Monday, March 5, 2012
observation
This week I am going to write about something which I noticed at my service learning cite last week. I volunteer at Child Haven which is a non profit organization which works with children who come from back grounds of abuse and neglect. Therefor many of these children need more attention and we are encouraged to hug them and hold them so they feel the closeness which they may be lacking with their family. We have a new sub since a employee is on vacation for a few months, and she refused to hold a child. To me it seemed like this child so badly wanted this sub's approval by being held, and the sub was rejecting her by turning her down. The child just got more and more upset crying to the point of coughing and the sub still would not budge. This really bothered me and was hard for me to watch I think it was really harsh for this sub to completely blow off this child's needs. The child is only 2 years old and needs that love from every staff member.
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Through my coursework in the Early Childhood and Family Study major, I got to volunteer at The First Place in Seattle. The First Place recognizes challenges associated with homelessness and is uniquely suited K through 6th grade students experiencing this reality. At The First Place, we have children that have families who deal with mental illness, single parenthood, domestic violence, substance abuse, and former incarceration of a parent. Many children at The First Place face challenges that effect their development at an early age because they are at lower socioeconomic level. This is why we deal with many children who are delayed in their development and achievement of developmental milestones. They need special help in order to learn at a normal pace. I greatly wanted to help these children to learn and grow as typically developing children their age. For me, volunteering at The First Place was like therapy after a long day of psychology. To see the kid’s smiles, despite any problems the child might be experiencing outside the preschool, is priceless. Seeing the kid’s progress throughout the year pushed me to put more effort into the program.
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