Here are a few questions I had:
1. How does poverty impact domestic violence?
2. What factors contributes to domestic violence?
3. How does maternal stress impact the fetal development and what implications does this have for future language development?
These questions are critical to the development of my child and how I create her storyline outlining her language and development story development. Here is a segment, from the story for you to review.
A Language and Development Story: Toddlerhood
For this application assignment, I will
conceptualize the language development and story of a child who was born three
months premature. I will create a story envisioning the language development of
a child from parental development to about 8 years old. My story will be set in
the Atlanta, Georgia in 2007. The child will be born to a newly married couple
who recently moved to Atlanta. This
application assignment will look at the language development over time and how
various factors contributed to the development of language for this child. For
this section of the assignment, I will describe the family culture and
socioeconomic status and discuss how it impacts the child’s language
development. Provide an overview of how the child is progressing through the
developmental milestone of toddlerhood in the areas of psychical,
social-emotional, cognitive, and language and literacy development. I will conclude this assignment, by
reflecting on how various dynamics intertwined with each other and affect the
child’s language ability and acquisition.
In the previous sections, I
introduced Sarah’s home life, family, and community as well as her prenatal and
infant development. Sarah was born to Kimberly and Michael on September 20,
2007. She was born three months premature due to a physical altercation between
her parents. The dramatic experience sent her mother into labor three months
early. Sarah was born only three pounds and struggled for the first couple of
months. She had many episode where she struggled to breathe due to her
underdeveloped lungs. She also developed an infection in her lungs that caused
her an extended stay in the neo-intensive care unit. Her mother and father were
both ashamed at the turn of events and dedicated the last months spending time
with her in the hospital until she was well enough to come home.
Once she as home she spent and additional month on a breathing machine to
help regulate her breathing patterns. He mother was able to stay home with her
for the first six months and her father picked up work wherever he could. Being
that Sarah’s mother has exhausted all her medical leave the family could only
survive off of any little money the father could bring in. Money, food, and
resources were scarce for Sarah and her family for the first year of her life
but through family counseling, community resources, and early intervention
programs they were able to enter toddlerhood with a glimpse of hope.
Family Culture &
Socioeconomic Status
Home life for Kimberly,
Michael, and Sarah has improve tremendously since she has turned one. There
weekly family counseling session has helped to provide the family with valuable
resources that offered in their community. Being able to talk to a professional
about the domestic violence in their marriage helped them to resolve many
issues that cause previous fights. Kimberly and Michael realized that their
financial hardship has placed a strain on their marriage and that Michael
inability to find a job made him feel inadequate as a husband and a father.
Kimberly discovered that she had developed a sense of insecurity due to their
financial situation in which she built resentment against her husband. They
also experienced pressure from their perception of what each other role would
be in their marriage. Kimberly grew up with parents who were college educated
and had careers with steady income in a Christian middle class home. Michael’s
father died before he turned two and his mother raised him as a single parent.
She struggles and never went to college her jobs changed often and they moved
many times. Michael also grew up Muslim and developed strong beliefs about the
traditional role of a husband as being the head of house hold and finically
supporting home. In the first two years of marriage their past experiences and
view caused major problems that contributed to the volatile family culture that
had established.
Through counseling, Sarah’s
family begin to create a new family culture one that was based on them discovering
what roles they were going to play based on their family’s current situation.
Utilizing new communication strategies and establishing short-term and long
term goals helps them to great a vision for their family and builds a sense of
identity as to who they are and what they bring to their community. Kimberly
was able emotionally recovered from the disappointment of having to return to
work before she wanted to and Michael was able to find a full-time job through
the local bonding program. Sarah continues to receive benefits to attended
daycare and has just transitioned into the toddler program. She has increased
her hours of sleep each night and reduced her crying episodes in half. With her
home life more stable and peaceful Sarah smiles and makes eye contact more. She
is starting to express interests in things that she wants and is attempting to verbalize one word
phases.
Some areas I would like feedback is the structure of the story and if I have made all the outside as well as inside factor's that can affect my chid's ability to develop language and literacy skills.
