Assignment: Child Development
Assignment: Child Development
Regardless of the career path that you are taking within the field of child development (teacher, parent educator, social worker, child life specialist, early interventionist etc.) you will be working with children and adolescents with disabilities. In this discussion, you will have the opportunity to read two articles that focus on different disabilities and apply your chosen career path to working with children with this disability. First, you will need to choose one of the disabilities below and read both the article in the text (Berk, L. E. (2013).Child development. (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.) and the PDF Fact Sheet listed for that disability. After reading both of the resources for the document, you will need to address the following IN 3 PARAGRAPHS:
- Describe the career path that you plan to take once you have completed your degree.
- How will understanding this disability will be crucial to your success in your work with children and their families? Make sure to provide at least two reasons.
- What ideas from the two articles will you use to support you in your own practice? For each idea, share an example of how you will implement it.
| Disability | Article in Text | PDF Fact Sheet |
| Visual impairments | Page 162 | National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities.(November, 2012).. |
| Brain Plasticity with Brain-Damaged Children | Page 188 | National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities.(October, 2012).. |
| Speech Delays | Page 285 | National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities.(January, 2011).. |
| Deaf Children and Language | Pages 362-363 | National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities.(June, 2010)..
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| Autism Spectrum Disorders | Page 457 | National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities.(June, 2010). . |
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Mindblindness” and Autism
After reading about Michael, a child with Autism” on page 457 of our textbook,Berk, L. E. (2013).Child development. (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. and the article , reflect on the following questions:
- Do you feel that Autism Spectrum Disorders are due to an impairment in an innate, core brain function or that there is a some kind of intellectual impairment involved? Why?
- Also, based on what you read about social stories, do you feel this is a valuable tool for helping children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and possibly other children who are atypically developing socially? Why or why not?
