Childhood Reflection Paper

1.1 – Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development

developed by the Child Development Division, California Department of Education. This publication was edited by Faye Ong,

The most traumatic event in my life was when my father passed away in 2005, when I was only seven. At first, I hadn’t understood his death. I knew what death was, and that it was permanent, but I hadn’t accepted the fact that he was gone until long after his death. My mother was a mess, and I was a confused second grader who could do nothing to help her. We began to go to counselors and psychologists, who all made me feel very uncomfortable. All they wanted was to talk about what had happened to my dad, when it was the last thing I wanted to say anything about. I laid in bed crying for a few weeks, knowing it was because of his death, but I felt emptiness rather than sadness or anger. My mother began to take medication for depression, and still continues to do so. At only seven, I believed her sadness was my fault. To be honest, I still feel hurt when I see her taking the depression medication. I know that I had nothing to do with his death, but it granted me with an unwelcoming sense of guilt. I had just been with him the night before his death, and now he had been cremated into a bag of ashes. All of my teachers were very precautious about mentioning him, and I didn’t know how to process all the new attention I had received at school. I was definitely depressed, but I found a way out of my slump. I distracted myself from his death and did all of my school work from my absences as quickly as I could, and

When I arrived, Athena was finishing her morning snack/breakfast. After a few minutes, she got up and stood in line to wash her hands. (gross motor skills) While waiting, she was standing very close to the other child in front of her. With the assistance of a teacher, Athena washed her hands and pulled out a paper towel from the dispenser. When she was done drying her hands, she walked over to an area with a lot of toys. She grabbed a stuffed animal. She then started crawling around the floor as she looked at the other toys. She found a pet carrier and proceeded to put the stuffed animal into the carrier. When she finished putting the stuffed animal in the carrier, she placed the carrier on a chair. She then looked around the toy

Interviewer: Hello Mrs. Bishop. Can we start the interview off with a reflection of your childhood?

The Boys and Girls Club had a different atmosphere, compared to the Child Study Center. When I arrived on the first day I was intimidated by the mass number of children that were in the building. I noticed that even though the Boys and Girls Club is a structured environment for children, it does not do nearly as well at administering the children. While I did have a wonderful time with the children when I was there, I felt like there was more still activity from the children getting in trouble, than there were the children doing activities.

Working with Bella Venditti this past school year has forever impacted my philosophy of teaching. , I have grown in my understanding of child development thought observing, analyzing and documenting of Bella. This work has expanded my knowledge of child development in the areas of art and cognitive reasoning. The two macro theories that I created after observing Bella are: Bella approaches learning hands on, vocalizing her new knowledge, and Bella expresses herself through art. These two macro theories have not changed over this past year, however my understanding of Bella has evolved.

Throughout this course of study in Child Development 04, Observation & Assessment, I choose to be observed a child enrolled in a State Infant/Toddler Program School called Galen Clark Preschool, and the child will be presented as D. D is a 4 years old boy. The main idea of this portfolio is to observe and assess child D’s development and growth by using the measure of the DRDP. The DRDP (2015) focuses on the child’s behavior, knowledge, and skills. To capture a child’s behavior, the DRDP incorporates observation in natural settings. That’s the reason why I did my observation on D in a classroom’s setting for 3 hours a day and once a week with a total of 12 observations or 12 weeks. In addition, I collected five anecdotes each time I went

Many young children struggle with mastering the /r/ sound. This sound can be challenging for them to master. Here are a few tricks you can use at home to help your child master the /r/ sound.

Every Thursday morning, I attend the Museum School in Fort Worth, TX. For my child study case, I chose a particular boy with a desire for attention. He caught my eye the first day we came in. For the purpose of this paper, I will name him “Mason.” My child is African American, with brown eyes and short trimmed hair. He is four years old, with a rambunctious attitude. Every day, his mother drops him off for class, and his father works at a local grocery store. His attire is always very professional. Mason wears a tucked in shirt with nice khaki pants to school and either cowboy boots, or nice casual shoes. Mason is very lively, and he needs constant attention. His short-attention span causes him to grab things around the room and lose focus

In the Buckingham chapter, we see how constructed childhood truly is. His arguments show that adults are defining what it means to be a child through mass media such as television, internet, books, and movies. These mediums create the idea of what childhood should be, reinforcing this adult ideology due to the fact that we rely on these as sources of knowledge. We can see through his string of evidence how “childhood”, or the idea of childhood that we have, are socially and culturally constructed. This allows us the opportunity to see how perhaps our own ideas of childhood have been shaped by the books, movies, and shows we watched.

Teenage years are the time of a person’s life when they really start exploring their identity, who they are and who they want to be. During these years it can be hard trying to figure out who you are and where you belong, with the constant

Like every child around the world, they can’t stay small and young forever. Even when they try letting everyone they meet they are staying six forever, guilty as charged. All I wanted was to keep my Barbie’s all to myself, and not have to share or get rid of them. However, every child, including myself, must age and grow up. After realizing growing up was not that bad, I agreed to move on with God’s natural growing up process, and to this day my dad and brothers hold it over me that I am still six. Despite my aging issue, I believe my middle to late childhood was not to different from anyone else's, but I definitely have some unique aspects to my own childhood story.

I admitted a baby girl in the NICU weighing 1lb 7oz with esophageal atresia I also met the parents the same day of admission to orient them to the unit, the equipment, and to address any concerns regarding visiting time. This baby was in the unit for few months I frequently cared for her and the family. On this Sunday morning, the mother asked me “Do you go to church” I replied her with the name of the church also told her I volunteer at church as an usher on my off Sundays. When parents confirmed that they attend the same church we formed the bond between us. I asked the mother if prayers from the church is fine with her family she replied absolutely. I provided the mother with the pastor’s contact number and asked for permission to inform the pastor in person to start prayer for the baby girl and the family.

Self and the concept of self is an interesting topic to many including, psychologist sociologist, philosophers and countless others trying to define the idea of self and what it means to each individual. Every individual has a different idea and thought about self and how self makes up their entire being. Self is made of the human’s own biology his or her cognitive process and perception of one self compared to others. This paper is going to look at the concept of self and how this relates to real-life situations affects a person’s self efficacy and esteem.