Child Development and Public Health

Public Health is very important to how a child develops. Even though all these public health measures play an important role, immunizations is the most important to me. I feel that immunizations can prevent children from different diseases and it also can help them overcome many diseases. Children in the United States are required to have many immunizations throughout their life. Children need them immunizations before they start school. Many religions don't believe in giving their children immunizations.

Immunizations in France is quite different from the United States. In 2018, parents in France will be legally obliged to vaccinate their children. Only three vaccines, for diphtheria, tetanus, and polio, are the only ones currently mandatory in France. Others, like hepatitis and whopping cough are only recommended, Unlike in the U.S. hepatitis and whopping cough is required.

Childbirth In Your Life and Around the World

One birth that I have had experience with is my daughter's birth on January 23,2017. I was always the one saying," I don't want any kids", because I've always wanted to adopt. When I found out I was pregnant I was in complete shock. Before going into labor, I didn't know what to except. Approximately 4:15 A.M. my water broke, but I wasn't sure if I was in labor, because I wasn't any pain. Then, two hours later the pain hit me all at once. I arrived at the hospital at approximately 9:30 A.M.. I was glad I pre-registered because I didn't have to wait for a room, my room was already  reserved. When the nurse checked me, I was four centimeters dilated. The pain started to get worse, I immediately asked for the epidural, that was the best life saver ever. At 3:15 P.M.  I delivered a healthy baby girl weighing 5lbs 7oz. During birth the pain was unbearable, but at the end it was well worth all the pain I went through. After giving birth I can say I never want anymore kids. Giving birth can be a life-death situation.  Giving birth has a big impact child development. That's why it is good to go to all prenatal doctor visits, exercise, eat healthy, and most of all take vitamins. This can ensure you that your child will be well developed when he or she is born.

Pregnancy in India is quite different from the US. Women are told not to eat hot foods, because they're harmful, and cold foods are recommended to avoid miscarriages. Hot foods are only encouraged during the last stage to facilitate labor. Women from lower socioeconomic classes may continue with their daily routine, but women of higher socioeconomic are nurtured by their families. After birth the placenta may be buried under the floor of the room where the birth occurred, or the courtyard of the house. They bury the placenta to keep an enemy or evil spirit from it.

My Supports

Support in this field is very essential. Being a teacher can become very hard at times. We as teachers, have to deal with different people and attitudes everyday. So, support is what we need to make it through. My support comes from my mom, colleagues, administrator, and any training material. My mom always give me motivation to finish any task that I'm trying to accomplish. With me being a new single mother, it can get hard at times, with me going to school and working full-time. My colleagues and I always motivating each other everyday. It seem as if,, everyday we have a new procedure or rule change. That's why it's good to be able to adapt to change. My administrator of the schools always gives us daily encouragement throughout the day. Training is very essential when you are a teacher. There is never too much information that you can learn. For example, is you are dealing with a child with bad behavior, you look up resources to see how to deal with that situation. Without support, I feel it would be very difficult to get through the day. Everyone needs support in whatever they do.

One challenge that I choose is not having any support. Support is an extra motivator to get through a task or a difficult time. Support can also help you got hat extra mile and give you extra strength to pull through.

My Connections to Play

When I was growing up, play wasn't as predominant as it is now in the early childhood field. I can remember being in Pre-K, we did more work at our desk than we played. Unless, you went to a Headstart setting, then more play was required. I think most teachers back in the day believed to have a traditional classroom, where the students sit at their desk most of the day. In this day and time, since technology is more predominant most teachers use a Promethean board to teach their lessons. This has benefited the children a lot in the classroom, since they're teach savvy in this decade. This allows kids to do more interactive techniques.

Play is more predominant now because of the many researches that have took place, to see does play benefit the child. A child can learn so much through play. The main thing a child learns through play is how to interact with others. Social skills is the most important skill any child can develop. I think play should be involved in every classroom. This allows the child to be who they want to be and be able to express their feelings how they would like. It also allows the teacher to do more observations on children to get better understanding on what they know, what they can do, and what they're thinking.

