I am grateful for the opportunity I was giving to interview the mother of a child born with Down Syndrome. I was able to learn a lot of personal experience with have a child with a disability, with being able to observe the child and play with her, and to see just how amazing these children are. The mother was so vulnerable with me and freely gave answers to the questions I asked her. This interview was done to have a personal understanding of what it’s like to have a child with a disability and how as a future parent and teacher can her experience help me gain more knowledge and understanding and for others that may read this interview or for the different people I will meet throughout my life. With this knowledge I how to be able to better relate to my students and love them beyond …show more content…
Mother: Prayer. Many times I felt that no one could relate to what I was feeling or what we were going through, but our church family stayed in our lives. We prayed together, cried together, and they did anything and everything they could to encourage us.
Interviewer: What has been the biggest challenges you have faced these past 10 years?
Mother: Finding the right resources for my daughter, assistance in her speech, the school system, and the lack of educational services provided by the Department of Education. As a parent, I have had to fight for my child. We started her off in a public school, but they placed her in a separate class. It was very lonely for her, she had no friends at school and because she is the only child, she had no one to play with at home. The lack of integration has been the biggest issue we have faced.
Interviewer: What has been the most rewarding thing?
Mother: Her being in our life has been the most rewarding thing! She is so fun and so full of life. I can’t even express it. We did not give up, give in, or terminate her. That would have been a waste of a little
Many people have different passions, some might share the same ones while others might have some that no one has heard of before. Mine would have to be anything that had to do with working with kids. I love teaching them, babysitting them, and even playing with them, it's a new and different experience every time. I find it amazing that you could learn more than you think from someone who is 10+ years younger than you. They can teach you the smallest things that you never realized they could. For example how they treat everyday like a new one, they don't focus on the past events from the previous day they always have a fresh look on things; which can be hard to do as you grow older. Children have this energy to them that can’t be found in adults
As a child, Down syndrome was a part of my everyday life. I was watched after every day for the first ten years of my life by a women who was also looking after her sister who had Down syndrome. To me it was nothing unusual. It wasn’t until about eighth grade that I realized that to other people it wasn’t normal, it had a negative connotation. Growing up around a person who has Down syndrome made me see things differently than others. Once I realized not everyone else’s perspectives were the same as mine I became really aware of how others treated and reacted to people with Down syndrome. Its years later and I came across a story told by a women named Bethany Van Delft about Down syndrome.
Sequences of development are the order in which children develop; all children follow the same sequence of development but at different rates.
I never put too much thought into the reaction I give if someone tells me their child has a disability therefore, never noticed if they showed distaste to any apology or sympathy I offered. I’m sure that I am not the only one who has not meant any harm by these things, but the article helps see the situation from the opposing parent’s point of view which offers enlightenment on how to handle future encounters to ensure everyone is comfortable and the language isn’t ignominious. I intend to utilize the wisdom I’ve learned from Ms. Snow’s article in my own classroom one day. Along with her words I now feel inclined to do further research on how to better create lessons, organize my classroom, and provide the proper tools as well as become a support system for any student with any kind of disability both learning and
Jackson is a happy, outgoing, and a caring little boy. He communicates well and has excellent language. Jackson shows pride in accomplishments and has strong problem solving skills. Jackson loves to swim, enjoys fishing with his dad, running shopping errands with parents, and setting the table in the home environment. He likes to play with toys. His favorite toys include cars, trucks, planes, Legos, and anything else can build with. He likes playing on the IPAD. He tends to be very busy most of the time. He is cooperative in preferred activities and often interacts comfortably with familiar adults. He sometimes complies with simple directions, after negotiations and adult support, when engaged in an preferred activity and non-preferred activities. Jackson has strong play schemes skills that have advanced his cognitive, communication, and social skills. He prefers one on one instruction, clear expectations, and routines as well as social stories.
My dad, because he has a good job and he can be lazy whenever he wants to and he gets to buy whatever he wants.
1.1 – Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development
Kids R Kids opened its doors for the first time 30 years ago, but founders Pat and Janice Vinson opened their first preschool in Georgia in March of 1961. The Vinsons got in to the childcare industry because of their pure love for children. A Kids R Kids application can be found at the end of this page, but searching by franchise location is the best way to find Kids R Kids careers jobs online.
Becoming a parent for the first time is often frightening, no parent wants his or her child to be sick, disabled, or harmed in any way. It is not an experience anyone expects to have, it is a journey that is unplanned. Heather is the mother of a child diagnosed with Down syndrome. Heather shared her story, along with the everyday struggles she faces, in a personal interview about her child’s diagnosis of Down syndrome. Though she may face many struggles, she has found hope throughout different therapeutic interventions. Occupational therapy has played a key role in Kaleb’s everyday performance.
For this project we had to collaborate and create a presentation that models a child profile. Our student was 17 year old Aaron, who is apart of Chatsworth Senior High School’s Life Skills program. This program is a transitional program designed for students to receive education in the morning and obtain job experience for the last half of the day. Aaron is currently working at his father’s business, but it has been reported that there are numerous problems with Aaron’s behavior and skills. His father has asked for help in fixing this predicament because he doesn’t want to fire his son. As a group, it is up to us to analyze the information and decide a proper course of action for Aaron.
The interview I conducted took place in the courtyard of my complex in Smallville, with the interviewee and myself. For the purpose of his paper and to protect the adolescent privacy lets call her Regina. Regina is a fourteen-year-old adolescent female of Africa American descent. She is above average in height and carries a very shy and nonchalance deposition. She is a very attractive young lady and does above average work in her school setting. She appears to be a normal every day child with a lifetime of experiences awaiting her.
This class has changed my perspective of working with children. This is my first class I have taken that deals with children and I have gained information that make me want to work with children. What stood out to me most is to find out that there are techniques one can use when working with children. I like the use of puppets as the instructor showed us on the last adobe connect session. I am thrilled I got a chance to choose a project that I want in this course, the reason I choose my project of child abuse is mainly because I wanted to be educated on different ways as Human service professional I would be able to detect abuse in a child while working with them.
For my final project I interviewed my mother’s friend Tammy Carnes who’s son is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. During our interview we discussed what it is like we raise a child with a disability, and how the educational system aided in dealing with her child’s everyday needs. After completing this interview I feel a little more understanding of how the parent of said child may feel when dealing with the educational system meeting their child’s particular needs. A high point of the interview was Ms. Carnes’s surprise to the amount of dedication the educational system is making to ensure their teachers are well prepared for the different types of disabilities children may have. A part of the interview that surprised me was how truly patient
Due to my experiences with caring for children, I have discovered a passion for child care. I indeed enjoy working with children especially those of a very young age. I especially enjoy one to one interaction with a child so that I can learn to gain their trust and love. In addition to this, I finding the study of how the mind functions and how it influences certain behaviors and thoughts very appealing hence why I pursued a major in psychology. When I heard about this minor I was very thrilled to apply because it combined two of my greatest passions, working with children and the study of the mind. I do not wish to become an ADP student only because I love working with children but also because I believe in the physical and psychological wellbeing
The topic I have chosen for my paper is that of relationship between parents and children. Some of the points that I will be discussing are child abuse, child neglect and how it can affect a child and the relationship with the parents.