Assignment:
In this Project, you will develop an appealing and informative handout for parents offering developmentally appropriate tips for dealing with health and safety issues in children from birth to age eight. Each of the possible topics includes an ethical component that you will address in your handout.
This handout will target parent education on developmentally appropriate expectations for the age group you have chosen and give specific health and safety tips including environmental considerations. In addition you will write a short description of ethical considerations that may arise when discussing this topic with parents.
You will begin with an introductory paragraph on why the topic you selected addresses developmentally appropriate expectations for the age group you have chosen. Next, you will give specific health and safety tips for parents based on your topic. You will conclude with a discussion of how your approach to this topic aligns with NAEYC guidelines and how an early childhood care professional can address the ethical obligations to children and their families on the chosen topic.
This handout will focus on one area with ethical implications of many key issues in infant, toddler, or early childhood growth and development. You may choose from the following list of topics with ethical considerations:
1. Discipline/guidance strategies
2. Breast feeding/formula use
3. Need for child safety in with growing child independence
- can address indoor and/or outdoor environment
4. Child choice in food versus family choice
5. Sibling rivalry issues
6. Including pets in the family
7. Childhood obesity
8. Automobile safety
9. Babysitter rules, Nanny cams, privacy
10. Discipline versus punishment
11. Selecting child care
12. Community programs, Shelters and other support services
13. English Language Learners/ Multicultural Offerings
14. Responsive parenting
15. Parenting skills
16. Working with children and families while maintaining confidentiality
17. Advocacy for the health and safety of children
The NAEYC web resources in the reading this week should help you to ensure that your contributions and ideas are developmentally appropriate and inform ethical considerations. Be sure to include references at the bottom of your brochure.
Assignment Guidelines:
Use the template provided in Unit Template.doc in Course Documents. Your handout must:
- Be written in Standard American English
- APA style for references
- Single-spaced using 12-point font
Attachment:- Open Arms in Community.rar