Thursday, March 14, 2013
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field of early childhood field is so broad, however, the topic that interests
me is on “Response to Intervention in Early Childhood”. I am employed at an education service center
in Texas as a Child Find Educator (for the past two months, previously I was
the secretary for the Early Childhood Intervention Program for 20 years). We work with babies, birth to three years of
age who have developmental delays or a medical diagnosis by going to their
homes and providing services in their environmental setting. As the Child Find Educator, I will be
providing services to all children between the ages of birth to 21 years of
age. I know that research will play a
very important role in my position now with the knowledge gained through this
class and my classmates I hope to make a difference in the life of these
children. I have found that using the NAEYC website helps me enormously in researching information for this topic. Are there any other resources you might think that is also credible and will help me in finding more information on my chosen topic? Any information will be helpful and appreciated.
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Have you tried Zero to Three yet
ReplyDelete(http://www.zerotothree.org/)? I understand you are helping children up to the age of 21, but there may be some useful information on Early Childhood Intervention.
Best of luck to you in both your career and your research.
I agree with Jessica on looking at the Zero to Three website. They have lots of resources on there that may be helpful to you. I think you picked a good topic. Not many people are familiar with response to invention so hopefully you can shed some light on what it is and how it works. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting topic! One resource that I find particularly interesting is FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina. Very useful website for ECE.
ReplyDeleteThe link is http://fpg.unc.edu
I hope you and the children gain success working together.
ReplyDeleteAre there any specific reason that the group of children you
will work with have developmental delays? Were the parents on
drugs? Did they lack prenatal care? Was it diagnosed during
the mothers pregnancy? Are the parents involved? I have seen
how children with special needs rely solely on their parents
nurture and support throughout childhood and adulthood. What
actually happens to them if their parent for any reason is
unable able to care for them, what happens to the children then?