which are early learning which is the child being ready for school and beyond and it is fostered by the child’s individual learning experiences. The relationships with adults, play, planned and on the spot instruction. The child grows in a lot of different ways in development. They progress in social/ emotional skills and literacy and language development. The physical and motor skills are the means to help the child explore and function in the environment. The children get services needed which include dental, health checks, developmental screenings and they make sure they have food and utilities. Head Start makes

Urie Bronfenbrenner is the cofounder of the Head Start program (Brendtro, 2006, p. 162) and highly influential and vociferous in expressing the importance of early childhood education (ECE). Accordingly, his epitaph reads, “Every child needs at least one adult who is irrationally crazy about him or her” (Brendtro, 2006, p. 165). Bronfenbrenner had a vision in the early twentieth century that each child would have access to an inclusive high-quality ECE program whose ultimate goal would be to strengthen his or her educational foundation peradventure. In a “Dear Colleague” letter distributed by the United States Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (USDOE, 2017), Bronfenbrenner’s initial vision continues

The current needs of toddlers and families when it comes to affordable child care is to remember that “All children are born wired for feelings and ready to learn" (Mitchell, 2006) and by including good, affordable child care, we are providing essential brain food. To start with, the Microsystem is the “closest system to the child. It contains the child, the immediate nuclear family, and others directly related to the child.” (Swim, 2017, p.11) in which case a toddler can have their development hindered if not in an active environment versus an environment where they are able to explore. A daycare center that has a variety of others in their center can help a toddler’s microsystem form and grow, as stated: “These children have widespread cultural differences in customs, family structure, and parenting styles.” (Swim, 2017, p.11) where there are “Respectful, mindful teachers that are necessary in all child care setting to promote interest, acceptance, and pride among children and families.” (Swim, 2017, p.11) helping to fuel a toddlers brain.

Early Head Start (EHS) is a federally funded program created to serve infants and toddlers under the age of three, as well as pregnant women (https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov). EHS is a community based program that not only meets the needs of the children but also low income families. The program aims to through intervention prepare children for future growth and development. Program options include home-based programs; family child care option; and child care partnership.

Head Start and Early Head Start are federally funded programs that are operated by local entities. Early Head Start programs are available to the family until the child turns 3 years old and is ready to transition into Head Start or another pre-K program. Early Head Start helps families care for their infants and toddlers through early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive services (About Head Start,2011). These programs help elevate the cost of daycare and frees up parents so they can go back to school or

This was also evident at the Head Start in Battle Creek, Woodbury that I visited. The nurse I shadowed was the only one in charge of all the Head Starts with in the Dakota –Ramsey County’s. Head Start provides school readiness education to student three to five years old in classroom size of no more than 17 students. This means that my nurse

The group teaching was done at the Head Start facility, Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington Counties, and the mission of the organization, is to reduce the causes of poverty and its impact on people’s lives. According to Community Action Partnership, they began their part on the War on Poverty in 1964 (Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington Counties, 2016). Head Start is an all-encompassing child development, health and social service programs for low-income families. Head Start was designed to help break the cycle of poverty, providing preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive

Since 1965, Congress and State officials have debated the Head Start program, many have argued for it and many have argued against it. A program that costs $9 billion dollars annually justifies such a debate (Lips and Muhlhausan, 2010). The continuous debate and the spending the government allocates towards Head Start has led to countless studies dedicated to examining the effectiveness that Head Start has on the child’s social, emotional, health, and educational needs. This research allows for a further examination of the effectiveness of Head Start, and also the role parents play in the impact Head Start has on their child.