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Ece 497 WK 3 Assignment

The document summarizes a parent presentation given by Habibat Lawal for a course at Lincoln Elementary School. It discusses the middle childhood period of development from ages 6 to 12, where children spend more time away from parents. It also describes the role of child development professionals in guiding and nurturing children during this stage. The purpose of the presentation was to discuss the importance of parenting, teachers, and the community working together to support optimal development in children. It introduces Bronfenbrenner's ecological system theory and Epstein's six types of parent involvement to facilitate partnerships between families and schools.

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Ece 497 WK 3 Assignment

The document summarizes a parent presentation given by Habibat Lawal for a course at Lincoln Elementary School. It discusses the middle childhood period of development from ages 6 to 12, where children spend more time away from parents. It also describes the role of child development professionals in guiding and nurturing children during this stage. The purpose of the presentation was to discuss the importance of parenting, teachers, and the community working together to support optimal development in children. It introduces Bronfenbrenner's ecological system theory and Epstein's six types of parent involvement to facilitate partnerships between families and schools.

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Parent Presentation basing on

Lincoln Elementary school

PRESENTED BY: HABIBAT LAWAL


COURSE: ECE 497
TEACHER NAME: SANDI LAVINSON

Middle Childhood Period of


Development

It is a period comprising of toddlers of 6 to 12 years of age.

Majority of children at this age are studying at sixth grade level of education.

The period contributes substantially to the next stage which is adolescent.

Characterized with expanding roles in the environment (Yeager, 2013)

Toddlers spend more time away from parents and families.

Period in development in reasoning due to flexibility in thinking, self-awareness and


identity of emotions.

Role as a Child Development


Professional

A profession that requires one to


take different roles with the
objective of guiding the toddlers.

Leading the children into a journey


of new paths and experiences.

Facilitate development of a child


through learning and
encouragement.

Nurturing children basing on


emotion, social, cognitive and
physical.

Listening, interpreting actions and


teach them about environment.

The purpose of the Child


Development presentation

Early childhood has the roots in ones personal success (Carlson,


2011).

Parents, teachers and community coming together to see children


thrive in developmental stages of their lives.

Nurturing children to survive in nature and environment through


proper parenting (Yeager, 2013).

Providing caring and supportive parenting styles that support


optimal early childhood development.

The Mesosystem from


Bronfenbrenners Ecological
System
The Mesosystem
It

involves relationship existing


between microsystem or
connections between contexts
(Carlson, 2011).
If

a child feels neglected at home,


the child can develop negative
attitude towards the teacher at
school.
Example
The

relation of the family


experience to school experiences.
The

relation of peer experience to


family experience.

Introduction to Epsteins six types


of Parent involvement

This defines 6 types of parent involvement.

It assists educators to develop school and partnership programs.

Reason to create partnership is help youngsters succeed in


school and later life (Davis, 2014).

The work of Epstein also describe challenges that are inherent


in fostering each and every type of parent that are involved as
well

The 6 types of Epstein type of


Involvement

Parenting help in bringing up a child


properly in his or her environment.

Communicating Improves listening


and communicating skills.

Volunteering helps in coming up with


resources and equipment to support
the children (Epstein, 2011)

Learning at home information is


provided to the families on how to help
the students prosper in their
development.

Decision making linking all parents


representatives to the decision made at
school and community

Collaborating with community


involving the entire community in any
decision made (Epstein, 2011)

Refernces
Tamara E. Davis, (2014). Exploring School counselling.
CengageBrain.com. Pp. 78.
Joyce L. Epstein, (2011). Schools, Family and Community
partnership: Preparing educators and improving schools. Westview
Press. Pp.435
Joanne E. Carlson, (2011). The Parent effect: How Parenting style
affects Adolescent behaviors and personality development. Pp. 201.
Daniel Yeager, (2013). Executive Function & Child Development.
W.W. Norton. Pp. 134.

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