This study examined how executive functioning (EF) skills can be a predictor of success in children who experience homelessness and are entering kindergarten or first grade. This study was focused on 138 children living in 3 emergency homeless shelters for at least 3 days. Observations were made in the late summers of 2008 and 2009 and carried over into the fall of the upcoming school years. Sample This sample consists of 138 children entering kindergarten or first grade. The children themselves
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This paper will discuss a child that was observed on a number of occasions in their family setting at home. It will explore the student social worker’s understanding of child development linking theory and reality. . A critical account based on six observations sessions of the child development on….. drawing on what has been seen and student knowledge on appropriate milestones‚ literature research and social work theory. The student will reflect on their role as an observer and what has been learnt
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Each child develops in his or her own ways and that is acceptable. Ann seemed to have a stronger sense of development in some areas over others. Beyond the milestones listed in the back of the textbook‚ Ann relates to what we discussed in class thus far this
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Project #2: Child Observation February 24‚ 2011 Observation Write-up: For this project I observed a 6 year old boy named Michael. Michael is a good friend of my son Dylan and our families are somewhat close‚ it had been sometime since our last visit together when we arranged a play date for the purpose of this project. We chose to go up to the mountains to play in the snow. Our two families drove in separate cars and upon arriving at our destination we greeted
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Play Observation Play Observation While observing Gabriel for a period of one week‚ there were many concerns in his interactions with others and the difficulty he seemed to have making new friends. Many of the other children in class did not seem to accept his high energy and would have rather not played with him. When Gabriel tried to join a group of children‚ some children would welcome him‚ but ignore him and other children would verbally let him know that they did not want to play with him
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Child Observation Paper Jason Betts Pacific Oaks College November 12‚ 2012 The purpose of this paper is to discuss and review my observation of a 7 year old African American male who is being raised by his grandmother (45 year old Bi-racial female who has 9 children of her own; 7 of the children are still in the house). During my observation of “Jackson”‚ I focused on the following domains of child development: * Physical * Cognitive * Social * Emotional I applied Attachment
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factors. According to Webster’s dictionary the word play means‚ activities done for fun or enjoyment. (Merriam-Webster) Play is important to young children and their exploration. Free play is a monitored activity‚ which is a special interest of child. When an infant and toddler
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children for a total of one hour in their home. The observation occurred on March 15th‚2017‚ this started at approximately 2:00 PM ending at 3:00 PM. The main focuses of my observation tool place in their living room as well as their play room. Most of the time their mom was in the room with us‚ but during the times when she was absent‚ the children’s oldest sister‚ age 16‚ was in the room as well. Some factors that may have influenced my observations would be the fact that the kids were on
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Child Observation Paper After observing a nine month old child for this Child Observation paper‚ the author of this paper has taken copious notes during the session. The purpose of this paper is recognizing the biological‚ cognitive and psychosocial development of the child. The author of this paper identified the background history of the child‚ the observation made and the development process of the child. BACKGROUND The child chosen for this child observation paper is a nine month old male
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I observed a child just over 1 year old. I’ll call her‚ Rae. Rae has an older sister‚ we’ll call her Jo. When I first began observing her‚ she was playing with her sister and was smiling. I assume she was having fun. She seemed fine until her mom popped out and went to the restroom. She also had trouble sharing with her older sister. I noticed that Rae was always trying to stand and walk‚ she’s wobbly. The first major thing I observed was that Rae seemed to have a problem departing from her mom
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