Reflecting on Building Relationships

 

Relationships are important to me because it is something that you have to deal with on a daily basis. By having relationships with people can give you a better understanding of who you are. For example, if you come from a loving and supportive family then more than likely you have a good healthy relationship with people which tell you a lot about your character. In the photos below are some of the people that I have a great relationship with. In the first photo is a picture of my immediate family which consists of me, my uncle, my grandparents, and my mother. My relationship with my family is very close knit, loving, and supportive. The next photo starting from the left is a picture of me and my mother on the day I graduated from college. My relationship with my mother is very supportive because we're all we got. My father was killed before I was born and my mother never got a chance to tell him that she was pregnant. She's a very lovely and strong single mother. She put her dreams aside to help me fulfill my own. In the middle photo is a picture of me in my best friend when we were children. My relationship with my best friend is very close. We have been friends since I was born. Our parents are best friends as well and I am her child godmother. My best friend is always there when I need her and vice versa. In the last photo is a photo of me and my sorority sisters. My relationship with my sorority sisters is very supportive and loving. Who would ever thought that all 31 of us would be chosen to become a member of an illustrious sorority. We are always there for one another, we support each other's goals and dreams, we help support the goals and dreams of our communities and we have built long lasting relationships and friendships.  

 

When I Think of Child Development

Wow, these 8weeks sure went fast!!! We expressed our knowledge about early child development, global awareness & even some of our personal stories. Now look how we have grown. This was not an easy term for me, but I did the best I could to make it work.  I want to thank all of you for the support and for the great information that was shared.  I can't wait to read someone new blogs from you guys in our next course.

 Thanks again,

 Alisha

Testing for Intelligence?

I use to work at an elementary school, where we administrate assessment test on our kindergartners called the Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS). DIBELS progress monitors our student’s development in early Literacy and reading skills. In DIBELS we test our kindergartner’s students on letter naming fluency, initial sounds fluency, word use fluency, phoneme segmentation fluency, and nonsense word fluency. Once we receive our results from DIBELS we can start placing our students in different literacy groups. We divide our students into groups of four, which would be our high, medium (average), low, and lower (Below average) groups. The content that my kindergarten students are learning is early literacy and reading skills. For example, letter naming fluency, initial sounds fluency, word use fluency, phoneme segmentation fluency, and nonsense word fluency. The students may obtain skills through flashcards, board games, picture-books, auditory books, video, and etc. By using my content, students will be able to process or make sense of what early literacy and reading skills that was learned. For my kindergartner students, the product would be any assignment or task I give to extend what they have learned. For example, having the students recite any initial sounds that they hear or ask them to recite what sounds to the hearing the name or spelling words. By the end of kindergarten, my student was be ready readers and that will help them for the rest of their lives.

Here is a video that shows how children learn and how they are assessed in Singapore, South Africa, and in rural Colombia:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn2I90km_-8

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTEDUCATION/EXTREAD/0,,contentMDK:22890488~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:7526432,00.html

 

Consequences of Stress on Children's Development

At the age of 4 paternal grandmother died of colon cancer. I was really close to her because she was one of my caregivers at the time. I dealt with my stress if her death by sleeping. During the awake and funeral I slept. My mother tried to wake me but she couldn't, so she had carried me the whole time. I finally woken after everything was over with at the repast.

Here is a video that shows how children is affected by typhoon haiyan.

 

 



 

 

http://www.euronews.com/2013/11/23/typhoon-haiyan-leaves-children-most-at-risk/

 

Child Development and Public Health (Nutrition/Malnutrition)

 (Nutrition/Malnutrition)

 

 

The public health topic that I chose is (Nutrition/Malnutrition). I chose this topic because it has a major impact on children and how they develop mentally, physically, and emotionally. We need food and water for our body to function. Children who are malnourished have problems with their weight and height. Their weight is known for their age and their height is shorter for their age. Malnourished children are more than likely to contract some kind of illnesses and diseases due to their poor immune system as a result of malnourishment. Also, by being malnourished these children might have some learning problem which will affect their academic performance. Here are some children in the families affected by malnourishment due to the drought crisis in Wajir, Kenya.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.unicefusa.org/work/nutrition/

https://www.concern.net/where-we-work/africa/rwanda/beneficiary-story/improving-childhood-malnutrition



Childbirth In Your Life and Around the World

Childbirth In My Life

 

I've never been pregnant, nor have I ever been apart of any birthing processes. So I'm going to tell you about my birth. According to my mother, she arrived at St. Francis Hospital, in Blue Island, IL on June 21, 1986 at 10:00 a.m. because she was beginning to have some cramping and contractions. She said that  my birth was a easy one. She had me naturally and I was born by 12:15p.m. She was in labor for only 3 hours. I was 6 pounds, 7 ounces and 21 inches long. I was born with jaundice, but it wasn't that severe. The doctor told her to just make sure to give me some sunlight when she got home to cure the jaundice. She said when she got home that first week she would place me in my chair and sit me in front of the window so I could receive some sunlight. Also, she told me that when I was 5months old she had me tested for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD) because my father had it and she wanted to find out if I had it, which I didn't.

Childbirth Around the World

http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Childbirth+the+age+old+way/-/957860/1509258/-/fwi2sn/-/index.html

A Note of Thanks and Support

Wow, these 8weeks sure went fast!!! We expressed are professional goals, our strength, our weaknesses, & even some of our personal stories. Now look how we have grown. I want to thank all of you for the support en for the great information that was shared. Can't wait to read someone new blogs from you guys in our next course.
Thanks again,
Alisha