Examine Research on Applications of Life Span Psychology on the Children Defense Fund Program

The lifespan interview was conducted 70 years of age married black female whom I will be calling Mrs. D. The purpose was to document the subject’s lifespan history with recollections of important or significant events in her development. Mrs. D is a native of McIntosh, Alabama. She was born to a Mr. and Mrs. Hiram P. Reed Sr. on the 13th of December in 1967 in McIntosh Alabama. She has five siblings 4 brothers and two sisters. She has 6 children three boys and three girls with one son being descent. This interview was conducted on a live face-to-face webcam so that Mrs. D would feel much more comfortable.

The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services was created in July 1996 by joining children’s services programs from six different departments. This merge occurred during a time when the Tennessee child welfare system was undergoing a massive crisis. The amount of children with significantly higher levels of needs were rising, warning the state to find ways to provide services for children in a more effective manner (www.tn.gov). The mission of DCS is to ensure forever families for children and youth by delivering high-quality, evidence-based services in partnership with the community (www.tn.gov). The vision statement of DCS is Tennessee’s children are safe, healthy, and back on track for success (www.tn.gov). The department’s ultimate responsibility is always to protect children from abuse and neglect. In order to uphold this responsibility, DCS case managers investigate allegations of abuse and neglect, and works with families to resolve issues that

Broderick, P., & Blewitt, P. (2015). The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

This paper serves to apply the knowledge learned throughout the course, COUN 502, to the development and growth in my lifespan. I will aim to demonstrate a working knowledge of the theories, terminology, and concepts of human growth and development. I will show how these disciplines apply to my own life experiences and how I did throughout my key life events, through the use of empirical studies.

The field of study that examines patterns of growth, change, and stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire lifespan is called lifespan development. Lifespan development takes a scientific approach in its study of growth, change, and stability. This development emphases on human development. Developmentalists study the course of development in nonhuman species, the most popular examine growth and change in people. In contrast I will focus on the ways people and myself change and grow during our lives, with the consideration of stability in our live span. Together, these findings suggest that we will go through

Kraus, K. L. (2008). Lenses: Applying Lifespan Development Theories in Counseling. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Developmental psychologists study changes in Lifespan Development that apply intermediately to health care. Lifespan Developmental psychology is the focus on human growth and changes across the lifespan, and how and why human beings change over the course of their life (Santrock). Nurses in particular are call upon for much more to administer a medicine or do a treatment. There is an important role in understanding the relationship between a patient's medical and psychological needs (Potter & Perry). The reason being that lifespan developmental psychology, is a critical component to the training of every nurse.

The controversial issue of whether or not Child Protective Services are doing their jobs properly, has grabbed nationwide attention. Child Protective Services is the name of a government agency in many states of the United States whose mission is to respond to reports of child abuse and neglect. Some of these cases may include physical abuse, sexual abuse, and mental abuse (Wikipedia). The child welfare system is corrupted. The parents and guardians who are accused of abuse are automatically labeled as guilty and will have to prove their innocence; instead of being innocent until proven guilty.

This website is about the Children’s Defense Fund, a non-profit advocacy organization, which strives to help the children, especially the ones that are being raised in a less fortunate family, in every way possible by advocating on their behalf while ensuring their priority. The case advocacy approach focuses on individual cases, such as a single child in America whose have been violated and unable to take actions accordingly due to the lack of resources and socioeconomic status. According to the Children’s Defense Fund (2017), “The United States has the second highest child poverty rate among 35 industrialized countries despite having the largest economy in the world ” (par. 2). In addition, the program provides the quality care for every

I identified two lifespan theories in this video. One is the theory of psychosocial development and second is Shame Resilience theory by Brene Brown. Erik Erikson’s theory of Psychosocial development is a theory that identified eight stages of life cycle development from infancy to early childhood. Such as; Trust verses Mistrust. In this stage infant develops trust towards the caregiver for stability. Autonomy versus shame and Doubt. Here toddlers are learning to be independents by walk and running around by themselves without the caregiver holding them. Initiative versus Guilt. This is pre-school year and playing stage. Children at this stage interact with one another in playing; also, trying to explore their

This has been a very fascinating journey from prenatal, birth to old age. The goal of this paper is to show how my knowledge and understanding of life span development has increased, as well as demonstrate how this knowledge and understanding will apply to and can be used within my area of specialization, Leadership Coaching.

This paper reveals the facts about Department for Children and Families. It deciphers the role of investigator in saving the children from abuse and the constraints and external pressures catered by him during the entire process. It also reveals the facts about the powerful role of law in impelementing the measures to prevent child abuse of any form.

Think of a time when people were getting abused or sexually hurt? The Children's Aid Society is a great place to go to provide child protection. This organization is around because many children get bullied and harmed. The Children's Aid Society can help keep children be safer and in live in a better community, with people that will take care of them. The society provides help to families who want extra support. Families often face issues such as addiction, poverty, health challenges and unemployment. Children may be suffering because their financial situation or one of their parents may have a problem such as a disability and are not allowed to take care of their child anymore, due to safety concerns. The society offers programs that will help children in the future. Most of all the Children's Aid Society is about protecting and supporting the children to make sure their families stay together.

In order to find the appropriate research-based intervention, it is important to review the lifespan developmental theories which may apply in this case.

The life-span perspective is a modern scientific approach to the study of human development that accounts for all phases of life including childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and it breaks each phase into individual stages of development (Berger,2014). This perspective suggests that development is multidirectional, metacontextual, and all stages of development are important and play a crucial role in the individuals cognitive health (Berger,2014). The stages of development are categorized as infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood, adulthood, and late adulthood. For the purpose of this paper I will be focusing on the infancy stage due to the importance of cognitive development before the age of two, middle childhood due to a child’s social structure becoming a defining factor in their lives, and emerging adulthood due to the stresses that an individual must endure while maturing into a young adult.