The Global Children’s Initiative is a great initiate designed to strengthen our youth around the world. They have placed their focus on early childhood development, child mental health, and children in crisis and conflict situations. These three areas are relatable in every culture. We all have to take into considerations the importance of how our children are effected by each of these domains an d how we can be of service to help them grow and succeed in these areas.
It was very interesting to learn about Zambian Early Childhood Development. Not too many studies have been done there, and this was an opportunity to see where the children were with their development. In May of 2010 the students were given the first assessments done there. Several students were assessed and they found the assessments feasible. The center is hoping that these assessments can offer better practices for the school system and new ideas to help globally.
Learning that this initiative is taking an active roll in learning more about child mental health is great. I think that our children are going through so much more than we ever had to experience in the past. It saddens me that they are exposed to so much at an early age. At Harvard they are building a team to study the significant gaps in information on this issue. They are doing research, and public engagement to get to the bottom of things. They are looking at several countries and how the children may be facing different types of mental health issues. I look forward to hearing more about their findings.
Un Buen Comienzo (UBC), “A Good Start,” is and initiative in Chile to help early childhood development through the teachers. By strengthening their teachers they feel that the students will benefit highly. I think this is such a good idea. One of the main focuses is language development for children ages 4 – 6 years old. I am glad to see that they are starting with the teachers to improve the development in their school systems. I think it is also important for them to look at the policy makers and administrators too and allow them to see how much work and effort goes into teaching our children daily.
Monique
ReplyDeleteThe website about Chile was interesting. I think that a project that helps teachers is great because the teachers help the students, as teachers we need to keep abreast with the changing in order to meet the needs of the students. Thanks or sharing.
Monica,
ReplyDeleteI like how the Global Children's Initiative has placed their main focus on early childhood development. I think the project is making a significant effort to keep in mind the best interest of the children. I too found the Zambian Early Childhood Development project interesting. The initiative in Chile, was interesting as well. Starting with the teachers is where it should start. Making sure that teachers have what they need is first and foremost because they are the one's children look up to and it is our responsibility to meet their needs.