Sunday, May 22, 2016

Research that benefits children and families

If I had the  means and knowledge to conduct research on any topic with no restrictions I would do research on the study of autistic children all over focusing on their behavior inside the classroom and developing techniques to improve their growth and learning. I feel like autistic children sometimes do not get treated or attended to specially for their needs. It takes a great deal of patience to work with and develop autistic children. I feel like there should be a specific person who targets and works for autistic children in all school and care facilities.  They require quite a bit more attention than a child who is not autistic.

I would fund for schools to have specially trained people focusing on the study and development of autistic children and work towards including them into society and feeling welcomed.  I recently saw a video on Facebook of this autistic child and his mother and grandma and she was upset that they were trying to not allow him to walk across the stage for his graduation. She was very vocal with the principal who tried to not let her child walk across the stage and she made a very valid statement that if you continue to treat children who are autistic as if they don't matter or are not included they will never grow or develop and advance to their fullest potential. You have to show care and love to them and not treat them as if they aren't as important because of their condition.

There are many different programs that can be invested in and developed to help autistic children and if I had the money with no limits I would definitely invest to make their lives better and help in their development. It saddens me to see people treat autistic children in such ways that only make them feel worse and I have seen it.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

My personal research journey

The topic I chose to study is how to effectively teach diverse children in early childhood.  The reason why I chose this topic specifically is because it is the area that I am focusing in my study here at walden.  This is also something that I don't have as much experience in from my teaching at the daycare center. I would love to learn more about proven techniques that could spark my own interest in the specific area and be able to develop my own creative way of teaching.  I know that earth teacher is unique and different in their own way and I want to develop my own way from my learnings.

The simulation process was fairly easy for me to choose from different subtopics to focus on within my topic. Because I want to incorporate art and acting in relation to teaching diverse children and how it can effectively help those children to open up and feel welcome and be able to reach them to help their growth and development.  So far in the course I am learning how to effectively look for quality research and what would be beneficial for me in researching.  Before this I didn't know how or what to look for in the research I find to determine if it is of quality now that I have some idea it will help me in my journey a lot more.

If anyone has any insight or ideas to share regarding teaching diverse children and any personal experiences I could benefit from hearing please share them with me I'd love to hear and rage more fri
 For future reference. Or if you have any credible resources you'd like to share that would speak to my topic that would fe great as well!