Wilza Louis
Well, it's almost time for my presentation and I'm excited to hear what my audiences thinks, their comments and how many if not all four parents I am going to convince to get their child screened for developmental delay. I love to hear people's feedback's so I'm ready.
I already have all my information and not sure whether I should make fliers, brochures or small books with pictures added. Can you guys please tell me what you all think?
I also would like to get some information on how I can convince my area director to make screening and assessment mandatory at the center for those children that are suspected to have developmental delays?
I have found this website you guys posted for module 4 discussion to be very helpful and insightful such as http://www.tolovechildren.org/educators/building_global_advocacy.htm, http://www.scls.info/pr/advocacy/plan.html#theplan, http://yalsa.ala.org/presentations/AdvocacyWorkbookpdf and thank you all for sharing.
I caution you wanting parents at the presentation, unless you are SURE it makes sense. Essentially you want to brainstorm with and get feedback from professionals regarding how to convince the 4 parents to get their children screened...having them there might not make sense. You want to get feedback from the professionals first, in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteYes, I got it all figured out and everything is set. I am doing two presentations on March 9th. The first one is at 9:30 a.m. with the area director, director, two teachers and a counselor from a nearby testing office to present my plan about making it mandatory to get children screened in the facility that are suspected to have a development delay and the second one at 10:00 am with the four parents that I will finally convince to get their child screened which my 9:30 am audiences agreed to be part of also:)
ReplyDeleteI feel that it is important to get as much information out to your audience. I would use a flyer that would give your audience the important information you want them to have, but then build off the major points.
ReplyDeleteOk, thank you!!
ReplyDeleteTo answers your question, I think you should proceed with caution, because you don't want to be aggressive with your convicing. Remember this is a sensitive subject with parents. No parent wants to know if there child have a developmental issue. I think you could use a brochure with information about screening and how effective they can be if implemented. Make sure the content is an easy read, you don't want the parents to be confused about what they reading. To convince your director you just have resources and other convincing components that supports your advocacy efforts to make screening mandatory at center for children who needs that assessment.
ReplyDeleteIn Maryland, we (as a center) can do informal assessment in the daily classroom. We can refer the parents to the infants and toddlers program through the county. However, the county must have parental consent before interacting with the child. Bottom line is that it must be parent initiated.
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