CHALLENGING CHILD OBSERVATION ASSIGNMENT For my observation assignment I chose Sam‚ a four-year-old boy who stays in my class for the aftercare program. I have worked with Sam previously in the camp last summer and became aware of his challenging behavior. For starters‚ he has a medical condition – he is prone to epilepsy (the cause is unknown). Sam is on medication and his doctors are constantly adjusting it and testing his condition. Sam’s parents asked teachers to be on the lookout for
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move. Lucy watched the food move from the teacher’s hand to the table and the her eyes watched the teacher drop the food on the table. Once the teacher started to feed her she would watch the teacher feed her but would often stop and look at another child ignoring the teacher. This could be described as selective attention. “Selective attention is the process of tuning in to certain things while tuning out others” (Levine and Munsch‚ 2016‚ p. 189). She would get distracted and only focus on one thing
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Cabiero Child Development Chapter 13 A nurturing family is critical for the healthy development of a child. Loving families can make a child feel safe‚ secure‚ loved‚ and help promote their self-esteem and well-being. It can also help a child become more socially competent and have better communication skills than a child who does not feel these family connections. Parents who are interact in children’s activities‚ like outdoor games or reading books together can to lead to a more social child. Children
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upset with her head down‚ which reflects the idea of that how she is worried about the future and what it might hold for them‚ while holding a sleeping child in her lap. The picture captures a very sad moment. The woman has dark brown hair‚ which are tied up in a messy way and wearing a pink warm sweater with a gray scarf around her neck. The small child in her lap is sleeping soundly as he is too young to understand the situation at hand‚ he is wearing a sky blue jacket with a hoodie‚ has short dark
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This is the qualities the interviewee are imperative in a teacher. However‚ later in the interviewee’s primary school years he had a maths teacher who took a disliking to him. This teacher continuously told him he was no good at maths. As a young child‚ the interview took this to heart and withdrew from trying to learn in maths for the rest of his schooling. When discussing whether boys were treated differently to girls‚ it was evident that they were. Boys were expected to get
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Child Adoption Child adoption speech Thesis: Reasons for adopting a child Purpose: To persuade the audience to consider adoption Introduction As a social worker at this child adoption centre‚ I feel that I am the right person to speak to the people who might be potential parents for these loved ones. There is a need to review the dynamics that are involved with child adoption and its importance. The willingness to adopt a child is not enough to determine the ability of a person to become a parent
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As a child who’s been adopted‚ I feel that I am the right person to speak to the people who might be potential parents for the other children in need. There is a need to review the dynamics that are involved with child adoption and its importance. According to the Adoption Network‚ there are ample reasons people choose to adopt. Some of these are due to infertility issues‚ medical conditions preventing pregnancies‚ genetic diseases and disorders people wish not to pass down
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repeated. However‚ if you hide the object in the same place repeatedly‚ and then change the hiding place‚ Amelia has a strong tendency to look in the old hiding place‚ and then get confused about where the object is‚ or forget about it” (My Virtual Child‚ 2014). This is because based on Piaget’s Sensorimotor theory‚ in substage 4 (4 - 8 months)‚ they start to engage in “intentional or goal-directed” behavior. They are able to coordinate schemes to solve problems (Berks & Meyers‚ 2016‚ pg. 204). They
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Child Abuse All around the world children are getting abused everyday. It could be your friend‚ your neighbor‚ someone you go to school with‚ a family member‚ a loved one‚ or it can be you. Children die every year from child abuse. In 2005‚ an estimated 1‚460 children died as a result of abuse or neglect (USDHHS‚ 2007). The majority‚ almost 76.6 percent of these children were 3 years of age or younger. Most of those child fatalities happened at the hands of the parents. Before we can talk about
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Topic: Eating Disorders General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about eating disorders. Central Idea: Today I would like to share with you about eating disorders: what they are‚ their effects‚ how you can treat them‚ and how to recognize if someone you know has an eating disorder. INTRODUCTION Attention-getter: Did you know that it is estimated that eight million Americans have an eating disorder and only one in ten people with eating disorders actually get help
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