I chose to explore and learn more about the Zero To Three
site (http://www.zerotothree.org/about-us/).
I did subscribe to receive the newsletters, however, their newsletter only
comes out the first of the month and therefore I have not received the
newsletter yet. So, for this assignment I went exploring and learned as much as
I could from their site.
Zero To Three is a national nonprofit organization that
provides parents, professionals and policymakers the knowledge and the know-how
to nurture early development (Zero To Three, 2012). It is their mission to encourage the health
and development of infants and toddlers. One thing that stuck out to me the
most is the number of children who are maltreated. There are a greater number
of younger children abused and neglected than that of older children. Younger
children also spend a longer period of time in foster care than older children
do. The quicker support and intervention is given to the child, the quicker it
is for the healthy development to be restored. Before learning from Zero To
Three, I thought older children were abused and neglected more.
Lastly, I did not see anything geared to just one
culture. All information I read was
about children in general no matter what their race gender, disability, etc. I
did notice though that this site did have different categories for all
different types of kids and they did mention that no two kids are alike so if
you were looking to learn more about child behaviors, to look at each child as
their own.
Hi Victoria,
ReplyDeleteI also chose Zero to Three for my website. I have always found useful information when doing research and I like reading their articles. Thanks for sharing.
Amy
Hi Victoria,
ReplyDeleteYou are teaching me newfound knowledge. I wasn't aware of younger children being abused and neglected more than the older ones! The website I chose, Children's Defense Fund, also send their newsletters out once a month. I'm not sure how that will work throughout this course but I'll continue to look through the site for more knowledge about their organization. Thanks for the new knowledge
Latasha
Victoria,
ReplyDeleteI have not explored the Zero To Three website much, but have been very impressed by people affiliated with the organization. For one previous course there was a media presentation in which someone from Zero To Three spoke. I very much liked her down-to-earth approach. She was very conscious of other cultures and the current trends in our field. I'm anxious to see what all you find out from their newsletters. Perhaps I will have to subscribe myself!
Amanda
Hi Victoria,
ReplyDeleteThanks for that choice, Zero to three is indeed a great site. It has useful information for parents, professionals and policy markers. It was so helpful to me when I joined this course.
Thank you
Florence