7. National Early Childhood Transition Center (NECTC)
http://www.hdi.uky.edu/nectc/NECTC
The National Early Childhood Transition Center (NECTC) examines factors that promote successful transitions between infant/toddler programs, preschool programs, and public school programs for young children with disabilities and their families. The NECTC comes from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. Parents can utilize the website to download tips for what to expect at each transition stage and how they can better assist their children, how to talk to teachers so that they are aware and informed of the special education needs of the child, and how to prepare an older child for life beyond primary school.
8. Birth Defect esearch for Children, Inc. http://www.birthdefects.org
For parents of those with IDD, the personalized attention at home can be the most important factor in a child's intellectual, social, and transitional development (Nachshen, & Minnes, 2005). The Birth Defect esearch for Children association offers parents…...
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Parent Interview
This interview is conducted with the mother of a five-year-old patient who is suffering from Autism. Due to privacy reasons, the name of the patient has been completely changed.
When your child's disability was initially suspected? Please discuss who brought it to parents attention. If it was the parent who first suspected it, what was the cause for the suspicion?
The child's disability was initially noted when Jessica was three years of age. This disability came more into my attention when Jessica's younger sibling reached about one year of age. Comparison between the two siblings showed that something was really wrong with Jessica. As opposed to her younger brother, Jessica was more socially withdrawn. We used to notice that Jessica didn't respond as readily to her name and panicked a lot in large gatherings. Thinking it was just a normal infant reaction, we didn't pay much attention to it before. Even…...
Parent Education Program
Children and young adults have a strong connection with their environment. The concept of parenting determines the outcome of a child's growth and development. Parenting education is, therefore necessary in strengthening families through provision of signs, efficient education and support and ensuring maximum environment for stronger growth and development of parents/nurses and children. Caregivers link effective parental educational programs with reduced rates of child mistreatment and abandon, normal cognitive and emotional development in children, improved knowledge of child development and parenting abilities, and more effective parental supervision and discipline (Azar, Nix, & Makin-Byrd, 2005).
Efficient parent education programs occur in various types and found in many locations. However, some parent education programs are universal and useful to any parent, while others are significant for specific population's demands. In essence, parent education falls into various categories; home-based, group-based, through newsletters or community services. Even though, there is a high range…...
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Armstrong, M.I., Birnie-Lefcovitch, S., & Ungar, M.T. (2005). Pathways between social support, family well-beings, quality of parenting, and child resilience: What we know. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 14(2), 269-281.
Azar, S.T., Nix, R.L., & Makin-Byrd, K.N. (2005). Parenting schemas and the process of change. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 31(1), 45-58.
Barth, R.P., Landsverk, J., Chamberlain, P., Reid, J.B., Rolls, J.A., Hurlburt, M.S., et al. (2005). Parent-training programs in child welfare services: Planning for a more evidence-based approach to serving biological parents. Research on Social Work Practice, 15(5), 353-371.
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Parents and Education
Select three educational settings in your community. Contact members of the program staff and interview them to determine the following:
How does their program de-ne parent involvement? Do they have a policy statement or mission statement? What does their choice of parent involvement activities reveal about their philosophy of parent involvement?
Parent involvement is defined as the parent's attendance to meetings, reviewing their child's reports from the school and assisting children with homework. These settings do have a mission statement. Their choice of parent involvement relates their philosophy of providing the best education possible in a community-based educational setting. They involve the community and parents in their decisions about their programs and are open to what the parents and community has to say about the educational setting.
Parents are involved in many activities at this educational institutions witin the community including various activities such as fall festivals and other regularly scheduled…...
Parent Education
In Support of Parenting Education
In an perfect world, every child would be wanted and loved, and all parents would have the capacity and the desire to raise children who are healthy, mentally and physically strong, and displaying high moral integrity. Sadly, this is not the case. Some parents are, unfortunately, not much interested in what happens with their children. Other parents are not pleased with what is happening in the home with their children but do not know what to do to create effective change. Still other parents are unaware that there is another way, a better way, of parenting. Parent education could help in all of these scenarios.
The literature demonstrates that parenting interventions improve the quality of the relationship parents have with the children as well as improving child social behavior (Scott, O'Connor, Furth, Mathias, Price, and Doolan 2010). Programs have been particularly effective when delivered to motivated,…...
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Brannon, Diana. "Character Education -- a Joint Responsibility." Education Digest 73.8 (2008):
56- 60.
Parker, David C., Nelson, Jennifer S., and Burns, Matthew K. "Comparison of Correlates of Classroom behavior problems in schools with and without a school-wide character education program. Psychology in the Schools 47.8 (2010): 817-827..
Parent Caregiving: The Emotional and Monetary Issues
Eliot's afternoons and coffeespoons rings truer today than ever before. With the potential collapse of social security and the concurrent aging of America's population, care for the elderly has rocketed from a backburner issues to one that is a source of stress for most adults nationwide.
The American Association of Retired Persons lists a number of issues involved in parent caregiving, all of which are suffused with the emotionality of turning the tables and asking children to care for parents instead of vice versa.
