Your assignment is to complete the following paper.

PAPER

Choose one of the topic choices from the list provided; one student per topic. You will write a 3–4-page paper. All papers must be typed, 12-point font size.

Your paper must have a title page and a bibliography including 2 references; one will be the textbook*; one will be an article from a journal. 

* If the textbook does not have information related to your topic, then you must use two articles as your two references. Do not use newspaper stories, only published articles are acceptable.

Choose one of the following topics to write about in your paper. You will need to reference the textbook and at least one article for your study. Internet sources may be used if the author is a well-established, published, expert in the early childhood education field.

TOPICS LIST (Choose one)

Preschool Learning Standards

Transitions to Kindergarten from Preschool

Children Living in Homelessness

It Takes a Village

Biracial Families

Marion Wright Edelman

Linguistic Diversity

Ruby Bridges

Family Literacy

From Neurons to Neighborhoods

Home-Based Education Programs

Youth Development Programs

Children and Gun Violence

Ecological Systems – Bronfenbrenner

Costs of Raising Children

Adolescent Parents

1. Collaborations – Schools and Community Agencies
2. Consumerism and Parents
3. Stress in Modern Family Life
4. Resiliency in Young Children
5. Teaching Young Children about Diversity
6. Teachers Working with Children Experiencing Divorce
7. Gay and Lesbian Families
8. Stages of Grief in Children
9. Early Head Start
10. Building Trust with Parents
11. T. Berry Brazelton – Touchpoints
12. Child Attachment and Floortime
13. Parents in School Leadership
14. Grandparents Raising Children
15. Eager to Learn – National Academy
16. Epstein’s Six Standards of Parental Involvement
17. Family and Medical Leave Act
18. Family and Work Institute
19. The Fatherhood Initiative
20. Classroom Holiday Celebrations and Diversity in Families
21. History of Head Start
22. Home Schooling
23. Galinsky’s Six-Stage Model of Parenthood
24. Problem Solving with Parents
25. School Readiness
26. Foster Parenting
27. Research on Parenting an Adopted Child
28. Research and Myths of Parenting an Only Child
29. Universal Preschool
30. Parent Volunteers in Schools
31. The Hurried Child – David Elkind
32. Children’s Defense Fund
33. NAEYC Ethical Code of Conduct
34. Bullying – How to Help the Children You Teach
35. Declaration of the Rights of the Child
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