My Hypothetical Family Situation

I am married. My husband and I have opted for adoption of a toddler. The toddler is a boy and is deaf. My husband works as a fireman and I own a preschool. I guess you could say middle class would be our socioeconomic status. Neither I or my husband come from super well-off families. We had to make to decision about the kind of life we wanted and we went from their pursuing what was in our hearts. English is our primary language. Childcare will be available as I am an owner of a preschool and there will be professionals there that can work with my toddler on his sign language in the classroom as well as teach other children sign language.  Considering the comprehensive systems I would have to say that Health and Family Leadership and Support would benefit my child now and in the future.  With my toddler being deaf there will have to be serious observations done to make sure he is hitting milestones. I don’t want his impairment to limit, which I don’t believe it will but rather use it as an advantage.

The Political Will to Improve Early Childhood Systems

What I have learned this week that early learning advocate research is so beyond the surface level. Advocates go to greats lengths such as starting initiatives and/or being apart of them, getting involved in local politics, attending important meetings that concern early learning. It is definitely a lot. What has appealed to me is the different ways that we can get involved even if we aren't advocates. On a lot of the cites there are ways to see how to help or get involved and simply just connecting and sending emails. I see advocates as those reporters that report from the scene. We have such an advantage because we see first hand what the issues are and also have the access to get the issue to important people that can make a change.