First, the AARP cites balancing work and caregiving. (AARP, 2005, 1) When entrusted with the care of a parent, the task may become entirely all-consuming. Children may quickly lose sight of a very important balance between their own careers and caring for their parent, and this could result in a poor balance of emotionality. For instance, the child may feel -- subconsciously…...
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Interview Analysis
Frankly, the first interview was disturbing to conduct. The parent, a young woman who had been a teenage mother was raising a daughter who seemed almost destined to follow in her mother's footsteps. Although the interview questions, themselves, did not elicit information that would lead the interviewer to that conclusion, the mother was very open about her own life experiences. She got pregnant at 15, when she was a freshman in high school. The father of her child was an adult at the time, a high-school dropout who had been involved in gang activity. He was incarcerated for the first time during her pregnancy, and has spent the last 15 years in and out of prison. He has been involved in robberies and other gang activity, and was a suspect in a murder, though there was not enough evidence to charge him with that crime. hen he is not…...
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Violence. 2004. American Psychological Association. 3 Mar. 2009 http://www.apahelpcenter.org/featuredtopics/feature.php?id=38&ch=3.
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The author cites other research which suggests that parental behaviors do not have any effect on the psychological characteristics of their children. The author concludes that the largest and most wide reaching studies suggests that parental behavior has relatively little long-term influence on how children turn out and behave when adults.
etzstein, C. (1996, October 8). Poor parenting blamed for teen problems: Giving children choices can hurt. The ashington Times, 2.
In this newspaper article the author suggests that parents are linked to the behavior that children exhibit at home and in school. The purpose of the article is to argue that when parents offer children too many choices rather than set limits on their behaviors, children learn to disrespect parents and turn to anti-social behaviors to regain feelings of control and power. The author does not closely examine empirically the relationship between parental behavior and children's behavior or psychopathology specifically,…...
mlaWetzstein, C. (1996, October 8). Poor parenting blamed for teen problems: Giving children choices can hurt. The Washington Times, 2.
In this newspaper article the author suggests that parents are linked to the behavior that children exhibit at home and in school. The purpose of the article is to argue that when parents offer children too many choices rather than set limits on their behaviors, children learn to disrespect parents and turn to anti-social behaviors to regain feelings of control and power. The author does not closely examine empirically the relationship between parental behavior and children's behavior or psychopathology specifically, however does examine the relationship that exist between parental influences and teenager behavior. The author does offer subjective conclusions regarding parental behavior however. The author suggests those parental feelings of helplessness and a well intentioned desire to allow their children freedom often results in a syndrome where children become over-empowered, and subsequently feel helpless and less secure. The answer to children's behavioral problems is more control from parents, who have an obligation to make children feel secure by setting limits, showing that they are secure themselves in their idealisms.
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Parents and Their Children's Education
Giving a child education is the most precious gift a parent can offer to their child. Paying for school fees is not the only role that a parent has to play when it come to her child's education. Parents should be involved in their children education more than just financially. However some parents fail to get involved in their children's education due to some factors. The paper will look at some of these factors that have been cited as barriers to parents' involvement in their children's education.
Most parents want to get involved with their child's school life. Most parents have some life demands that act as barriers to their involvement in their child's education.one of these factors is time; most of the parents have other commitments part from their child's schooling.one of these commitments is work. Work is the overall commitment and excuses that most of…...
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Reynolds, J.(2005)Parents' involvement in their children's learning and schools. Retrieved October 30, 2013 from http://familyandparenting.web-platform.net/Filestore/Documents/publications/Parental_Involvement_Reynolds.pdf
Family and Parenting Institute.(2013). Barriers to parental involvement. Retrieved October 30, 2013 from http://www.familyandparenting.org/our_work/All-Other-Subjects/Early-Home-Learning-Matters/Practitioners-Section/Engaging+parents/Barriers-to-parental-involvement
.. It is our only son, ventured the husand." (Pirandello, 1918, line 35). The fat man contradicts the husand of the ulky woman who does nothing ut so: "What difference does it make? You can spoil your only son with excessive attentions, ut you cannot love him more than you would all your other children if you had any" (Pirandello, 1918, lines 36-38). He evokes the loss of his son, and admits that he is oth happy and proud that his son died in the front. The fat man is the least selfish of the seven passengers ecause he is capale of recalling his youth, and understanding why his son was happy to die for his country. He does not focus on his pain, ut on how his son wanted to die: "Why then shouldn't we consider the feelings of our children whey they are twenty?" (Pirandello, 1918, lines 74-75);…...
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They argue that the U.S. Constitution is color blind and while conceding that racial diversity is a noble goal, seek to achieve it through 'race-neutral' means. They also insist on a level playing field for all American citizens, regardless of their race. Such arguments can be found in the concurring opinion of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Thomas, who wrote a separate opinion endorsing the ruling. The liberals point out that the long history of slavery in the U.S., racial discrimination against the blacks, and the Jim Crow laws make it necessary that the Affirmative Action laws should continue in order to counter the social and economic disadvantages of the black community. They fear that the conservative insistence on 'equal opportunity' and a 'level playing field' is just another manifestation of the deep-rooted racism in American society. The dissenting opinions in this case, too, are largely based on such…...
