1.) After reading about parental feelings, stages of caregiver development, and relationships, there are many thoughts that you might have about your work with infants, toddlers, and their families. Review the principles for parent-teacher relationships, and select one principle and explain how it would have a positive impact on an infant or a toddler. One of the principles for parent-teacher relationships that I felt was positive was teachers and directors provide support and information about parenting in a relationship-based program. The director especially the teachers have a big part in the child/children lives. Some directors talk to parents about the importance of attachments, telling them that secondary attachments to teachers are encourage
It is very important to recognise that parents and practitioners have different kinds of relationships with the children in their care. Practitioners need to develop consistent, warm and affectionate relationships with children especially babies but they should not seek to replace the parents. Babies need to be with the same people each and every day to develop social relationships. This is why the EYFS requires all early years settings and schools to implement a key person system. Parents and practitioners have one thing in common that is very important: they all want the best for the child. The roles involved are not the same yet they are complementary. Parents know their own child best. Practitioners have knowledge of general child development.
Communication is very important, not only with the child/ young person but also their parents/ careers. Parents and careers need to be kept updated with everything that happens with their child/children and information that they need to know about the nursery itself. The stronger the relationship between the practioners and the parent/ career the stronger the trust the parents/ careers have with their child/ children in your care.
All members of the staff must act as professionals while at work, especially with young children. The administrative and teaching staff must work together to ensure their practices are developmentally appropriate, and share new and/or creative ideas with one another. It is also the responsibility of a teacher to establish an open, trusting relationship with the parents of each children in their care. Thus, parents can freely communicate their thoughts, concerns, and/or suggestions about their child or the program. Parent satisfaction is something that every child care or development center should strive for.
When Initially planning a parent/ carers teacher conference concerning a child’s performance in the classroom. It is essential to be prepared and show sensitivity towards parents and children. As a kindergarten teacher and mother of 1, I understand the anxiety parents feel in regards to their children and their achievements. We as educators need to address professional standard 3.7 Engage parents/carers in the educative process this can be achieved by describing a broad range of strategies for involving parents/carers in the educative process (AITSL, 2010).
For the children’s learning to be successful, parent involvement is critical. An orientation will occur prior to the children attending. Parents will be updated with the day care policies, the lay out of the day care, the expectations and the introduction of their child care provider. This is done to allow both the parent and child care provider to get to know each other and allows them both the opportunity to discuss the care the child will need. It is very important for communication between the parent and the day care staff to be consistent. Parent involvement can provide feedback to the parent in regards to what the children are learning daily. This helps with their child’s assessment of the program to
Knowing how to address a variety of situations in the early childhood setting and effectively partnering with parents to do so are important skills for all teachers and caregivers. For this assignment, you will choose one of the following scenarios:
The smallest action can make the biggest difference. I will be the first to admit I’m not outspoken, I tend to listen instead. But in order to be a good a leader you do not have to be outspoken, you must listen and speak, take action and rest. I learned that through many clubs but the most definitive moment of leadership I had was with the Lupus Walk. My FIRST robotics team had decided they needed more community outreach and since I was the nemo, the officer in charge of awards, paperwork and community outreach, I was the one to choose. At the time one of my family members was in poor health due to Lupus but she still held hope. Her strength is the reason I created the Lupus Awareness Walk in New Hampshire. I proposed this idea to my fellow
Working with children requires us to build positive relationships with them quickly, but also in ways that are professional.
This paper will discuss various forms of caregivers, parenting styles, and early childhood education. Topics covered are:
It is important to note that when looking at how empathy processes manifest in individuals with ASD, one must first consider how the capacity for empathy originated. It is through the primary relationship—the attachment to the caregiver—that empathy is modeled for young children (Hojat, 2007). Within a secure caregiver-child attachment relationship, a caregiver will model empathic responding by consistently, sensitively, and appropriately attuning to the needs of a distressed child (Ainsworth & Bowlby, 1991). The child, in turn, will internalize this pattern of behavior demonstrated by the caregiver, constructing an internal working model that not only imbues social relationships with value, but also guides how the child should respond to
It has been shown that the relationships infants develop early on in life have lasting effects on their identity and behavior. Extensive research has indicated that the relationship between an infant and its caregivers is particularly important.
The first family that I interviewed fell into the Parenting Stage II: The Nurturing Stage. The couple, who are both 22-years of age, have been together for three years. They have been living together for about one year and are not married. The couple lives with the father's family: his mother and father. They are all from a Hispanic background. The father works as a computer technician and the mother is a supervisor at a bakery. There annual income is about $45,000. The couple recently had their first child together. They are the parents of a 5-week-old infant. My relationship to the couple is friendship, I used to work with the mother at the bakery but we are not that close of friends. This family has 3 major concepts that
Communication with the parent could be an issue when it is affected by the resentment between the teacher and the parent. The challenge for early care teachers is to understand that a family’s point of view about raising their child is valid for that family
In the transitional period from late childhood to early adolescence, children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience significant differences in terms of biological, cognitive, and psychosocial development. While some individuals experience further challenges in one or more of these aspects, others show significant improvement. The remitting of the symptoms is independent of severity, impairment, and co-occurring diagnoses which indicates that there is either a new genetic influence during this period or that social and familiar environments have an impact. In the study Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Developmental Trajectories Related to Parental Expressed Emotion, the researchers aimed to examine if negative family environment, specifically parental expressed emotion (EE), influences ADHD symptoms over the transition from childhood to early adolescence and if chronic exposure to high parental EE (particularly criticism) is associated with the worst outcomes.
While there are “people” around the world working in childcare centers that serve as poor role models whom are only there for the paycheck, there are amazing human service workers that serve as teachers that have a significant impact as a role model to provide appropriate skills needed for social and cognitive development to last a lifetime. In an article from the Early Childhood Education Journal (2013) the author states that “Quality teacher-child interactions in early childhood classrooms have repeatedly been paired with positive, emotional, behavioral and cognitive outcomes for children” (Thomason & La Paro, 2013). Indeed, a caregiver whom has a sincere, warm, and understanding heart will be more effective in teaching and will have more of an impact on how and what