Childbirth In My Life

I have a reflection of myself for this reflection of childbirth. I can reflect back to June 13, 1996 from 2:05 pm until June 14, 1996 at 8:28 am. My son was born after over 21 hours of labor. I remember being in a small hospital room, without lights and resting on my left side for hours because my blood pressure was up. As I waited and waited finally the door opened and my mother raised up to see who was entering and there came a Arican American woman. She was a mid wife by title and she was so helpful to me. She was supportive and was able to talk me through every step of the way. She was there with me until I delivered. Africa is another country who uses mid wives and it was the country I thought of when she entered the room. It is also the reason I chose Africa. In some instances they are unfortunate to not be able to have doctors and midwives are helpful. Although they are not medical professionals they are there to deliver.

Thank you Thank you

I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to all of my classmates for the knowlege and support during these 8 weeks. I hope and pray for sincere success and your continue with your education and be the best you can be.

Examining Codes of Ethics

NAEYC I-1.1 To be familiar with the knowledge base of early childhood care and education and stay informed through continuing education and training. In my professional you can never learn too much when the world is forever changing. The world of early childhood is a continuous learning opportunity in order for us to teach we have to be taught through training and continuous education. I-1.3 To recognize and respect the uniquie qualities, abilities, and potential of each child. This idea I have great respect for in my profession. As we know through our learnings there is no one child who displays the exact same personality, or behavior. They all learn at their time and potential. Teaching children from where they are is important and is a belief I have. Respect and key is the foundation. I-1.8 To support the right of each child to play and learn in an inclusive environment that meets the needs of children with and disabilities. I believe all children can learn in an inclusive environment. We need to make our environements learning enviornments for the children being proactive in learning our children and their families helps us to understand the needs of the children with or without disabilities. This is a basis for me in my profession we can add to the environments to help build and encourage development. DEC We shall use individually appropriate assessment strategies including multiple sources of information such as observations, interviews with significant caregivers, formal and informal assessments to determine children's learning styles, strengths, and challenges. In my field I have learn there are many ways to determine how to assess a child everything does not work for everyone. Being creative and stepping outside of the box is where I am. Research and preparations through observations is important and much to be learned. We shall honor and respect the diverse of our colleagues including such diverse characteristics as sexual orientation, race national origin, religious beliefs, or other affiliations. It is not our responsibility to judge. In my profession I respect each and everyone a we are here to teach and be taught and this is my view with my colleagues we can all learn from each other with our diverse backgrounds. We shall support professionals new to the field by mentoring them in the practice of evidence and ethically based services. In our field we all had to start somewhere therefore we all must support each other and remember we all have one goal nurturing and educating in our field. Times are sometimes hard when you are new and learning and when you have a support system there are others we can turn to for sound advice along with experienced ideas. This class has involved me more in my field of study and in my profession it has broaden my horizons professionally and personally. To my colleagues thank you for all of your insights and thoughts. We are educating the future leaders.

Growing My Collection of Resources 2

From Wk5 Resources
Zero to Three:  National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010).  Infant toddler policy agenda.  Retrieved May 26, 2010 form http://main.zerotothree.

NAEYC. (2009) Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8.  Retrieved May 26, 2010 from http://www.naeyc.org

The Division of Early Childhood
http://www.dec-sped.org



    

Growing My Collection of Resources

Erik Erikson's Developmental Stages
He discussesthe developmentall stages we go through in life.  This is definitely a must read for all individuals to educate themselves on life.
www.support4change.com

Dr. Earlene Walker-Kelly, Sumter, SC
An instructor and Dean of the Early Childhood department of Williamsburg Technical College.  She is a winderful speaker and the angel of my eye.  She taught me the early childhood field and assisted me on my journey.

As adults we always have a thought or dream of what we could have done or should have done as a child.
Tom Robbins has this quote "It is never toolate to have a happy childhood."  If you want it achieve it.

A special thought for the days to come.  "We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today."  Stacia Tauscher