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Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 Et Al." No. 05-908. Find Law for Professionals. 2007. August 5, 2007. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=U.S.&navby=case&vol=000&invol=05-908
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This desire of the Presidents has not always worked according to plan: Justice Earl Warren, for example, who was nominated by President Eisenhower (a Conservative) turned out to be one of the most liberal judges in U.S. history
In the popular perception, Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito are the Court's "conservative" judges, while Justices Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer are categorized as "liberal"; Justice Kennedy is generally considered as a "moderate conservative"
Parent-Child Attachment
It is now widely recognized by psychologists that the first few years of a child's experiences are crucial in her subsequent personality and behavioral development. The most critical aspect in this regard is the child's relationship with her parents in the formative years. The recognition of this simple fact has led to the development of the "attachment theory" that emphasizes the importance of a close parent-child relationship in promoting a balanced, caring and trustful individual -- so essential for the evolution of a healthy society. This essay gives a brief overview of the "parent-child attachment theory" and outlines its importance.
Various people have carried out research on parent-child attachment during the last sixty years. Prominent names among them are John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth and William Sears. (Nix 2005) Bowlby, regarded as the father of the attachment theory, believed that all infants would become "attached" to their care-givers regardless of the…...
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Nix, Nelle. (2005). "Strings Attached: The Ins and Outs of Attachment Parenting." Parenthood.com. Retrieved on October 19, 2005 from http://parenting.parenthood.com/articles.html?article_id=7301
Attachment is defined as "the emotional bond that forms between two people" in psychological terms. (Nix 2005)
It is possible that the teacher can identify the weaknesses that the child has relative to the standards. eing able to hone on problem areas, along with the help from the teacher, will reinforce to the teacher that these are this particular students problem areas. Hopefully, this will address the areas that have issues in both the school setting and will also set up the parents to help in the appropriate areas of help and guidance at home. The school-home connection is an important one that can further reinforce things that are taught (Milne, 2011). In this case, it would be important to help the teacher at home to summarize key events of an era, identify the human and physical characteristics of places, among other things at home so that the same information is being constantly reinforced.
Again, the home-school relationship is very important and communication with the teacher to…...
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Haynie and Payne (as cited in Haggerty et al., 2013) also note that if exposure to negative peer influences is higher amongst Black youth, then the relationship between behavior of a violent nature and race could be mediated by negative peers. In an attempt to further examine racial disparity in violent offending, the authors in this case as I have already pointed out in the introductory section also seek to "examine race differences in mean levels and the impact of these risks and protective factors on self-reported behavior." This is particularly important especially given that in the past, crime statistics have indicated that race disparities in violent crime do exist. Indeed, according to Puzzanchera (as cited in Haggerty et al., 2013), "Black juveniles are five times more likely to be arrested for violent crime than are White juveniles." Studies that have been conducted in an attempt to explain this…...
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Some games rated by the video game industry as appropriate for everyone still contain potentially harmful content like violence or sexually explicit material. (Anderson & Ferlazzo, 2006) Unlike a movie, a parent cannot entirely screen a video game. A parent cannot watch a video game from beginning to end, merely trust the rating system. At best, the parent can play the game once or twice, which will not give the viewer a complete idea about the full range of the game's content or how it encourages the player to act violently towards imaginary villains. Aware of the negative impact of video games, the Federal Trade Commission has tried to limit the sale of M. For mature rated video games to children. But can you really trust the government to police what's inside the boxes of the approved video games? ("Undercover Shop Finds Decrease in Sales of M-Rated Video Games…...
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According to some authors, divorce is a problem when it comes to delinquency. Others do not see a strong correlation. For example, "The variables that predict male delinquency were found to be different from those that predict female delinquency. Characteristics of the parents' marriage play an important role for boys, while misbehavior of girls is more strongly predicted by variables measuring parent-child interaction and parental control." comes from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1533-8525.1982.tb01014.x/abstract and appears to say that only boys are affected by factors in their parents' marriage when it comes to delinquency. However, this article: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J087v39n01_07#.UnhDkOLufLY states that divorce is a cause of....
In August Wilson’s Fences, the author explores several themes as they relate to the central themes of race, fatherhood, and manhood in the United States. One of the themes that he tackles is the concept of fate, though the approach is less about life being preordained as it is an examination of how history, social circumstances, and upbringing can combine to make some events appear preordained or fated rather than the intervention of some type of divine or supernatural fate. This contextual analysis of manhood in a political situation that seems designed to challenge it was explored by
Negative Effects of Homework Essay Titles
Cyberbullying, which is defined as bullying that takes place over digital devices, is both similar to and different from traditional bullying. In addition, it can take place in isolation or in combination with traditional forms of bullying. It can involve a wide range of behaviors, including posing or sharing negative, harmful, mean, false, embarrassing, or humiliating information about the target. It can also involve harassing behaviors. Sometimes cyberbullying behaviors are criminal, and sometimes they are not. Cyberbullying can occur on social media, in emails, by text or DM, in SMS, in games, in forums, and in a....
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