This assignment addresses the following NAEYC Standards:

• Knowing and understanding of the multiple influences on the development and learning of children.  [NAEYC Standard 1b]
• Knowing about and understanding diverse fam­ily and community characteristics. [NAEYC Standard 2a]
• Supporting and engaging families and communities through respectful, reciprocal relationships [NAEYC Standard 2b]
  • Involving families and communities in their children’s development and learning.  [NAEYC Standard 2c]
  • Engaging in continuous, collaborative learning to inform practice [NAEYC Standard 6c]
  • Written and verbal skills [NAEYC Supportive Skill 3]
  • Making connections between prior knowledgeable/experience and new learning [NAEYC Supportive Skill 4]
  • Identifying and using professional resources [NAEYC Supportive Skill 5]

Course Competencies: 4, 5, 11

For this assignment you will respond to the following question: 

How does poverty affect the functioning of the family system, thereby placing all domains of development at risk [physical, cognitive, social-emotional]?

You will write a paper that is a minimum of 2 pages [less than 2 pages will not be graded] in length, use the APA format, and include the following:

• An interesting and thoughtful introduction and conclusion.  Your conclusion will summarize what you learned and explain how you will use this information in your work with young children.
• Identify how poverty can affect the functioning of the family system

ü  Include 2-3 affects upon the family

ü  Include information from your research

• Identify how poverty can affect a child’s physical development

ü  Include 2-3 affects upon a child’s physical development

ü  Include information from your research

• Identify how poverty can affect a child’s cognitive development

ü  Include 2-3 affects upon a child’s cognitive development

ü  Include information from your research

• Identify how poverty can affect a child’s social-emotional development

ü  Include 2-3 affects upon a child’s social-emotional development

ü  Include information from your research

• Explain how you will change or apply what you have learned on family poverty in your work with young children currently or in the future

ü  Include 2-3 ways you will change your practice or why you will continue with a current practice based on what you have learned

• Identified two resources to support families

ü  Provided a clear and informative statement on how each identified resource would support families

ü  You are welcome to reflect on local resources specific to your community, or comment on any of the following:  Head Start, Charitable Union, Community Action, Family and Children’s Services, Family Health Center, Food Bank, Goodwill Industries, HandsOn, (The) Haven of Rest Ministries, etc. 

                         Please use Community Action or Head Start for this section because I work for them. Thank you!

• Professional language usage, correct grammar and spelling, double spaced [12 pt font]

Information for your paper will be based upon any of the following sources:

1. Class discussions, activities, and lectures
2. Readings from the textbook
3. Readings from professional journals
4. Readings from Internet research articles

All information must be appropriately cited. Please include one page of resources. Number each resource.  The following link contains an APA Style Guide on how to properly cite resources:

  http://guides.kellogg.edu/content.php?pid=32706&sid=1809991