Research Around the World

Some of the current international research topic I found were Early Childhood Australia that has been the voice for young children since 1938. Early Childhood Australia is the highest point of early childhood advocacy organizations, taking action in concerns for young children, their families and indivuals in the early childhood field. Their mission in Early Childhood Australia is to advocate and ensure quality, social justice and equity in all issue, which relates to the education and care of children from birth to eight years old. Early Childhood Australia is comparable to our U.S. established NAEYC (earlychildhoodaustralia.org).

The other noteworthy information I found on this website was a joint position statement by Early Childhood Australia (ECA) and Early Childhood Intervention Australia (ECIA) that sets out their shared commitment to inclusion in early childhood education and care (ECEC). Its purpose is to create a vision for high quality inclusive practices in early childhood education and care. It will assist everyone in ECEC services, as well as supporting professionals, to fully include children with a disability and achieve high quality outcomes for all children. It will also provide a support system for the development of policies and programs designed for all young children (earlychildhoodaustralia.org).

One other remarkable information I found on this website was the inclusive practices promoted by their position statement and are made up by strong shared partnerships, between children, families, early childhood educators and professionals. For ECA their work focuses on inclusion for all children in ECEC settings and for ECIA, children with a disability in all aspects of life (earlychildhoodaustralia.org).

 References

 Early Childhood Australia Retrieved from

 http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/

Research that Benefits Children and Families—Uplifting Stories

 A positive example of the effects of research in a real life example was done on me. In the year of 2007, my legs went very numb and I could barely move them. I went from some movement in my legs to no movement at all. After intensive test, doctors were at a loss for why this was happening. Test after test provided no results for me. I ended up being taken care of by my adult girls for about 4 months. After a lot of tears and depression, I was put into a research program dealing with electronic shock waves. There was research at the time that showed with this electrical stimulation it helped improve the back, which would help my legs.

It was very minimal electric shock waves that were sent to my back as a stimulus. This research did not give me movement, but what it did do was relieve my unbearable pain I was in at the time. This research however did help to show, I actually had a mass inside of my spinal cord, which was keeping me from moving. The surgery was immediate to remove to mass and after several months of physical therapy, I began to walk again. I do believe that research is necessary sometimes to benefit people when everything else fails. It changed my opinion of what really matters and you should never take for granted what makes you happy in your life. I had to share this with you all.    

My Personal Research Journey

The chosen topic for the simulation I chose was resilience in children. Positive relationships and environments that support healthy cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development provide the foundation for young children to develop the resources and skills they need, to cope and adapt to any types of misfortune. All young people have the capacity for positive development, resilience research should never be used to justify social and political inaction on the grounds that, but somehow, most kids make it. In the face of growing global poverty, abuse, violence, and other threats to children’s development, somehow children can no longer depend on the luck of the draw (NAEYC, 2011).

 As we are learning, young people are resilient, but they are not indestructible. My childhood growing up had lot negativity for me. My resilience was to not let it overcome me. I wanted to have a positive life. I had very positive teachers in my life who gave me the support; I was not getting at home. How children become resilient in the face of adversity, is a subject, I would like to explore (NAEYC, 2011). If any of my colleagues have any advice or insight that might help me with this research, please share.

 I Am Safe and Secure - National Association for the Education of ...  Retrieved from

http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/201103/PromotingResilience_Pizzolongo0311.pdf

Reactivating My Blog

 Joy Rutkowski http://jmrutkowski.blogspot.com

Sharon Munroe http://munroeearlychildhoodeducation.blogspot.com

Kami Linzer www.klinzer.blogspot.com

Lindsey Norman www.lovechildren1980.blogspot.com

Myisha Dunn http://appreciative-dunnm.blogspot.com

Tawanda Stewart http://thedailyscoopece.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Carlin http://bcarlin871.blogspot.com

Andrea Reavis  http://earlychildhoodaspects.blogspot.com

My Final Blog

The three consequences of learning about the international early childhood field was from the insight of The Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre’s which indicates that there are over 600 million children worldwide that live in poverty. In a lot of countries 60 percent of children live in households that are below international poverty lines. 

