Persona: Hwan Kim is a 2 ½ year old boy whose mother, Bong Cha, and father, Kun

Persona: Hwan Kim is a 2 ½ year old boy whose mother, Bong Cha, and father, Kun Woo, are graduate students at Wayne State University. Bong Cha and Kun Woo came to the United States from Seoul, South Korea when Hwan was 1 ½ years old. Hwan stayed in Korea with his maternal grandparents while his parents came to get settled and begin their studies at the University. Both parents are doctoral candidates.
Four months ago, when Hwan was a little over 2 years old, he traveled to the U.S. with his maternal grandmother, Eun Ae, who stayed with the family for a month before returning to Seoul. Bong Cha and Kun Woo enrolled Hwan right away in the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute early childhood center on campus 3 days per week. On these three days, both parents have classes or are working on research projects. On the days Hwan stays home, the parents take turns taking care of him. He really enjoys going to the Kagopa Korean market near their home, and his favorite snack is Korean rice crackers which he sometimes brings to the early childhood center for snack.
It has been an emotional transition period for all family members. Hwan cries every day when his parents drop him off and he often cries intermittently throughout the six hours he is there, sometimes crying himself to sleep at times other than naptime.
Hwan repeats a few words over and over throughout the day: “Eomma” (mommy), “Halmeoni” (grandma), “gada” (go) and “jib” (home). His teachers have learned these words and often repeat back to him “you want mommy” or “you want to go home.” Both parents have expressed concern to Hwan’s teachers about his language because he does not say many words in Korean at home, other than a few more words indicating favorite foods. They are concerned that when they pick him up from school he is often by himself playing with the trucks on a favorite ramp.
 
Requirements for the written paper include:
• Use and refer to a persona (case study) assigned by your instructor. When discussing ‘this family’ and/or ‘this child’ in the paper, you should be referring to the child and family from the assigned persona.
• Write a paper using complete sentences with attention to punctuation, spelling, and grammar rules.
• Use headings to label each of the 9 Sections as outlined in Step 2.
• Paper should be at least 2500 words (not including the persona or the reference list).
• Follow guidelines for APA style, including a cover page, page numbers, in-text citations and a reference page.
• Throughout the paper, you must reference at least 4 different sources, including the following required sources:
o Korelek, D., Nemeth, K., and Ramsey, K., (2019). Families and Educators Together: Building Great Relationships that Support Young Children. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children
o Brilliant, P. (2017). The Essentials: Supporting Young Children with Disabilities in the Classroom. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children
o The National Center of Quality Teaching and Learning. (Winter 2014). Tips for Teachers: Curriculum Modifications: An Introduction [Handout]. US Department of Health, Office of Head Start.

