Early Childhood Public Policy & Advocacy

I chose this specialization because of my love for policy and how I could possibly make a difference in the lives of children one day due to me advocating for them. I went to school and got a B.A in Political Science with a minor in Public Administration. I wanted to get my masters in something that represented my love for children and found this program. I hope to learn all I can to be an advocate for children. I have a high interest in helping children who have developmental delays or other issues dealing with the brain. I find that there are not a lot of people out there to help them and I want to be able to do just that. While I do not work in policy right now but in education, I hope to take what I learn in my job or future opportunities and learn to keep advocating for children in anything I do. 

Advocates are essential to the early childhood because they want to lay down the issues that are happening in children and family’s lives. Advocates recognize problems and issues that affects them in a negative way and try to do something positive about it. Becoming a skilled and confident advocate is crucial for early childhood professionals because they can make a huge difference in people’s lives by making children’s issues be heard.

What I hope to learn about public policy and advocacy are the different topics of issues that are affecting early childhood and how we as professionals can help those families. I want to know about some of the policies being formed for these issues as well. I want to know about how politics connects with early childhood issues and what they may or may not be doing to solve these problems.