Bookmarks by Imari Bracy

Statement of Significance of the Project for the Field of Child Development - By Lentise Perkins

2020-12-09 02:59:31 UTC

The educational and developmental opportunities available to children in their early years have a lasting effect on their health in adulthood. Social determinants of health such as poverty, racism, limited access to health care, low levels of education and stigma are fundamental factors of health inequities.

In this research project we will review the following:

1. Identify and review social determinants that affect early childhood development.

2. Review the largest determinant of health, poverty and the detrimental effects it has on children and why is it absolutely necessary to combat it.

3. Multiple studies have indicated there is a correlation between children living in poverty and special needs education; review factors that influence the success of special education.

Social determinants are detrimental to health and can lead to inclusion in daily life and premature death. Efforts to improve the health of children must also involve their families and include equal access to benefits that include comprehensive support services, health care and education.

Table of Contents - Lentise Perkins

2020-12-09 03:08:44 UTC

Introduction
General overview topic

The Effects Of Childhood Poverty- Imari
Unequal Childhoods: Race, Class, Family and its effects of education-Toya
Early Intervention and Support for Students with Special Needs- Melissa Ng
Social Determinants of Health and the Affects on Child Development - Lentise Perkins

Statements of Significance
a) The Field of Child
Development
b) The Project for Society
Biographies

Meet The Group (Bios)

ibracy4 — 2020-12-09 21:09:50 UTC

Hello everyone my name is Imari Bracy. I am currently a junior, my goal when I graduate is to become either a BCBA or a School Psychologist. I currently work as a preschool teacher. I also live in Los Angeles California. Children are my absolute passion, and to better understand them and to become a the best teacher necessary I chose to major in child development

Lentise Perkins is the Director of Business Operations for the Clinical Resource Hub at the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center, where she oversees the implementation of Tele-Primary Care and Tele-Mental Health services into the community based outpatient clinics. She graduated from City College of San Francisco with associate degrees in General Education, Health Education, Social and Behavior Sciences and Science and Mathematics. The Bay Area native is currently pursing her undergraduate degree Human Development (Adult Development and Gerontology Concentration) and hopes to continue her education by obtaining her graduate degree in Nursing (Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner) and enhance her career as a Nurse Practitioner.

Melissa Ng is currently an early childhood educator in Palo Alto, she specializes in one on one developmental support, curriculum development, and relationship building. Her educational work experience includes serving as a para educator in special education, supporting families and children with moderate to severe behavioral issues. She holds an associates degree in early childhood education and is a certified yoga teacher for adults and children. She is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in human development with a concentration in adolescent development as well as her multiple subject teaching credential.

Kiltoya is a mom of a college student and taking my first semester here as CSUEB. I am currently working as a Program Coordinator at DVC and have custody of my eight year old brother. I plan to work as a teacher as my short term goal and open a in home day care as my long term goal.

Statements of Significance of this Research for Society

melissang225 — 2020-12-09 22:02:26 UTC

The research of this project exemplifies how early detection of determinants regarding health, poverty and education offer opportunity to provide aid to children and their families prior to experiencing significant or traumatizing life altering struggles. Children become the future of society, and the implementation of early interventions in all three areas promotes the upbringing of well adjusted healthy adults. Individuals experiencing distressed childhoods and inequities can suffer from long term health deficiencies, educational gaps that prevent future job stability, or develop struggles with mental health. What this research contributes is more evidence that efforts in early assistance can be key to supporting and preventing detrimental life events.

Welcome Message

ibracy4 — 2020-12-09 22:55:16 UTC

Hello to all of our fellow students. I would like to introduce our group. My name is Imari, we also have Melissa and Kiltoya and Lentise. Our overall topic focuses on providing services to children who stand at a disadvantage for different reasons. All of us spoke to someone who works with these children and are currently providing the needed services to help better the children. We focus on race and class. To start off with the first subtopic, Imari's projected focused on Children who are living in poverty, what effect does this have on them and why it is necessary to combat it. Melissa Ng focused on efficiency and effective methods for providing early intervention for young children. She focused on the process of evaluations and the overall process that takes place when services are being provided at the school. Lentise focused on the impact of social disadvantage and inequities, which are evident from birth and have a profound effect on health across the life course and Kiltoya focused on unequal childhoods and went further into detail by identifying and discussing the disadvantages that Race, Class, family and education have on education opportunities,

Childhood Poverty

ibracy4 — 2020-12-10 01:00:51 UTC

Video On Findings

Media Story on Childhood Poverty (1)

ibracy4 — 2020-12-10 01:19:09 UTC

This story was conducted at Carson elmentry school in Cincnati Ohio in 2017. This news segment give in depth view of how childhood poverty negatively affects their school performance. The teacher discuss the higher turnover rate and other areas. Ninety five precent of the students live below the poverty line and you can visually the see the majority of these children are Black or Brown students.

