Early Head Start Program: Case Study

Freak the Mighty is a book about two boys who both have disabilities. Freak or Kevin has a disability with growing and Max or Maxwell has a disability with learning. They were in the same day care class when they were young, but then Freak moved. When they were entering 8th grade Freak’s family, his mom and himself, moved back next to Max’s family’s, his grandparents and himself, house. They became friend and took care of each other disabilities.

August Pullman a 10 year old boy living in New York was born with a face deformity, in the book he has his two parents and his older sister, Via. Because of his face deformity he has been homeschooled since fifth grade, but his parents have decided it's time for him to go to an actual school. Conflict that takes place is when one of the kids Julian that took August on the tour is noticeably mean and makes fun of August behind his back. During the school year the kids in his class start to get used to how he looks and August feels more comfortable. Eventually a kids decides to make up a rumor that if you touch August you will get the ‘Plague”, this causes all of his classmates to avoid touching August.

On February 17th, 1942, Huey Percy Newton, named after Governor Huey P. Long, was born in Monroe, Louisiana. When Huey was a just a toddler, his family moved to Oakland, California. He was the youngest of his siblings and was very erratic and was said to have misbehaved a lot in school and on the streets. He got multiple suspensions and a few run ins with the police but eventually he matured and began to take school very seriously and pursued his education more efficiently.

Charles is a short story written by Shirley Jackson first published in 1948. Being a great example of dramatic irony, it tells the story of Laurie and his first few weeks of Kindergarten. Upon coming home from school on his first day, he recounts the tales of a poorly behaved boy named Charles who yelled at teachers and got spanked as a result. Every day, Laurie will recount similar tales to his parents of the misbehaving boy named Charles. At the PTA meeting however Laurie’s parents are surprised to not hear a single utterance of this Charles boy.

For the purpose of this paper, the child observed will be called “Red”. Red is a three-year-old male toddler with no reported history of serious illness. At his last exam, Red was found to be in the 95 percentile in weight and height amongst his peers. His mother reported that Red developed normally throughout infancy, although he struggled to eat solid foods. The mother also stated that Red had recently been admitted to a developmental school as the Arizona Behavioral Center had diagnosed him as a high functioning autistic child.

5.Characters Donald Zinkoff is the main character of the story, he is six years old at the beginning of the story as he is at First Grade. As this book tells us the evolution of Zinkoff over the years, at the end of the book, he is eleven or twelve years old because he is at sixth grade. In addition, he has a physical problem that makes him vomit unexpectedly. Also, he does not get exceptional marks at school, although he really loves going to school and he is not sensational at sports. As a consequence, his classmates start calling him loser, since he makes them not winning the Field Race.

Wonder by R.J Palacio follows the story of August Pullman, a 10 year old boy with two parents who love him very much, a supportive sister, and a lovable dog. However August was born with a facial deformity and didn’t start mainstream school, until the 5th grade. Due to August’s appearance his social relationships are hindered and August must struggle to overcome social repression. Using techniques including symbolism, characterisation and narrative structure the author conveys August’s struggle to overcome the challenge of forming relationships despite his deformity. Palacio uses symbolism to convey August’s difficulties in forming relationships with his peers.

Barrio Boy and A Day’s Wait are two stories about young boys. Barrio Boy tells the story of a first grader who takes on the journey of going to a new school in a different country, and he faces the struggle of having to learn a new language. At first, he feels very uncomfortable but eventually settles in once he realizes there are other kids there who are going through the same battle. A Day’s Wait is the story of a confused little boy who is sick. When he hears the doctor say his temperature is one-hundred and two he just sits and waits for his death.

Everyone should look up to someone. In Wonder by R.J. Palacio, a boy with a deformed face starts going to school at grade five. The boy is August. The Principal picked three students (Jack, Charlotte, and Julian) to be is tour guide because it was his first time going to a real school.

Darkness is Coming to Dinner Darkness is coming to dinner. The family of five has been going through hardship lately. The Father working two jobs supporting the family while the mother is currently laid off at her job. The oldest child, whose name is Michael, is starting to get into drugs as he is finishing up his junior year in high school. The youngest, Anthony has a learning disability which grants him most of the attention from both parents.

Anybody investigating turning into an audiologist needs a firm handle of how much duty it takes to end up distinctly an audiologist and how extraordinary the prizes are with regards to this calling. Audiologists are basically an ear specialist. They work to help analyze and treat any issues inside the fragile workings of the inward bit of the ear channel, and also the miniscule tangible bones permitting the body to identify the nearness of sound. Various individuals outside of the medicinal services calling will frequently misconstrue exactly how critical those infinitesimal parts within the human ear truly are with regards to day by day life. It's not just about having the capacity to hear as a method for correspondence or having the capacity to adapt to

Although there are over 5000 indigenous communities around the world, the global responsibility to protect the indigenous is not being realized, since Indigenous communities still suffer socio-economical disadvantages, marginalization, discrimination and denial of justice to a certain extent. This is evident throughout the world, in nations such as Australia and Canada, which pride themselves on their nations freedom, equality and safely. Australia despite being a first world nation has immensely failed at protecting it’s indigenous population, most notably it’s Indigenous youth, since over 80% of youth suicides in 2010 were of young Aborigines. Early intervention is the key to protecting Aborigines, as commented by Social Justice Minster,

Interventions Family engagement in child protective services is a difficult task that takes care, understanding and patience. It takes a crafty worker to be able to discuss issues with parents related to the safety of their children. According to Fuller, Paceley, and Schreiber (2013), parents experience greater fear when they encounter the child welfare system. Once a family has been reported the child protectives services worker has to make contact with the family and due to the involuntary nature of the visit the fear of a child being removed from the home poses a barrier to the engagement process (Fuller, Paceley, & Schreiber, 2013). Advanced CPS training techniques that seeks to strengthen family engagement through motivational interviewing

Head Start is a national, federally funded child development program that provides services with an overall goal of increasing the school readiness of young children from birth to age 5 from predominantly low-income families by supporting their development in a comprehensive way. Head Start approaches the needs of both children and their families with health, nutrition, and other social services that are designed to foster stable family relationship, enhance children’s physical and emotional well-being and establish a learning environment that supports and develop strong cognitive skills. Head Start has the philosophy that parents are a child's first and most influential teacher therefore services are offered to help prepare the parent(s)