MAKE AN IPAD SAFE FOR KIDS

Posted on | Friday, January 13, 2012 | No Comments

At two-years old, my son is already obsessed with the gadgets I bring home from work. He knows my iPod Touch can play Elmo songs and has a Sesame Street app. He knows theChumby I use as an alarm clock also has games on it. But nothing prepared me for the day I brought an iPad home. He went nuts.
Years from now there will probably be a study detailing how much damage I'm doing to my kid by letting him play games and watch Sesame Street on my iPad, but for now, it's great to watch his face light up when I bring it in the room. I imagine there must be other iPad-toting parents out there in the same situation.
That said, I do worry that if I ever left my kid alone with the iPad (or any computer) for even a minute, he might find some disturbing content online. Hell, you can barely search for Sesame Street videos on YouTube without coming across someone lighting a Tickle-Me-Elmo on fire or remixing him into a gangster rapper.
Fortunately, the iPad (as well as the iPhone and iPod Touch) includes a set of restriction settings that parents can use to limit its access to the Internet and censor the playback of mature music and videos. To see how it's done, check out my How To video on CNET TV

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How Do Children Use Television?, How Are Children Affected by Television?

Posted on | Saturday, April 9, 2011 | No Comments

By 1999, 78 percent of homes with children and adolescents received at least basic cable, enabling children to grow up with a wide variety of general audience and child-oriented programming.


Television's introduction was accompanied by excitement and optimism, followed almost immediately by criticisms and concerns about its impact on children's development. Critics linked television to every ill effect from hyperactive toddlers to violent youth, prompting consideration of regulations for children's television. Changes in regulations have been fueled not only by political shifts but also by ongoing research on children's use of television and television's influences on children's development.


To understand television's potential impact on development, one must consider how much children watch television, how they direct their attention, and what they comprehend.


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Education of Children with Hearing Impairment

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Many children with hearing impairments are able to succeed within the public school system. Some children with severe hearing impairments attend schools for children who are hearing impaired and deaf. Many children with hearing impairments are able to learn to communicate well with their peers. Children can learn to speak well and to read lips to help them interact with fellow students who are not hearing impaired.

As with any disability, early intervention can help with the education of children with hearing impairments. Students who work with an audiologist can excel when they enter into school and as they progress through the grades. Children can learn to master sign language before they even enter into grade school.

There are some devices that can help with the education of children with hearing impairments. Of course, this depends upon the type and severity of a child’s impairment. Some amplifiers can be used by students in a classroom to help them hear their teacher if their hearing is impaired but not non-existent.

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Educate island parents, children

Posted on | Sunday, April 3, 2011 | No Comments

By : Lydia D. Tenorio
Lydia D. Tenorio is administrator of the Department of Public Health and Social Services Bureau of Social Services

Unfortunately, our island community is not exclusive or an exception to the exposure and impact of child abuse and neglect against our own children. In fiscal 2010, Child Protective Services received 1,403 referrals involving 2,032 children. The top three reported cases of maltreatment involved physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse.
Support services to the family are a major contributor to the prevention of child abuse and can be designed to strengthen and stabilize families, increase parental abilities and provide a safe and stable family environment and enhance child development.

Child abuse and neglect prevention covers a spectrum of services. For risk factors, programs can be developed toward substance abuse, support groups for families affected by domestic violence, respite care for families with children who have disabilities, among other areas. For protective factors, we can educate children with the knowledge and skills to protect themselves from becoming victims, promote positive relationships between children and parents, and teach parents the skills needed to raise healthy children and provide a safe home, among other areas.

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New Directions for Early Childhood Education and Care in the 21st Century: International Perspectives

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As the importance of early childhood education continues to rise, New Directions for Early Childhood Education and Care in the 21st Century: International Perspectives provides a comprehensive look at the structure and management of early childhood education in culturally diverse settings. This text consists of eleven chapters which explore early childhood education and child care in countries such as the United States, Japan and Britain. The format of each chapter varies, as some contributors summarize present and past research and others focus more on the curricular and historical changes that impact how young children are educated.

Chapter 1 focuses on Korea and the current trends that affect early childhood education and child-care. The reader is offered a brief review on background information, such as the changing nature of family structure and women's participation in the economy, which has drastically affected the ability of early childhood kindergartens to care for this changing demographic. At the close of the chapter, current education policy and support is discussed as well as the future perspective of this country's early childhood education system. The author provides an outline of this system, which is based in a theoretical perspective that the Chinese government has undertaken to reform and restore its early childhood education.

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