LaShawn Savage Education Blog

    Society as a whole place so much inferences on children and what they know and how they are seen and rated as a result of their development. As educators can not base the child's intelligence on assessments that just cover a few domains of development. I feel that it so important to take the time to look at each domain of development as we assess children. The assessments help the families of our students look for the help that the children may need to help them live a normal and productive life.      There are a number of assessment test that help us as teachers pinpoint the students need for services to help them to overcome developmental delays so they can live a normal life. The assessments also help us to determine and promote exceptional students that have a higher than normal IQ get the educational developmental services that will help them to succeed beyond measures.       There are assessments that assess all are...

The item of stress that I chose to focus on is poverty. About 15 million children in the United States – 21% of all children – live in families with incomes below the federal poverty threshold , a measurement that has been shown to underestimate the  needs of families . Research shows that, on average, families need an income of about twice that level to cover basic expenses. Using this standard, 43% of children live in low-income families. (nccp.org) As a result of this we are faced with an epidemic in the United States. Factors that contribute to poverty is the unemployment as well as under employment. Some children are considered born into poverty because of their race, social class or where they live. Poverty effects children in many ways. The first way is their physical and mental development. Children who live in poverty often experience hunger due to not enough money for food. Their parents may have to choose whether to pay the rent and utilities and putting food on the t...