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

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

I observed free time at Promise Day Care. Free time were provided in class because of the cold weather outside. Children played inside of the day care. All children have chosen their toys and began to play. I started to watch several children. Kamila, Milana, Lara, Lera, and Misha played together. First all of they played with cars. Then, Lera, as I understood, took the lead over everyone. She said very sternly that they need to build a road so the cars will travel only using the right side. The children agreed with her and began to collect the road using the constructor. Soon, other children who watched them, also wanted to participate in the game. However, Lera disagreed with them and told them not to interfere them to play because they first

(not his real name) is an 11 year old boy, the oldest of three children. He will be attending middle school in the fall. His brother and sister are 10 years and four years old, respectively. Mark’s mother has worked with my wife for many years. Prior to this assignment, my knowledge of Mark came almost entirely from conversations with my wife. The mother is a youth group minister, and the father works for a local Sheriff’s department. My wife and I socialized with the parents a few times in the past 10 years, primarily at adult-only work events. We did watch the boys about five years ago. I remember them being unusually active. The mother has consulted my wife in the past on ideas for manages the boys. As a result of this background, I anticipated

hey want to know how their child/children is doing and it we have any concerns. When you observe a parent with a child to tend to find out things. Non verbal and verbal can affect an infant/toddler in many ways if you are non verbal to your child you can put them behind and make their language delayed. It can be hard for you to meet the needs of the child if you don't understand or communicate with the child. Sometimes you can tell by the child vocabulary you can tell who communicate with their child at home and who doesn't. The head start program that they have implement group socialization for infant and toddler as well. The teachers plans activities with groups and individual that are age appropriate. The program focuses on the parent child

To begin with, as I observe Kaite during dinner time, it is evident that she has developed a fixation from the oral stage; overeating. The oral stage of a child’s life is critical to the development of habits forming in the child’s future. The primary focus during the oral stage is the mouth and breast feeding. If a child weans from their mother’s breast too early, they will development a fixation later in life. Unfortunately, Kaite was weaned too early from her mother’s breast which resulted in a fixation of being too dependent of having in anything in her mouth- in this case, food. Her habit of overeating is also a result of her evil inner self (her id) overruling her nice inner self (her superego).

I have a better understanding of why observations and assessments are performed on a regular basis. Although, I have been writing anecdotal recordings for a while, this class has given me a clearer understanding of how they can benefit teachers, parents, and specialists, by giving a more accurate picture of a child's performance in different developmental areas. This class has also put words and descriptions to what I have been doing on a daily basis. For instance, I have a better understanding of how to use different types of anecdotal recordings to monitor each individual child's development process. Through the use of written, pictorial, and video documentation, I will acquire a better understanding of each individual child and their learning

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.

My experience with children deals largely with my five year employment as a summer camp counselor. While a summer camp is more of an informal environment when compared to a classroom, several incidents of misbehavior can still be observed. In terms of prevention, I learned early on the importance of limit setting because it helps decrease misbehavior down the road. During my first year of camp, I failed to identify specific acceptable behaviors and vocalize my expectations for the summer. As a result, the camper’s behavior become increasingly less manageable as the summer went on. After that first summer, I have always started camp with an introductory discussion about the rules and restated how campers should behavior in different situations, like lining up at the door. This simple change in the schedule showed an increase in appropriate and tolerable behaviors.

According to my Meaningful conversation # 4 from the children’s cue I am planning a learning opportunity. Their cue was apples. So, I take my cue “What we can learn about apples?” Initially an inquiry basis collaboration between the children, myself and the RECE were involved to make this web. Their cue was an apple. As a result, I read a book about apples named “SEED TO APPLE”. After finishing my reading, I reminded Ian, Adeline, and Shirley of when they pretended to sell apples. “Therefore, we are learning about apples. You can ask me about what you want to find about apples. Then, Ms. B will help you learn more about apples.” Then Ian asked his question: “Where can we buy the colourful apples?” Then I explained to him that we can pick apples from the

The situation is the mother do not want to her three and half year old son get nap in the afternoon because the child may has a hard time go to sleep at night. She does not have too much time to comfort his son to sleep, and the reason is she has to get up early to go to work. However, his son seems to need his nap to get more energy and to play happily in the afternoon.

I think my expectation for this activity was what actually happened because I know my children and we have done this type of project before. I know some would struggle, but most would do well with it as always. I asked myself if I bought the younger children thicker string would this help them hold the items on the string better. Their hands are small and the string in thin. I also asked myself if there was some type of device that could hold the string for the 2 year olds as they put the items on the string. I think this would help them a lot.

“He doesn’t look like a monster anymore,” the head surgeon announced to his team. Standing not ten feet away from the surgical table, I could hear the surgeon’s words perfectly. First shock, then realization, and finally anger all hit me in the small room. How could someone entrusted with the patient’s well-being utter such a statement? The little boy who had just undergone surgery to repair his cleft lip would never know that the surgeon who ultimately saved his life had also called him a monster, yet his words would hold significant meaning for me. They would spark my determination to become a doctor who practices with integrity and compassion.

“Make me a teddy bear pillow!” Cesar pleads as I take out materials for pillow making. It is another Tuesday where I spend my time volunteering at Blythedale Children’s Hospital. As part of my CTeen volunteer group’s responsibilities, they organize and participate in numerous activities at nursing homes and children’s hospitals. While my youth group consists of High School teens, the teens are mature and caring individuals that offer their time, Tuesday nights in order to provide pleasure to the residents of the facility, and in return receive a smile and thank you.

The first month Olivia spent more time in my arms than any other place. When the familiar weight was absent the world felt astray, and when Olivia couldn’t sense my safety net she would cry. I learned to change diapers and make bottles. I had a reason to get out of bed,