Quotes to summarize my childhood

Pictures of essential play Items

References
https://au.pinterest.com/explore/early-childhood-quotes/?lp=true
https://www.google.com/search?q=pictures+of+view master
https://www.google.com/search=pictures+play dough
https://www.google..com/search=pictures+legos

Relationship Reflection

Relationships are important to me, because it helps me when I have hard times in my life. My mother and I have a very strong relationship with each other. With me being the only child, we tend to do everything together. When I am having a difficult time, I always turn her for advice or a shoulder to cry on. Although, sometimes I like to keep my feelings inside, because you cant trust everyone with your business, but I know my mom will never tell my darkest secret. Another person I have a positive relationship with is my cousin Larita. She's a good listener. She might not tell me what I want to hear, but what I need to hear. She's always keeping me on track with my goals I want to achieve. Sometimes being a single mother gets hard, but she always send me an encouraging message every morning to go the extra mile for my daughter.

The relationship with my mom and cousin are very essential in my life. Both relationships have trust and honesty. These two factors are very important to maintain a good relationship with each other.

Developing a relationship with my mom took some time when I was younger, I was scared to talk to her about certain situations.  I didn't know how she would respond or would her respond be to harsh to were I couldn't take it. As I got older and went off to college our relationship became stronger and I was able to talk to her more about different things. The relationship with my cousin has been strong since we were in high school. She always been my go to person when I needed to talk. We had one disagreement where we stopped talking to each other for about two months. I was in this situation, and I went to her asking for advice, the whole time I knew she was telling me the truth but I didn't want to accept the truth. At the time, I thought she was jealous of the relationship I was in with this guy.

My experience with these relationships can have a impact with the families I am involved with in my classroom. Parents need someone they can trust in order for them to open up to total stranger. Trust is the main thing most parents look for within the teacher. Trust is hard to come by, and shouldn't be broken.

When I think of Child Development

"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." -Margaret Mead


I love this quote because, most of the time children are sometime taught what to think and how to do certain things. We as educators, should be teaching them how to think during certain situations. We have to realize that each child as their own way of thinking and have their own way of doing certain things.


I want to thank my student adviser, this year hasn't been a great year for me, due to my house catching on fire. I'm thankful that my family wasn't home at the time, but we lost everything. My adviser has been keeping in touch with me every since this has happened, giving me encouraging words or just asking how everyone was doing.  

Testing for Intelligence

I think every child should be assessed in school. This will give the teacher a synopsis of where the student stand. This will let the teacher know, what the student know and don't know. I feel every student should be assessed at least twice a year; so they can keep track of the student progress.



 The Chinese education system consists of six years of primary school, three lower secondary, and three upper secondary school. At the age of 15, they have the option of leaving school or go to a upper secondary school.All students attend an academic lower secondary school, at the end of which they take a locally administered entrance exam for upper secondary school. Depending on the results of this exam, they may enter an academic or a vocational upper secondary school, or they may choose to end their formal education.  Chinese students receive formative assessments throughout their education. These typically take the form of year-end or term-end tests as well as casual assessment from teachers. They are also required to take graduation examinations at the end of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school, in addition to the entrance examinations for the next level of schooling.




http://ncee.org/what-we-do/center-on-international-education-benchmarking/top-performing-countries/shanghai-china/shanghai-china-instructional-systems/

Consequences of Stress on Children's Development

Although all of the stressors can have an major impact on a child's development,I chose the stressor, violence. One of my best friends, Miracle, parents were in a very violent relationship. Her dad used to beat on her mother almost every night. If you were on the outside looking in, you would've thought they were the perfect family. One day Miracle came to school with a bruise on her face. The teacher asked, what happened to her face and the tears begin to fall. The teacher then, called the guidance counselor to the classroom and they took her to the principal office. I started to get worried, when I seen her sitting the office with her mom. After that day, Miracle didn't come to school for a week. I called her everyday, but I never got an answer. About a month later, she contacted me and told me that she and her mom had moved to Atlanta, Georgia. I was so excited to hear from her. I finally asked her, why did she move. That's when she told me her dad used to beat on her mom and sometimes he would hit on her to. After she told the story, I started to think that's one of the reasons why, she was making the grades she was making. Miracle used to make first honor roll every nine weeks and all of a sudden, she started making C's and sometimes D's on her report card. I should've known something was going on with her. Miracle and her mom was so excited to get away from that situation. 