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o At least one additional reliable source from the course or found through your research that reflects evidence-based practices in the field.
Personal Values, Attitudes and Experiences
Values
Values are basic and fundamental beliefs that guide or motivate actions. They help us to determine what is important to us. The following set of values are ends, goals or purposes people may have in life. Which of these values are most likely to guide YOUR actions?
Learning and growing
Having fun
Adventurous
Honesty
Feeling connected to others
Being creative
Being organized and tidy
Being independent
Being successful
Being wealthy
Salvation and eternal life Being with Friends
Being in nature
Fairness
Humor
Peace in the world
Loyalty
Working hard
Relaxation
Protecting the environment
Being physically fit
Kindness Courage
Being open-minded
Safety
Being respected
Service to others
Ethical integrity
Being with Family
An enjoyable, leisurely life
Physical and mental health
Freedom from inner conflict
Social recognition, respect and admiration
Attitudes/ Dispositions
Self-reflection as an early childhood professional is essential to being a successful teacher. An educator’s ‘attitude’ or ‘disposition’ is a component that impacts how you approach situations and is connected to your individual temperament. Think about how you approach situations and your outlook. We all demonstrate both positive and negative attitudes. Which are most characteristic of YOU?
Accepting
Aloof
Ambitious
Arrogant
Caring
Cheerful
Cheerless
Considerate
Controlling
Cooperative
Courageous
Decisive
Determined
Dependent
Disorganized
Fearful
Flexible Forgiving
Friendly
Focused
Frugal
Generous
Grateful
Gives up
Gloomy
Grumpy
Guarded
Hard working
Honest
Indecisive
Inflexible
Insecure
Insincere
Intolerant Mistrustful
Negative
Open minded
Optimistic
Pessimistic
Positive
Practical
Punctual
Realistic
Reliable
Responsible
Self-confident
Self-disciplined
Sensitive
Serious
Tolerant
Trusting
Experiences
An experience is an instance of personally encountering or undergoing something in life. The environments you are exposed to throughout your life and how your mind interprets it combines with what you already know or with new knowledge you gain as a major force that shapes who you are.
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In your paper, complete each of the 9 sections and use a heading to label each section.
Section (heading) Section 1: Child and Family
NAEYC Professional Standard and Competency n/a
Directions In this section, copy and paste the persona you were assigned.
Section (heading) Section 2: Ethical Standards
NAEYC Professional Standard and Competency 6b: Know about and uphold ethical and other early childhood professional guidelines
Directions The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct provides early childhood programs with a set of guidelines for responsible behavior in working with children, families, colleagues, and the greater community. Professionals must be able to identify applications of the ethical code in making decisions.
In this section of the paper:
• Identify at least three relevant Principles from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct Section II Ethical Responsibilities to Families.
• Explain how you would specifically apply these three Principles in your work with the assigned persona family to safeguard the family’s confidentiality and ensure ethical treatment.
Section (heading) Section 3: Personal Values, Attitudes, and Experiences
NAEYC Professional Standard and Competency n/a
Directions Professional growth in working with children’s families is a continual process guided by professional feedback, professional resources and personal reflection.
• Identify and discuss your own personal values, attitudes and experiences that may impact how you perceive the case study family and child.
• Within your discussion:
o Include at least one personal value, one personal attitude, and one personal experience.
o Identify the personal values, attitudes, and experiences that are your strengths and those that are challenges for you.
Section (heading) Section 4: Family Strengths
NAEYC Professional Standard and Competency 2a: Know about, understand and value the diversity of families.
Directions High quality early childhood programs respect the complex strengths and diversity of children and families, and demonstrate an ongoing investment in sustaining positive relationships.
In this section of the paper:
• Discuss the importance of using a strengths-based perspective when working with families.
• Identify and discuss at least three relevant strengths the persona family/child has that you would use to facilitate the family and the child’s continuing participation in your program. Be sure to include a clear explanation of why each of the three strengths were chosen.
Section (heading) Section 5: Contexts That Impact Development and Learning
NAEYC Professional Standard and Competency 1c: Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur within multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning settings as well as within a larger societal context that includes structural inequities.
Directions Learning occurs within multiple contexts, including family, culture, language, community, and early learning settings as well as within a larger society context. Think about the many contexts that impact this child and family.
In this section of the paper:
• Identify and describe at least three contexts that are relevant to the persona and would be most relevant to you as the educator as you make decisions about how to work with them within the classroom and when engaging with the family.
Section (heading) Section 6: Community Resources and Partnerships
NAEYC Professional Standard and Competency 2c: Use community resources to support young children’s learning and development and to support families, and build partnerships between early learning settings, schools and community organizations and agencies.
Directions Early childhood professionals can use community resources to support young children’s learning and development and to support families, and build partnerships between early learning settings, community organizations, and other agencies.
• Recommend a community resource (such as a community cultural resource, mental health service, early childhood special education and early intervention service, health care, adult education, English language instruction, translation/interpretation services, and/or economic assistance) for your persona family. Explain why this resource was chosen and describe how you will share this resource with the family.
• Identify an early childhood expert (such as speech pathologists and school counselors) that you, as an early childhood educator, might partner with as you support this child and family. Discuss why this expert was chosen and describe how you will partner with them.
Section (heading) Section 7: Family Engagement
NAEYC Professional Standard and Competency 2b: Collaborate as partners with families in young children’s development and learning through respectful, reciprocal relationships and engagement.
Directions Family engagement is reciprocal, strengths-based, individualized, and participatory (Koralek et. al, 2019).
In this section, address the following:
• What 2 strategies will you use to get to know the family and develop a relationship with them? Explain why each strategy was chosen and how it supports the family’s engagement.
• Identify and discuss at least 2 family communication formats and strategies you will use if this child and family was in your class. Explain how each format/strategy is a good match for this family and how it supports reciprocal communication.
Section (heading) Section 8: Curriculum Modifications
NAEYC Professional Standard and Competency 4c: Use a broad repertoire of developmentally appropriate, culturally and linguistically relevant, anti-bias and evidence-based teaching skills and strategies that reflect the principles of universal design for learning.
Directions Early childhood programs are expected to make reasonable adjustments and accommodations to program practices and policies in order to meet diverse needs of children and families allowing all children and families to fully participate.
In this section:
• Identify and describe three curriculum modifications you would implement to increase the participation of the child.
• Discuss why each of the three curriculum modifications were chosen for this particular child.
Section (heading) Section 9: Conclusion
NAEYC Professional Standard and Competency n/a
Directions Reflection is an important part of being an early childhood educator. In this section, address the following:
• In completing this assignment, what affirmed your previous understanding of working with children and families?
• In completing this assignment, what new things did you learn about yourself as an early childhood educator?
• How will completing this assignment influence your work with children and families in the future?