It's a new semester with lots of new and wonderful things to learn. I look forward to learning more about policies and systems in place for the early childhood field. These are my goals for this present course.
1.
Gain a clearer understanding of the 5 C’s
(Coverage, Clinical Care, Coordination, Consultation, Community Health) and how
they relate to my major assessment topic and other issues that I face in the
field of early childhood/speech pathology.
It is important to have a clear
understanding of the 5 C’s so that I can a better understanding of the child
and the family dynamic as well as the childs’ general well-being. If the child is sick all the time then their
progress may be impeded. However, if
they have the right advocates that are providing the necessary referrals then
the child can get the help that he/she needs and then move on to getting the
larger problems and needs taken care of.
With a focus on early intervention knowing and having a background
history of this information is very vital to taking steps to help the child (Kagan
& Kauerz, 2012).
2.
Formulate a clearer, more specific idea/plan of
what I can presently do in my community and at the local level to strengthen
the special needs/early intervention component of the early childhood system
It is important for me to formulate a
specific plan so that I can understand the depth of the issues and problems in
my community. I must also formulate a
plan so that I will be forced to look at programs from the bottom up and
determine what foundational issues may be causing problems. I must gain a deeper understanding versus a
surface knowledge of what is going on. By focusing on the community I will be helping
those
individuals’ that have a very large influence on the children in different
neighborhoods thus impacting the early childhood system (Kagan & Kauerz,
2012).
3.
Find as many systems and policies in place that
support my topic for the major assessment in varying specialties (psychology,
science, education, language, health) and determine Evidence Based Practice for
what has worked and what has not worked.
This is an essential step because I must know
what has already been researched in my topic area, what has worked, what is in
place and what is not in place so I can determine where I need to concentrate
the majority of my efforts. If I don’t
know what is already in place I may duplicate a program that has already been
tried or try a strategy that may not work in a specific community due to the
majority population. I must also
understand the policies in place for early childhood so that I can have a
starting point for developing my own policies.
I must evaluate the systems and policies in place to help me formulate a
system/policy for my major assessment topic (Kagan & Kauerz, 2012).
References
Kagan, S. L., & Kauerz, K. (Eds.).
(2012). Early childhood systems: Transforming early
learning. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