One country that I would like to learn more about is India. I love to learn about the third world countries. We seem to sometimes look at those countries as poor countries in the world. But they're so much more than that. One stressor that I chose that affects a child's development in India is malnutrition. In India, child malnutrition is responsible for 22% of the country's burden of disease. Levels of malnutrition have declined modestly, with the prevalence of underweight among children under three falling by 11% between 1992/93 and 1998/99. Although, levels of under-nutrition in India declined modestly during the 1990s, the reductions lagged far behind that achieved by other countries with similar economic growth rates.Under-nutrition, both protein-energy malnutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies, directly affects many aspects of children's development. In particular, it retards their physical and cognitive growth and increases susceptibility to infection and disease, further increasing the probability of being malnourished. Under-nutrition also affects cognitive and motor development and undermines educational attainment; and ultimately impacts on productivity at work and at home, with adverse implications for income and economic growth. Micro-nutrient deficiencies alone may cost India US$2.5 billion annually (Gragnolati, Sheka, Gupta, Bredenkamp, Lee, 2013).

. Gragnolati M, Shekar M, Gupta MD, Bredenkamp C, Lee Y. India's Undernourished Children: A Call for Reform and Action. [Last accessed on 2013 Feb 12]. Available from: http//www.worldbank.org/hnppublications .

Childbirth In Your Life and Around the World

One birth that I have had experience with is my daughter's birth on January 23,2017. I was always the one saying," I don't want any kids", because I've always wanted to adopt. When I found out i was pregnant I was in complete shock. Before going into labor, I didn't know what to except. Approximately 4:15 A.M. my water broke, but I wasn't sure if I was in labor, because I wasn't any pain. Then, two hours later the pain hit me all at once. I arrived at the hospital at approximately 9:30 A.M.. I was glad I pre-registered because I didn't have to wait for a room, my room was already  reserved. When the nurse checked me, I was four centimeters dilated. The pain started to get worse, I immediately asked for the epidural, that was the best life saver ever. At 3:15 P.M.  I delivered a healthy baby girl weighing 5lbs 7oz. During birth the pain was unbearable, but at the end it was well worth all the pain I went through. After giving birth I can say I never want anymore kids. Giving birth can be a life-death situation.  Giving birth has a big impact child development. That's why it is good to go to all prenatal doctor visits, exercise, eat healthy, and most of all take vitamins. This can ensure you that your child will be well developed when he or she is born.

Giving birth in France is quite different from giving birth in the U.S. Most women in France give birth with a mid-wife, unlike in the U.S. most women give birth with nurses and doctors. Also in France you must register three days before you give birth in France. The child's birth certificate is written immediately after birth whereas in the U,S., we get a mother's copy in the hospital, then we have to order the official copy ten after birth.

NAEYC & DEC Ideals

NAEYC Ideals
-To be familiar with the knowledge base of early childhood care and education and to stay informed through continuing education and training.
-To ensure that each child's culture, language, ethnicity, and family structure are recognized and valued in the program.
-To use assessment information to understand and support children's development and learning to support instruction, and identify children who may need additional services.

DEC Ideals
- We shall rely upon evidence based research and interventions to inform our practice with children and families in our care.
-We shall respect, value, promote, and encourage the active participation of all families by engaging families in meaningful ways in the assessment and intervention processes.
-We shall honor and respect the diverse backgrounds or our colleagues including such diverse characteristics as sexual orientation, race, national origin, religious beliefs, or other affiliations.



All of the ideals play a major role in the education field. These ideals will help me a better person and teacher. It will also help me to have more knowledge about this field.

