"Our lives begin to end the day that we become silent about things that matter." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Throughout this journey to becoming an advocate I get excited about learning new information about what matters to me. It makes me happy to see that there are others out there that believe in the same thing that I believe in. I have become inspired by seeing families that have used the DECA in their clinical therapy sessions. This has really helped everyone involved with the family to see what is going on with the young child and what they can do to help them.
I do feel that people may look at this process and think that it is going to take a long time to get this whole thing done with. I feel that people may become discouraged and slack on following through with this assessment in the appropriate way. I also feel that people might just nod their head at me and agree because they do not believe that this assessment truly helps to identify problematic areas in a young child's learning.
I am not really having any challenging emotions that are coming over me but I am feeling anxious about how people are going to respond to the information that I am presenting. I keeping thinking if they are going to understand my reasons why and if they are going to agree that the goals I have created are attainable for their site. Implementing the action plan is going to be difficult if people do not understand the strength behind this assessment. I can probably convince the teachers to implement this assessment tool but I know how much work they already have and how this can be a burden on them.
I think it is important that people remember that when they are advocating for something that they do it with a positive attitude. Advocacy is a way to get others to know and understand how you feel a particular topic. You need to persuade them to believe you. Do not ever get discouraged about letting people know the truth about your advocacy plans and how important it is to you and others around you (especially the children and their families)
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!! ALMOST THERE!!
Christina,
ReplyDeleteI get excited about learning new things all they time, especially for my age bracket and what I am trying to accomplish. Assessments are a good way for educators to know where children need the extra help and this is always important for a child to be successful in life.
Just presenting changes for the good in what we are advocating for is a scary thing, especially if you have never advocated for others before. We advocate for our families all the time and this should give us confidence for what we want to accomplish in helping others.
The only thing I will do is to continue trying to get my point across to others and helping anyone along the way.
:) Berta Lydick
Christina
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading your post I strongly believe that you are a great advocate, with a positive attitude it might take long to get what we want but as long that you are in the process of advocating in what you believe. And your quote states "Our lives begin to end the day that we become silent about things that matter." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr Yes, because we reflect and start building up our knowledge what we did not do the first day we will do it the next day.