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Parents wishing to adopt have challenged the adoption laws regarding American-Indian children. For many decades, people wanting to adopt African-American children from disturbing situations have been put through several issues. A law was passed called the “Indian child welfare act” to end what was then a common practice. The state claims they thought that American-Indian children were better off in homes with non-Indian parents. A handful of recent lawsuits say the federal law and similar legislation at state levels make it harder to find stable homes for children. they’ve had many cases fall apart, because parents adopting don’t want the children. Most adopting parents believe it's unfair to them if they can’t adopt American-Indian children.

The Native American Child Care Center is a curriculum based child-care center that operates 8:30-4:30. They provide transportation for any families that need it, which is about 80%. The NACCC also makes sure that children are up to date and screened for audio, visual, and dental; free of charge. The center is funded through United Way Agency, donations, and parent fees. They are involved with the preschool initiative and have two preschool initiative classrooms. The cost of attending is very low to none because they are based on a sliding scale that is determined by the incomes and size of each family. Majority of the families are one hundred percent below the poverty line. If a family makes enough, a full day would be 27$. For a school year this roughly averages to $4,500- 4,800.

It is a piece of federal legislation passed by Congress to protect our American Indian children. Our American Indian children need protection from the continuing removal from their families and culture; and placed in an environment where their adoptive parents do not hold the same values and beliefs that they will hold true as a reflection of Native American culture. Jones illustrated that an important glance at the history of the American Indian people revealed the reason why this act was enacted, it is seen that as many as 25-35% of American Indian children were being removed from their homes and families and retained in non-Indian households. Judges and social workers were not knowledgeable about American Indian culture; thus failing to recognize the customary child-rearing practices that American Indians exercised (Jones, 1995, pp. 18-23). With the number of American Indian children in the social welfare system, the social worker holds an important role. Each individual that partakes in an adoption will be paired with a social worker. Social workers complete the home study, facilitate match meetings, provide counseling, and a number of other things important throughout the adoption process. It is the social worker’s role to be an advocate for the child, to be a voice for the child, to recognize what is in the best interest of the child and to act accordingly. The passage of this act creates a path for social worker’s to take for American Indian children. It creates a framework to understand American Indian child’s needs and background. Prior to the passage of this act that went ignored. Prior to the passage it was not recognized that American Indian children need to be raised in an environment that reflects that of their culture. The relinquishment of those needs is a crime of cultural genocide, a crime that this act was aimed to change and eliminate. Morrison, Fox,

Currently there are 72 Indian boarding schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, serving over 10,000 students in the United States. These boarding schools have not tried to understand Indian communities, culture or learning styles. American Indian students attending Indian boarding schools related that they suffer from loss of cultural identity and experience their schools as imposed systems. Conversely, a number of Native Americans believe that Indian boarding schools are better than they were 25 years ago. There is a broader recognition of diversity, more compassion for students, a greater openness to talk about problems in the Indian boarding school environments, and more intelligence and sensitivity about how to guide rather than

The NICWA, which mission and major focus is the dedication to well-being of American Indian children and families within the United States, have learned that they have to manimize the effectiveness when they have formed strategic alliances, collaborations and partnerships (www.nicwa.org). NICWA’s has partnerships with other child advocacy, child welfare TA, and training organizations. They also include American Indian organizations like Indian Health services, Native American Children 's Alliance, Native American Rights Fund, and National Congress of American Indians (NCAI).

This memo is in reference to the utilization of classroom smart Boards. In accordance to the National Health and Safety Performance Standard;” Media(television, video, and DVD) viewing and computer use”, should not be permitted for children younger than two years. For children two years and older in early care and early education setting, total screen time should be limited to not more than thirty minutes once a week, and for educational or physical activity use only. During meal or snack time, TV, video or DVD viewing should not be allowed. I have attached a copy of the STANDARD 2.2.0.0: Limiting Screen Time-Media, Computer Time for further reading.