Collection of Resources

Laureate Education, Inc. (2010). The resources for early childhood. Baltimore: Author.
Part 1: Postion Statements and Influential Practices

• NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from naeyc_dap_position_statement.pdf
  
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf
  
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf
  
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf
  
• NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf
  
• NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller
  
• FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved December 8, 2010 from http://community.fpg.unc.edu/sites/community.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/FPG_Snapshot_N33_EvidenceBasedPractice_09-2006.pdf
  
• Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42-53.

Part 2: Global Support for Children's Right and Well-Being

• Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010 from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf
• http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
• http://www.omep-usnc.org/
• http://acei.org/about

Part 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations

• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  http://www.naeyc.org/
  
• The Division for Early Childhood
  http://www.dec-sped.org/
  
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
  http://www.zerotothree.org/
  
• WESTED
  http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm
  
• Harvard Education Letter
  http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85
  
• FPG Child Development Institute
  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm
  
• Administration for Children and Families: Headstart's National Research Conference
  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
  
• HighScope
  http://www.highscope.org/
  
• Children's Defense Fund
  http://www.childrensdefense.org/
  
• Center for Child Care Workforce
  http://www.ccw.org/
  
• Council for Exceptional Children
  http://www.cec.sped.org/
  
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
  http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm
  
• National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
  http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/
  
• National Child Care Association
  http://www.nccanet.org/
  
• National Institute for Early Education Research
  http://nieer.org/
  
• Pre[K]Now
  http://www.preknow.org/
  
• Voices for America's Children
  http://www.voices.org/
  
• The Erikson Institute
  http://www.erikson.edu/

Part 4: Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library

• YC Young Children
• Childhood
• Journal of Child & Family Studies
• Child Study Journal
• Multicultural Education
• Early Childhood Education Journal
• Journal of Early Childhood Research
• International Journal of Early Childhood
• Early Childhood Research Quarterly
• Developmental Psychology
• Social Studies
• Maternal & Child Health Journal
• International Journal of Early Years Education

Additional Resources

Berk, L. E., & Winsler, A. (1995). Scaffolding Children's Learning: Vygotsky and Early Childhood Education. NAEYC Research into Practice Series. Volume 7. National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1509 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1426 (NAEYC catalog# 146)

Van Oers, B. (2003). Learning resources in the context of play. Promoting effective learning in early childhood. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 11(1), 7-26.

Winton, P. J., McCollum, J. A., & Catlett, C. (2007). Practical Approaches to Early Childhood Professional Development: Evidence, Strategies, and Resources [with CD-ROM]. ZERO TO THREE. National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, 2000 M Street NW Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036-3307.

Words of Inspiration and Motivation

-A kid's emotions and personality are just important as I.Q.-Edward Zigler

-Education is for improving the  lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it-Marian Wright Edelman

-Support each others growth-Self

-Shape the course and the content through my contributions-Colleagues

Personal Childhood Web

One person that has nurtured me through my life is Ms. Claudia Dillion. I used to attend her daycare center while my mom worked. Every since then, she has always had contact with me throughout my life. She is the person who was always there cheering me on to the finish line. She attended every award program, cheer competition, and graduations. She always calls to check on my success to make sure I stay on the right track. She no longer has her daycare business, because of sickness.  But now she is wanting me to take over center. Although, I feel its a big responsibility I know I can always count on her to be there.



My high school teacher Mrs. Elizabeth Crider, is another person who has a great impact on my life. My senior year in high school, with five months before going to college I wasn't sure what I wanted to do in life. One day in English class, we had to do a research paper on what we wanted to become in life. I had the hardest time because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. I discussed the matter with my teacher and she gave me a test, basically asking questions on what I liked and didn't like. After the test one of results was a teacher based on my responses. Mrs. Crider told me that she seen me as a Pre-K teacher and you will do a wonderful job. So, I went with that response and education was my major while attending college. After, graduating high school, she gave me her number to stay in contact with her through my journey. I was happy she did, because I used her number more often than I thought. She was a great help with my classes and letting me come observe her classroom for observations. She even gave me tips on how to pass the state certification test. When graduating college she was there in the stands cheering me own. She always calls me periodically now, to see do I need any classroom materials or just to talk about the education field.

Current Photo of Me

This is one my favorite quotes.

I love this book, because it teaches repetition, colors, and animals.