National Children's Home Observation Report

On Monday, October 17, 2016, I had the privilege of observing and interviewing a Child Care Center Director. The director has not been in the director position

I started on this assignment on week two of July. I started volunteering to babysit children from age 5 to 8 years old. I started the portion of my painting assignment this week. One week is to babysit five kids. They looked like controlled little angels. I started small in this volunteer assignment. I volunteer to babysit a couple of kids for free. Some couples don’t have money for babysitters or extended family nearby. Some school systems are so attuned to their supervisory, child-care function that they offer after school play groups at a normal fee to take care of children until a parent gets off work and can take the child home (pg. 435).

Through interviewing Joyce I gained insight into a strong philosophy, leadership style, and how her background experiences have created the director she is today. When deciding to become a director of a daycare, there are two options: opening and owning your own center or directing an established or corporate owned daycare. While I have done much research on owning my own daycare, I have little experience about what it would be like to be the director of an established center. Financial responsibilities and budgeting are also two aspects that are important, but the level of responsibility is drastically different in each scenario. Lastly, legal and ethical responsibilities exist in either scenario as well.

During my observation at the preschool here at Harper, I looked around and realized a lot of similarities and differences it has; compared to other daycare and preschool centers. The age of children in the room I observed was ages 3-5 with one lead teacher, and depending on the ratio of how many kids showed up on that day, about three or four helping teachers. The program was set up to a very open, happy and overwhelming setting. Every furniture and object in the room had a sign saying what it was, and then underneath the typed out word was the children’s way of writing what the object was. For example, a book shelf was in the corner of the room; on the book shelf was the word printed out “Book

The place of observation took place at my work, before I clocked in for the day. I work at Oakwood Methodist Preschool/Daycare. I went in to the daycare at about 9:00, which is just free play/ breakfast time in the infant room. The infant room I observed in was a little different than the CDRC, because the infant room is from 7 weeks old to 18 months old. There was not really a place for me to be

For the classroom observation assignment I was able to observe at Stepping Stones Family Childcare and Preschool Program. I conducted observations for five hours each on the dates of September 24th and September 25th of the year 2015. This licensed home-based daycare and preschool program is located in a quiet suburban neighborhood on 4103 Bryant Street, Blasdell, New York. The facility allows for a twelve-child capacity (ages 6 weeks to 12 years with four additional school age) and is owned and founded by Kim Bannister. When I observed, there were two additional staff present. Therefore, there were a total of 3 adults and 12 children at the center when I observed. New York State Senator Marc C. Panepinto was also present on September 25th as he read to the children and toured the home. I chose this specific setting as I personally thought it would be an interesting dynamic to study how a home-based preschool program is run.

The Foundation had just donated the funds to expand housing for the Seed’s Orphanage, which was home to seventy- five children. Our mission when going was to spend quality time with the children by organizing ten days of fun activities. Each of the children in the orphanage had endured various versions of abandonment, abuse, rape, and neglect. Bonding with the children and experiencing life in an impoverished area was truly life giving.

Standard #3: Observing, documenting and assessing to support young children and families. Q1.-In your opinion what are some important uses of assessment? Why do we need to assess?

The 24-year-old mother went to the extreme, starving him so badly that he didn't even weigh enough to show up on a child growth chart, weighing only 24.9 pounds, according to WTOL.

The types of services that I received at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center were a range of services. To start I received neurological services from Dr. DiMaurio, which succeeded Dr. Bronkwell. I also received MRIS on my brain and stomach. I received many services from CCMC, because of the numerous health conditions that I had and still have, such as low muscle tone, and stomach issues. This experience affected me in many ways. One of the effects of the treatment, which I received at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, is that it has allowed me to live a happy and healthy life. By allowing me to live a happy and healthy life, I was and am able to achieve my dreams and aspire to go beyond what people normal expect from

For the past two summers I have been a volunteer at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The hospital has a focus on making the environment as kid-friendly and non-threatening as possible. From the first moment a patient arrives they are greeted by the smell of popcorn and someone offering them a toy or activity to ease their worries or simply provide some entertainment during the long hours spent at the hospital. When I got my assignment as a “waiting room play assistant” I was ecstatic. Every Wednesday morning throughout the summer I piled countless dolls, cards, crayons and games into a red wagon and tugged it through the eight waiting rooms of the hospital, offering patients (and their often extremely blasé siblings) a bit of relief

By capitalizing on employee networks, Children’s Home + Aid can start addressing the need for increased hiring for all currently open positions by using and promoting the referral program. The following report presents the length of stay between refereed employees versus, non- refereed employees. All short-term positions, recent hires, and layoffs were removed. From the year 2013-2017, 88% of referred employees stayed for at least six months, versus 78% of non-refereed that stayed at least six months (see Fig.1). Out of 86 total referrals, 74% of them stayed for at least one year, versus the 61% of non-refereed who stayed for at least a year (see fig.2).

On this date worker visited Eldridge Children's Home, for the purpose of assessing Mr. Timothy Mathews for services. Mr. Mathews has lived at the Children's Home for three years. He will graduate from Carbon Hill High School on May 20, 2016 and after graduation, Mr. Mathews will no longer be able to stay at the Children's Home. Mandy Mitchell, director of childcare has agreed to allow Mr. Mathews to remain at the home until August.

The three parent child observations that have been documented will be analyzed using knowledge from class material and with peer-reviewed articles. Support will be given to show the connection between the articles, the class material, and to each observation. Each observation took place in a different location and each supporting article discusses how the actions of the parent and child relate to different aspects of a parent child relationship.

The police received  a call at 6 PM about a missing person. The call came from the mom of the missing person. Officers Stephen Potter and Jordon Saunders responded to the call at the private residence. When we arrived at the private residence on 3146 Mayfield Drive Columbus Ohio, 43221 at 6:11 PM we began questioning the mom of the missing person. The mother’s name is Mary Russell, and the missing person is Hannah Russell. Hannah is caucasian, about 5’5”, brown eye, long brown hair, weighs about 125 pounds, and is 17 years of age. Hannah social security number is 331259941 The home phone number is 277-0020 and Mary cell number is 595-3325. There a total of 3 people who lives at this residence the mother and her two daughter, the other daughter name is