Sharing Web Resources Week 6

The Global funding for children

 

The organization had many success stories.  The disability stories were very interesting. In Ethiopia many developmental disorders and disabilities are often misunderstood and misdiagnosed. Children with disorders are believed to be cursed or devil possessed.

Zemi Yemus son had autism and she could not find a place for him to learn and socialize with other children. She then nicknamed her son Joy. Zemi decided to create The Joy Center for Children with Autism and Related Disorders.  Since the severity of autism varies, the center focusses on helping each child see his or her unique potential. The center also developed a curriculum to enhance communication and language skills.

The center has made a difference in children’s lives in Ethiopia and now children with disabilities and disorders have a place to learn, succeed, and grow developmentally.

I have gained new insight on how many people in Ethiopia is aware about many disabilities disorders. Many people need to become educated about different types of disabilities and how to care for these children. They are not many resources in the community which are available to assist them. I also learned that many children with disabilities are neglected because parents are not aware about the disorder or disabilities. Every child deserves to learn and be educated even children with special needs.

 

Reference

http://www.globalfundingforchildren.org

Getting to Know Your International Contacts Part 2

I read an article on how stress affects the brain. In the absence of a supportive relationship with an adult, children can experience chronic and unrelenting stress which can be toxic to brain development. The article briefly discusses three types of stress.

Positive stress is an important factor pertaining to healthy development. The environment is stable and supportive which helps to restore the response system to baseline.

Tolerable stress is a psychological state that disrupts the brain but is buffered by supportive relationship that stimulate adaptive coping. An example could be death, serious illnesses, divorce, and other circumstances.

Lastly Toxic stress is the most harmful especially in the absence of stable adult support. Some common risks are family violence, physical and emotional violence, severe and maternal depression and other situations.

I have gain detailed insight on how stress can extremely affect children during the early years.  Stress affects the body in many ways which can become deadly. It is so important for adults to provide a safe, nuturing, healthy, environment for children during their childhood. Adults lives affects children future.

 

Reference

Jack P. Shankoff, M.D. (2011) How Stress Affects the Brain retrieved from

http://www.stanford.edu/group/scspi/_media/pdf/pathways/winter_2011/PathwaysWinter11.pdf

Harvard University’s “Global Children’s Initiative” website (http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/),

Sharing Web Resources

The following articles are the three that I thought were most interesting and important concerning the needs of children and families.

U.S. Department of Education (n.d.). Early learning initiative. Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/early-learning

Cauthen N. K., & Fass, S. (2009). 10 important questions about child poverty and family economic hardship. Retrieved from National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) website: http://www.nccp.org/pages/pdf/page_131.pdf

 Children’s Defense Fund. (2010). Ending childhood poverty. Retrieved from http://www.childrensdefense.org/policy-priorities/ending-child-poverty/

I was informed about many other programs offered under U.S Department of Education. Early learning is extremely important for our children future growth, development, and education. It seems as if many organizations’ are taking children early learning more seriously now than ever. Even many preschool programs are leaning more toward children academics.

Poverty among children is very controversial. Poverty has been an issue for many years. I have reviewed many articles on organization doing research on how to end poverty. I believe that some of the organizations are reaching out to children and families in need.

Economists, politicians, and neuroscientists are investing more in early childhood education. People are always looking for more ways to invest. The early childhood field is a great demand and there are always ways to improve young children education.