What specific section(s) or information seemed particularly relevant to your current professional development?
On the National Black Child Development Institute http://nbcdi.org website what I found to be relevant to my current professional development was a quarterly publication offered to parents to discuss Child development and education, healthy home environment, Nutrition, and Health and Fitness. The link to the publication is: http://nbcdi.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/CHT-Winter-2011.pdf . Another section that is beneficial is Promoting Positive Nutrition Practices among Black Families. This section provided information on helping families with healthy nutrition practices and a toolkit for childcare providers.
Which ideas/statements/resources, either on the website or in an e-newsletter, did you find controversial or made you think about an issue in new ways?
Noting on the website brought anything controversial to mind. Everything on there just supported the various topics that we discussed this week. It just reflected how various issues affected the African American community in different ways.
What information does the website or the e-newsletter contain that adds to your understanding of how economists, neuroscientists, or politicians support the early childhood field?
It should how many times in low income African American community’s financial help is not readily given. So they are neglected many times in the health area not receiving proper dental and healthy eating habits. So this website gets funding from big corporations such as Wal-Mart and State Farm to help out the children and families.
What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain from exploring the website or e-newsletter?
I learned about a trend that more children are being diagnosed with, Autism. 1 in 110 children in America will be diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) this year – which includes 1 in 70 boys. African American children are diagnosed, on average, 2-5 years later than children of other races.
The trend in the ASD diagnosis comes as no surprise to me. I was just discussing that with a colleague. I have parents that "shop" around for a diagnosis of Autism. In my community "military" a diagnosis of ASD can qualify you for extra services(respite and ABA therapy). I'm not saying that this is the reason specifically for the influx.I think that African American children are diagnosed later because of the "boys will be boys" mindset and the lack of understanding of what Autism can look like.
ReplyDeleteI have been enjoying learning this organizations website for this course. It shocked me to see big coorporations stepping up to the plate and helping children and their families.