Media Story on Childhood poverty (2)

ibracy4 — 2020-12-10 01:24:24 UTC

Something that I discussed in my paper was how living in poverty can cause cause toxic stress, and toxic stress can have damaging effects on the brain. In the docu series conducted by PBS. We learn from professionals what these effects are. There are a two families who are interview that share their experiences

Childhood Poverty

ibracy4 — 2020-12-10 01:48:07 UTC

https://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(15)00383-6/fulltext
Lit review
Poverty is Not Just an Indicator: The Relationship Between Income, Poverty, and Child Well-Being by Ajay Chaudry, PhD and
Christopher Wimer, PhD was the most impactful litterer that I used for my project. This article gave data from everything from the rising rates of poverty down to many of things that happen with children who are living in poverty. It is the article that kicked of my research to dig deeper. This article sums up what my research project is in one article. The best thing about this particular article was all the statical data. The graph showing the increase in poverty. Great article

Lentise and Kiltoya ( Statement in related to research)
Both of these ladies focus on how class affects children in the educational system. Lentise research touches on this as well as Toya. Both of the ladies also show how this can affect children well into their adult lives. Both of their research gives solutions to begin to combat the issues that they have presented

📹Video findings

2020-12-10 03:39:00 UTC

Kiltoya Lash

summary of scholarly source- Kiltoya Lash

2020-12-10 03:43:33 UTC

In “From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt” Gloria Ladson-Billings argues why white kids score higher in educational achievement and how the gap was created. Historical reasons such as blacks not being allowed and education until slavery ended. Indians were only allowed education to assimilate. Latinos were also denied education, even filing desegregation lawsuits in 1946. Economically blacks were paid lower wages and kept from purchasing properties so school funding is significantly lower in these areas. The amount spent on white spent on white students is significantly higher than its counterparts. Socio political reasons such as not having representatives at local or state level who cared about the needs of the black or minority family. With a history of exclusion, families are not part of the decision making. Last, a moral debt to an entire race of people who have been oppressed for over 400 years under all institutions and systems constructed. With all these factors pitted against black, brown, yellow and red children, the expectations of the achievement gap closing is unreasonable.

Media stories
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2020/12/09/these-five-issues-are-at-the-heart-of-all-k-12-education-policy-debates/?sh=64ba656860d8

These Five Issues Are At the Heart of All K-12 Education Policy Debates discusses the issues that surround inequalities in the educational system and what needs to happen. Funding, race, religion, student needs and assessments are looked at to find what hinders equal education and how it should be handled.

The Black-White Wealth Gap Will Widen Educational Disparities During the Coronavirus Pandemic - This article argues the overwhelming black-white wealth gap, and lack of resources contribute to black children falling further behind during the pandemic due to overwhelming job loss, and low school funding in impoverished neighborhoods. Racial inequalities create an unfairness on how students are impacted.

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2020/08/12/489260/black-white-wealth-gap-will-widen-educational-disparities-coronavirus-pandemic/

Similar projects:
My topic is similar to Imari because we look at how race and disparity creates unequal experiences for children living in America. We both find that due to the history of oppression minority students have a disadvantage when it comes to resources and support. Lower standards for certain groups causes a cycle of poverty, mental health problems and low performing students. My research also is similar to Lentise who researched how social determinants of health contribute to inequalities that affect early childhood. This will lead into their adulthood creating a cycle of despair. We all took different routes but found the same results of unfairness.

Early Intervention and Support for Students with Special Needs

melissang225 — 2020-12-10 03:48:18 UTC

📹second picture

2020-12-10 03:54:50 UTC

Kiltoya Lash

Summary of Scholarly Source

2020-12-10 04:07:01 UTC

Children's health and development outcomes follow a social gradient: the further up the socioeconomic spectrum, the better the outcomes. Based upon a review of multiple forms of evidence, and with a specific focus upon Australia, this article investigates the causes of these socially produced inequities, their impact upon health and development during the early years and what works to reduce these inequities.

Media Story

https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/30/suppl_2/ii102/643035

Article significant to Support for Students

melissang225 — 2020-12-10 04:10:38 UTC

“Culturally Responsive Beliefs and Practices of General and Special Education Teachers Within a Response to Intervention Framework” by Gretchan Robinson, is a great article about instructors learning to accommodate student’s variety of backgrounds and needs in order to help their educational acquisition. Prior to understanding differences in culture and practices students may have been misunderstood or referred to programs they did not actually require had the instructor had training on how to better interact with them. In regards to special education, it can be extra challenging to understand how to reach a student with language or culture different from themselves. What this articles shines a light on is teachers willing to learn and understand differences in lifestyles, practices, and situations different from them are more willing to open their classrooms and make efforts to accommodate the diversity.

Robinson, G. G. (20126). Culturally Responsive Beliefs and Practices of General and Special Education Teachers Within a Response to Intervention Framework. Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, (16), 22-36.

Statement of relation to other research

melissang225 — 2020-12-10 04:12:07 UTC

My portion of the project relates to Imari Bracy and Letise Perkins in that educational settings are often places for children to be identified for other outside interventions regarding health or social services. Educators are mandated reporters for the wellbeing of children. In special education, students are often recipients of aid from public health and school meal programs. Our three studies have overlapping spheres where poverty, health, and developmental characteristics can effect a students educational progress and may be determinants for their placement in special educational services.

Newsweek Article

melissang225 — 2020-12-10 04:13:19 UTC

This article is about a special education teacher in rural Kentucky delivering school lunches, teaching zoom courses, and meeting with students that cannot afford internet for in person lessons and worksheet packets. Fortunately the district and its community have been proactive about distance learning prior to COVID to help students and families during times of inclement weather.

Local News from Palo Alto

melissang225 — 2020-12-10 04:14:52 UTC

This an article local to Palo Alto. It is about how a public school’s special education department was the first in its area to experiment with opening schools during the summer after shelter in place orders. The focus is on how the school facility was changed to adapt to COVID safety guides known at the time and returning special ed students requiring in person instruction and teaching them new classroom routines to make their smaller COVID friendly as serviceable to their students at possible.

Social Determinants of Health and the Effects on Early Childhood

2020-12-10 04:16:24 UTC

Lentise Perkins

Social Determinants of Health and the Effects on Early Childhood

2020-12-10 04:39:46 UTC

Lentise Perkins

Social Determinants of Health and Effects on Early Childhood Article

2020-12-10 04:44:22 UTC

Lentise Perkins