There are currently eighteen out of twenty-four classrooms that contain a SMART Board at Iola High School. For almost every teacher and student that is a part of this high school, using a SMART Board is just part of their everyday lives. There are countless nights that the author goes home to discuss to her parents the activities that were done on the SMART Board that day. One night however, the mother mentioned that she did not even know what a SMART Board looked like or what it did. She discussed that she was used to chalkboards and the projector that the teacher would sit at and wrote notes on a certain kind of transparent paper. She mentioned how much of a transformation it was to that and she couldn’t even imagine the huge transformation

The ECEC provided programs for families not just children to help with family involvement in their children’s education and health. Effective programs were described as those families who were active members that were involved in the learning process. Some program services also gave the opportunity for parent learning as well as their child. Most programs are physically and culturally accessible to all Indigenous people. The programs help overcome cultural barriers with non-indigenous. These programs respect the indigenous community and their cultural aspects. ‘Indigenous early childhood professionals, who are connected with the community, act a bridge between non-Indigenous staff and indigenous families by bringing cultural knowledge into the programs’ cited (Leske, R, Sarmardin, D, Woods, A, Thorpe, K 2015). Effective programs build trust over time within the community and create increases in the programs attendance. Early childhood education care programs realized that enrollment and attendance rates lowered in which they realized some programs may not be as effective as they initially thought. From the Early Childhood professional’s perspectives, the Indigenous were influenced

When walking to the main door there was a buzzer also for security into the building. In the “Families, Schools, and Communities: Together for Young Children” the author states; providing safety for children and care is major throughout school time while away from home” (Couchenour, 2014, 225). Once visitors have signed in, everyone must present an ID, before entering the classrooms. The classroom observed in for the Practicum is the PreK classroom, on the second floor. Hallways to the classroom are very spacious with many rooms and lockers on either side. Before entering the rooms, volunteers must place their materials in extra lockers to store their belongings. I noticed some artwork on the doors and some on the wall before entering the classroom, for parents to see the creativity inside the classroom. In the classroom, there are many different areas for students to explore. Each area was kept small to allow only fours students at a time. On one side of the area there are Velcro spots for the children to place their name tag at the area of play. This shows that if anyone wants to play in that area they must check the side of the Velcro spot to see if there is room for another child to join. It provides a great way

In the modern life, we need the technology to our life and we use machines in everywhere. We can see in Kitchen, in rooms, in the road and universities. They were very important and we can’t leave without it. But, we should care about children don’t set with these electronic machines such as Ipad because if children use it everyday that will affect them. Parents should determine time for their children to use ipad because it has a significant effect on younger children. It could affect children’s health problems, Using ipad will harm social skills and Literacy rates have declined. All parents think if buy the tablet and give it to children, their children will be happy and love them. But they don’t know what happen when children use these machines. But, there many advantages when using ipad to help them to learn and we should care about children from special needs how

Mitchell and Dunbar (2006) conducted an analysis of computers used in the nursery setting and the benefits and concerns that may occur. They reviewed the works of Corders and Miller who argue that the introduction of the computer to nursery school is inappropriate. They suggested that it pushed children into becoming skilled little technicians. They view freedom to play, imagine, and enjoy the experience of the world is more essential. The preschool Curricular Guidance argued that children should have opportunities to used a range of ICT resources which will enhance and extend learning as well as give them opportunities to engage in self--directed learning.

Last year, I completed a long-term placement in a third grade classroom. I often utilized the Smartboard to display learning materials. I frequently created Prezis and PowerPoints to present important information to my students. Additionally, I used Go Animate to create animated videos to communicate information. Personally, I am a visual and auditory learner and I found throughout my education I struggled academically. As a result, I try to incorporate a variety of learning strategies and techniques to help a variety of learners throughout my lessons. I found that many students respond to videos, books, and pictures if it is presented on the Smartboard. Furthermore, I found that computers have the capability to improve students’ subject knowledge and facilitate understanding.

During this course the students were required to interview students in their school and parents about the use of technology in school and at home. The questions and answers were then to be shared with others in their group. After both interviews were shared, the group then collaborated, using Titanpad, and made the data easier to understand. Interviewing the students showed how the students liked to learn and the ways that they found boring in the classroom. The parents also added their experiences with technology and their children. The parents also shared how they think technology helps their child and also what they feel is the best learning environment for their child.

In the last few years technology has increasingly been implemented into schools in various forms. Most classrooms from elementary through high school have some kind of electronic Smart Board in them. The boards allow teachers to create interactive activities online, and lets the students utilize them in lessons. Computers and tablets can also be found in many

Technology has come a long way in the last forty years. We have so many options today to use in classrooms that we should be producing technology savoy students. One of the biggest technology tools to enter the classrooms is the use of Smartboards. At first any teacher can become overwhelmed. I mean a board that is called smart? What can this device do that will make learning to read more fun and engaging and yet be a valid form of learning? Well, with time and refresher after refresher classes, it is now clear.