Childhood Observation

I will be observing a seven-year-old child for my project. What I have learned from being a parent and watching my kids as they grow up the social emotional, physical and intellectual changes that occur in children between birth and the end of adolescence are that they all progress at individual intervals from dependency to increasing individualism. Because these developmental changes may be strongly influenced by genetic factors and events during prenatal life, genetics and prenatal development are usually included as part of the built in parenting skills we all possess. When children are born they have no sense of fear but quickly develop a fear of what

On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 1500 hours I was dispatched to 119 S. Main St. for an assault in progress. Schuylkill County Communications (COUNTY) advised me it is being reported that a male is assaulting two females out in the street. COUNTY advised me that screaming and yelling can be heard in the background on the telephone.

Child A, is sitting in his chair drawing a picture in his journal. He looks up at stares at the child across from him at his table for almost a minute.

It was 9:45am on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015: The children were taking part in an art activity. On the piece of paper, each child had a drawn out bubble lettered number one. They were given each given four popsicle sticks and a small pile of glue. The teacher instructed them to use the paint brush to spread the glue out inside the number one and then place the popsicle sticks on top.

Berger, K. (2011). The Developing Person through the Life Span. (8th ed.). New York: Worth Publishers

get ahold of anyone. I later completed two Auburn PD motor vehicle forms and had

Describe the locations where you conducted observations and how much time was spent observing at each site: who was there, what were they doing, when and where did you observe, how was it being conducted. Briefly describe the people and setting at each site.

I hope everyone has had their breakfast/brunch/lunch before reading what I am about to type. Otherwise, it might ruin your appetite.

The sun is out. It is a gorgeous spring day in the desert. There are sounds of children laughing at the swing set, and dogs lapping at water nearby. The smell of the burgers on the grill makes my mouth water as I approach the park bench. I set down the neatly wrapped gift that will soon be torn apart by an eager child. I approach the group of friends laughing as I am greeted with a warm hug. For my observation, I attended a one-year-old birthday party on Saturday, April 23rd from 10 am to 1 pm at Luckie Park. I observed several people at different life stages that I will discuss. Infancy stage was represented through Liam at three months, and Johnny at one year. Lilian, seven years old, is in the childhood stage. I observed Erin as the young

I looked around and suddenly realized that I was surrounded by children. Watching the children's eyes full of expectations, body slightly sweat, and breathing heavily, I can not imagine a few years ago how annoying they are.

She presented with anxiety, worry, fear, and depressed mood. She reported that one of her uncles went missing in Mexico. She indicated that it is likely that he was abducted. However, she stated that she does not know why he became a victim. She reported that she and her family do not know his whereabouts and that they fear for their own safety. She indicated that she has been having a difficulty getting enough sleep for the last few days. She reported waking up early in the morning likely due to her worry about the uncle.

At 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, I had a chance to conduct an interview with Dr. Isabella Jenkins. Dr. Isabella Jenkins is a Professor, Curriculum and Instruction at Education Department at Clark Atlanta University. She has been enrolled to many different schools around the U.S., so she has enough experiences to tell us about the U.S. schools earlier and today.

The Learning Center in Lakeland offers low income families an opportunity to send their children to a summer camp that will prepare them for reading in Kindergarten. They were kind enough to allow me to actually volunteer and interact with the children for 16 hours. The inside of the church school was pristine and the overall appearance was of a new and well maintain center. The first day, I was extremely anxious and nervous because they were going to let me read to the kids and teach them some vocabulary. According to the lesson plan handed to me, we were going to be working with Nemours and that first day we had to sing a song and dance with the kids.

It’s 6:05 A.M. I woke up five minutes ago. One lengthy minute has passed. I start to scream.

I am Emma Le Claire, a twenty seven year old, single mother of a child with needs and a dedicated hard worker. I have achieved a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Psychology with a Minor in History from Washington State University at Vancouver in June 2013. In May 2015, I graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University with a Master’s degree in Education: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) specialty. Every day I use ABA behavioral supports, such as photo schedules, to improve my son’s quality of life by improving his ability to be independent. Wehmeyer and Schwartz (1998) found that increased self-determination influences individual quality of life (p. 08). Through improving his independency at tasks, such as using the bathroom, I am improving his quality of life and lowering the cost of his needs.