Technology has progressed to a point where I feel that I need do something to help me keep pace with the changing world. It’s been 30 years since I attended school, I am fearful that I won’t be able to do the assignments in proper format or how to maximize the full potential of the computer. These are some of the major challenges that I am facing. I believe that as a Manager in the work force, that I have a good understanding as how to prioritize my workload. This will enable me to overcome some of the obstacles that I face.
This article is mainly to expose a different view on families in Sierra Leone and the effects of the civil war on them. This article is an extremely useful source. Compared to the other articles in my annotated bibliography I would say this is the best one because it details many specific facts on children and the sacrifices they make for their
Career Development Research Paper Adult and Family Development/ BSHS 371 October 10, 2012 Deeneice Goodson Career Development Research For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be a Social Worker for the Department of Children and Family Services. The idea of working with under privileged youth excites me. My passion is assuring that children of all ages that are in this system are provided with superior care. As an individual that entered the foster care system at two months of age, this career choice has evolved into a passion as well as a life-long dream. At the start of my continuing my education, I reluctantly made the wrong choice.
Code of Ethical Conduct Essay The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has spent years developing and supporting early childhood education and has developed a model of ethics on which early childhood educators can rely. Caring for and educating young children is an awesome responsibility filled with challenging moments and difficult choices. Preschool and kindergarten teachers, as well as day care providers, are faced with many issues and situations that can challenge their consciences. The goal of NAEYC’s Code of Ethical Conduct is to inform, not prescribe, answers in tough decisions that teachers and other early childhood professionals must make as they work with children and families. The strategy inherent in the code is to promote the application of core values, ideals, and principles to guide decision making about ethical issues.
Back ground Research for the Intergenerational Project The inspiration for the project comes for the Onley IP project which was organised by Nacro, which saw young offenders gain valuable insight in working with sufferers of dementia. (Grandville & Laidlaw 2000 p8-10, p22) The outcomes were positive because ground rules were developed and implemented and the concept of equality was pivotal from the start of the project hence this contributed to the building of social capital between the two groups who would not normally have had any kind of interaction. The report ‘Reducing Re-offending the Enterprise Option’, Delroy Fletcher, 2004 and the Nacro website both agree that re-offending is greatly reduce when an offender is in gainful training or employment and on the positive effect that mentoring has on disaffected youths and young offenders.
It purports to explain quality of life as a critical part of early intervention for both children with ASD, and their families. As I plan to discuss, Occupational Therapists play a unique role in understanding the families’ energy level for accomplishing everyday tasks and supporting all caregivers to help the child adapt and cope with everyday life. Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurological condition characterized by impairment of communicative, social, and behavioral competencies. Most children with an ASD experience limited functionality in daily routine, community involvement, and sociability. As this article explains, caring for a child with an ASD is often associated with high stress levels, often requiring mental health treatment.
What it Takes As the saying goes, “If you can dream it you can achieve it.” In spite of the limitations that are thrust upon people, they can achieve anything they put their heart, mind, and soles into. Many great contributors of the world dared to dream and they chased those dreams until they become reality. It takes an extraordinary person with character and certain personality traits to accomplish the nearly impossible. Greg Mortenson is one of those people. There are several reasons that can be accredited to why Mortenson was inspired and able to build schools in Pakistan: his parents set an example for him when he was growing up; his character told him that it was the right thing to do, and one of his personality traits made the project a success.
Through education, we incite liberation from intellectual dormancy, enhance our perspective, and cultivate prosperity. Education is the catalyst for humanitarian reemergence and emboldens us with ethical fortitude to derail revolving social inequities. In recounting his childhood in “The Joy of Reading: Superman and Me”, Sherman Alexie makes revelation of society-driven conformities: “As Indian children, we were expected to fail in the non-Indian world” (Alexie 17). When considered indigent, we become subjugated as we depend on societal provisions. To break free from such isolation, we must become educated.
It is almost as if students have a mind set that their life has to be a certain way because of the lives of their family members before them and this is simply not true. I do plan to become a teacher so I know that this is a problem that I will have to face and that I will have to deal with students suffering from generational poverty throughout my entire career. I do believe there are ways to help the children overcome this. One way that I would help the children is to help them see and realize the value of their own life and their own education. I would help the child to see that just because their parents and grandparents are education to a certain extent, doesn’t mean that’s how it has to be for them.
Running Head: MULTICULTURAL PROFICIENCY Multicultural Proficiency Lydia Brown PSY 535 Professor Anyikwa University of Phoenix Online October 12, 2009 Multicultural Proficiency Years ago I thought I was the least prejudiced and biased person alive. When I entered the field of human services, I began to recognize that I had a lot to learn about work with others, but most important, I had much to learn about what I thought about others. As an individual, I wanted to grow and change my views of others and become the person I thought I was. This also has an impact on my growth as a professional who works with others. The guidelines on Multicultural Education provide clarity for the professional working in the field of psychology.