Sharing Web Resource

My assignments this week I read about issues about children in different country that it is really sad is there anyone that really care about children and their well being? In my research I read about children in recession how children are living in poverty has increased by four million since 2000, and the number of children who fell into poverty between 2008 and 2009 was the largest single-year increase ever recorded. The number of children have increase 41 percent between 2006-2009 school years and many state are giving cuts K-12 education. Looking at this issue I was concern about how will this issues being taking care of and who is helping the family to come out of poverty. Now this is 2012 and programs are still being cut and children are having health issues because of their family being in a recession and can not get the help that he or she needs to help put their family in a good environment so their children can learn in school with out any of these issues on their mind. When I look at this it makes me want to advocate for the families to help get resources that would come and help the families. I do not like to see children come to school sad because he or she does not have a nice home to leave in, food to eat or clothes to wear. I do care about children and he or she well being I like to see children happy and not isolated because of the situation that their families are having. Sometime this also put more pressure on parents and teacher because he or she tries to make sure that the child is learning and happy and feel comfortable at the school that he or she is going to. Some professional make it uncomfortable for children when he or she or going through a rough time. Some professional just think about getting paid and not having a concern about the children developing or learning. As a professional I have seen children come to school not happy but by the time it is time for play he or she is happy. I try to make sure whatever made the child upset I will try to come up with a strategy to make the child forget what was going on by communicated with them, playing with them, reading a happy story that will make he or she feel better.  I do believe that funds should be taken from other source not from the early childhood education program for children to have affordable quality program.

Childhood Poverty Research

In this week assignment I was suppose to get in contact with professionals that deals with poverty in their area. I was not able to get in contact with any one so I am doing the alternative assignment on childhood poverty. What I have learn in this research that children live in poverty everyday in many state. Many are living in a house hold that is below the poverty line and not able to take care of their family. I learn that in early childhood that malnutrition can damage a child learning and can also have poor health. This issues can lead from generation to generation unless someone stop and think about what is going on and try to change the situation from a bad situation to a better environment for their family. The help that is needed is not enough to help families children are still dying with disease in different country, staying in shelters are on the street. Where is the help to help these families? How can people help advocate for the families to get the support and resources to help the families get into a better environment? I believe if people really want to help families they will but families must want the help and use the information to put their family in a better environment so their children can have a well education and good health. If I could I would try to help every family that I could and put them in a very good environment and help the parents to get on their feet to better themselves to help their children have a healthy life. I do not like seeing family living on the street or living in a home that is not worth living in. Studying this poverty has taught me to care for children no matter what race they are if they are in need I am there to help in any way I can. This has also taught me to be aware of poverty around me in my professional field.

Sharing Web Resources

The organization I chose in this week assignment in early childhood development is The National Head Start Association which is a private not-for-profit membership organization dedicated exclusively to meeting the needs of Head Start children and their families. It represents more than 1 million children, 200,000 staff and 2,700 Head Start programs in the United States. The Association provides support for the entire Head Start community by advocating for policies that strengthen services to Head Start children and their families; by providing extensive training and professional development to Head Start staff; and by developing and disseminating research, information, and resources that enrich Head Start program delivery.

The issue that caught my attention is the budget cuts that could devastate the children, family and programs across the country.  They are asking congress for their help to dismiss the cut so the children could have a good quality program and it would not hurt families or the programs across the states.  I also learn that the Head Start Support letter  to the administrator to let then know what is going on and the organization need their vote. The organization is letting the employers know that it is a turbulent time in Washington, DC. Right now Congress is working toward a budget for FY2012, and while Head Start has support in some corners it is critical that the organization made clear that the people of every community and every voting district in America support Head Start/Early Head Start and the services that they provide to children and families in need. The Organization  have seen the effectiveness of bringing voices together to broadcast a simple but important message to Congress: Head Start works and people in communities value it. Today, as budget negotiations continue, NHSA is working to demonstrate support for Head Start from the Business and Faith communities.

 

http://www.nhsa.org

Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources

My week assignment was to establish a contact with two early childhood professionals out of state but I was not able to get in contact with no one. I am hoping to receive a replied soon I am a person that likes to talk to people face to faces to get the eye to eye contact. But this will not make me stop trying to get in contact with the childhood professionals.  In this class I will be study about issues and trends that happens in early childhood development. When I send that I was unable to get in contact with the professional I decided to look at the website on save the children as looking at what the do.  I seen what the organization help protect children that have been abuse, neglected, exploitation, and violence in all regions of the world. The organization have child protection programs activities that create child friendly spaces in emergencies, reunifying separated and unaccompanied children with their families in emergencies, developing public awareness campaigns against child trafficking, piloting training programs for social workers to provide supportive care to families and children and advocating for more effective national protection policies and child welfare reform. There are so many issues and trends in our society today we have to protect our children from many abuse like prejudice, cultural/discrimination that put do to other people that is not the same cultural as them. I am not that why I treat everyone the same way I would wanted to be treated no matter what the skin color is we all have red blood. God make everyone in they are unique so we as professional should take time out with families that have language barrels help them do not laugh at them. Do not make fun at them if they do not understand what you are trying to tell them do critical thinking and find out ways to help the families to understand what you are telling them. As I gain knowledge out of this class I hope I will be able to help my classmate with more information on my contacts in the week to come.