One consequence is to draw focus to the ways in which poverty affects large numbers of urban and rural children, not only particularly disadvantaged groups such as street children or child-headed households (childhood poverty.org).

The second is the way the CHIP program try’s to emphasize the importance of preventing poverty in the mainly vulnerable first years of life, which can reduce the consequences of poverty continuing over an individual’s life course or through the generation (childhood poverty.org).

 The consequence of poverty denies opportunities to people of all ages. Lost opportunities in childhood may not always be regained later childhood. Poverty experienced by children, even in short periods, can affect the rest of their lives. Malnutrition in early childhood, for example, can lead to life-long learning difficulties and poor health (childhood poverty.org).

 Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre’s goals for the field, all over the world are to change the, that today's poor children are often tomorrow's poor parents. Poverty can be passed on from generation to generation affecting the long-term health, wellbeing and productivity of families and of society as a whole.  CHIP says tackling childhood poverty is therefore critical for eradicating poverty and injustice world-wide (childhood poverty.org).

 Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre’s  (http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/),

Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 3

I found that UNESCO’s Early Childhood Care and Education is first in pushing for health and the development of children all over the world. Their mission is to sustain early childhood, with the goal to build foundations, so that all young children develop their potential to the fullest. The issues related to international early childhood education for my professional goals would be their determination for life skills, values and to develop the groundwork for children to learn and grow.

UNESCO's Early Childhood Care and Education encourages teaching a child to be a good citizen, career skills to learn a trade and most of all education for every child in the world. UNESCO wants every child to learn about their culture, to know about value and respect for parents and teachers. Parents are the first teachers in a child’s life, so education will come from home to start with. If children are to learn about their future, they need to learn about their past as well.

 UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and Education” Retrieved from (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/)

Sharing Web Resources

I found this site: Rand Corporation did a study to why economists, and other business and economic leaders have led the call to increase public investments in the early childhood field.

Their call is driven by research finding that underlines the importance of a strong foundation in early childhood (RAND, 2008). This was important to show that a range of early interventions can successfully, put children on the path toward positive development and preventing poor outcomes in adulthood. I found this shows, that early childhood programs will produce benefits and make up for their costs. The Rand Corporation shows how early childhood programs can produce government savings, that more than repay the costs and produce returns back to our society (RAND, 2008). This maybe a reason the government should explore reorganizing how early childhood care is delivered. If we invest in early childhood care this will produce better outcomes, save taxpayers money, and improve the quality of life for the people in whom we invest in

(RAND, 2008).

Save the Children’s mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Their 2013-2015 strategic plans, Invests in the impact for Children, builds upon our historic foundation of serving children, all children for nearly one hundred years. Save the Children’s mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve lasting change in their lives all around the world. This website gives me understanding of how justice and excellence can be served in early care education for all children (Save the Children).

I found that Head Start programs should not be for just low-income children and kids should not be on a waiting list, to be placed in Head Start regardless of income. The process of funding should be given to all children, immigrants, ELL children, because it should not matter, when it comes to children. Head Start provides quality education for lower-income, but this leaves the rest of children whose parent can’t afford quality childcare dangling. Families of immigrant children should have access to education, without any restrictions, for all young children deserve quality education, without a higher cost. Information on early childhood education should be given to read in different languages, about the services provided for children

(Matthews, & Ewen, 2010).

The RAND Corporation. (2008). What does economics tell us about early childhood policy?

Retrieved from

 http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2008/RAND_RB9352.pdf

                                            

Save the Children.

Retrieved from
http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/

                                            

Matthews, H., & Ewen, D. (2010). Early education programs and children of immigrants.

Retrieved from

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412205-early-education.pdf