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We are committed to supporting parents and early childhood professionals by providing quality care and professional learning focusing on education and in building relationships that are responsive in rich learning environments. Everything You NeedSince each child, school, and community organization is unique, we offer completely customizable professional learning programs for early childhood education. These programs can include:
The Impacts of Early Childhood DevelopmentThe first five years of a child’s life create the foundation for children to accomplish critical developmental growth that sets the stage for later school success. From the first day of life to the first day of kindergarten, children will learn, change, and grow at an alarming pace. It is during these first years that the brain undergoes its most dramatic growth. The efforts that we put in today affect what happens tomorrow. The language of our children blossoms, motor abilities are set, thinking becomes complex, and social and emotional development affects how they learn and relate to others. All children are wired for learning. The developmental tasks necessary during their first five years center around the mastery of essential building blocks for learning to succeed in school. This includes the ability to get along with other children, make friends, become engaged in social groups, and develop the capacity to manage powerful emotions. But nothing is more critical than how the brain is attuned to environmental inputs that shape its emerging architecture. Our programs help parents, teachers, and educational professionals address these developmental tasks before they become a detriment to your children. As all children learn, change, and grow at different rates Ramey & Ramey (1999) state that all children should experience the following seven guiding essentials daily to enhance their development to be school ready:
The Center for Literacy & Learning is able to customize a program to fit the unique needs of your school, education professional or parents, so please feel free to contact us if you feel this type of program can be beneficial to you. The Journey from Freshmen to GraduationIf you would like more information on the things that are typical struggles for each year and issues that may be relevant to certain groups and suggestions on what to do, read the information below. *Information based on Chickering’s Seven Vectors (Student Development Model) Freshmen: “I’m free! Now where do I go?”Developmental Tasks:
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*Reminder that all traditional aged college students don’t always fit into neat categories. Other factors such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities influence developmental processes. Sophomores: “Do I stay or should I go?”Developmental Tasks:
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*Reminder that all traditional aged college students don’t always fit into neat categories. Other factors such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities influence developmental processes. Juniors: “I’m here and I’m confident!”Developmental Tasks:
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*Reminder that all traditional aged college students don’t always fit into neat categories. Other factors such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities influence developmental processes. Seniors: “What’s next after college?”Developmental Tasks:
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*Reminder that all traditional aged college students don’t always fit into neat categories. Other factors such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities influence developmental processes. International Students – Tips on How to Adapt to A New CultureWhat Do You Know About Culture Shock?When people come to a new environment they experience different feelings. They sometime feel happy and like this environment but after that, they begin to not only hate it, but also hate even people and everything else in the new culture. However, when they stay for enough time, they begin to adjust to this environment and enjoy their life more. These feelings are called culture shock. Here are the stages of culture shock.
Many students bring unrealistic expectations to a foreign culture. A set of cross-cultural effectiveness guidelines would include:
Certain personality characteristics which are useful to development would include:
ResourcesIssues that international students my discuss in therapy: How to deal with loneliness, depression, anxiety, culture shock, roommate conflict, homesickness; fitting in to a new culture; dating or meeting new people; not doing well in school. Information taken from Texas A&M Study Abroad program website. The Process of Growing Up and Knowing Who You Are!Past Developmental Stage: Where I just came from.You just came out of your adolescence and now your entering a new stage of development as a young adult in college. As a young adult, you may still want and need the help and guidance of your parents, and maybe dependent on them for some things, but you also are preparing for being independent and living on your own. Your biggest influence in adolescence (beside your parents) have been your peers and finding a social group helped you learn about yourself through identifying or disassociation with such peer group(s). One of several obstacle to overcome may have been peer pressure and finding or fitting into your social peer group. This has all been important in the developmental process of finding your own identity. Present Developmental Stage: Where I am now.This new developmental era you are entering through your college years will help to develop more social, intellectual, emotional and physical skills for the next stages of your life. During these years in college, you will be developing and understanding your own unique identity independent from parents, family or friend. All of the following are skills you may be challenged to learn during your college years. Everyone varies with which skills they will need to learn, and which tasks will be more challenging to master. Developmental Tasks of Young Adults (Chickering’s Model):
The overall goal in these four years is to find out who you are as a unique individual. and the challenge is to accept yourself, no matter how similar to or different from your parents and friends you may become. The struggle for both student and parents is to come to a place of acceptance with each others individuality and differences. It is not an easy task to master everything you need to before you move on to the next stage of your life? Each person will struggle with different things. This time in your life will bring new experiences, and experiments to try new things. Some things in your life will come into question or will be challenged. College provides the environment to be exposed to different ideas, people, and experiences. Anytime you struggle with new information, it can cause stress. A person can feel anxiety, fear, confusion, imbalance, and insecurity. Anytime a person is struggling, it is an opportunity for positive growth to occur. These struggles can be from:
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The best way to deal with a struggle and master the developmental task at hand is to seek the appropriate university resources. CAPS can help with many of the issue or challenges that you will face during your years here at UCF. What are the implications of developmental task as a student?Developmental Tasks:. Choosing a career path (more focus on personal and academic life and job opportunities). Increased commitment to intimate relationships including friendships and a better sense of interdependence.. Better sense of values clarification.. Increased self-confidence in purpose, role, beliefs etc…. What is the role of a learning facilitator?The Learning Facilitator reviews learning needs and uses suitable approaches to meet desired learning outcomes and learner needs. He/She delivers learning content, supports group discussions and responds to queries. He/She drives learner development by actively providing feedback and learner support.
What is the role of teacher in developmental task?Teacher is the first person from whom child learns his social skills in school. Teachers make him comfortable and guide him the early concepts and developmental skills of life. Open minded , well balanced and a planned teacher has a great power to bring a positive change in the child's development.
What was the teachers role in this lesson instructor or facilitator motivate your response?The teacher role
The teacher's main role is as a facilitator – there to offer support and advice when needed, and to provide the necessary scaffolding and teaching of skills when necessary.
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