The issues that impact children and their families in the
field of early childhood education that I am most passionate about are early
intervention, developmental issues, and malnutrition. In order to be a great
advocate for these issues are to work together as a team, networking with
different people to get your voices and opinions across, and to persevere and
never give up on your goals of solving your issues. In order for me to become a
more effective advocate is to be a better communicator because of me being an
introverted person. That is my biggest problem today and it is what is most
effective of being an advocate. If I don’t communicate and network with other
people in the community and with my advocacy team then I would not be able to
progress in accomplish our goals. So I want to be able to grow in being more
open to communication and to practice public speaking skills to be a better
advocate.
Angel,
ReplyDeleteThe ability to communicate, compromise, and network are invaluable tools that an advocate will have difficulty operating without. With early intervention developmental issues can be identified and addressed the nutritional needs of children and their families can be satisfied. As an advocate for the issues you mentioned getting into the neighborhoods that are largely affected can prove helpful; mobile clinics that are available for initial testing and assessment delivers services that can be utilized by families who cannot get to other available services.
Jeanelle Hodge
Communication is indeed a huge part of advocating for young children and families. You have to be able to express the needs of young children and families to the necessary audience. And you need to be able to do it clearly and boldly.
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