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  Originally posted on March 2, 2019 on Facebook Notes on my Facebook page When I was taking my Observing and Recording Behaviors of Young Children course at Bucks County Community College, I had to write a research paper about observing young children. The prompt was to discuss the purpose of assessment, assessment strategies, observer skills, assessment methods, the importance of confidentiality, and my conclusion about the importance of observation to the assessment of young children. Since the information in this essay can be very beneficial to young children with disabilities/disabled young children/differently-abled young children, their families, and observers in the education or psychology field and since certain types of assessment are used for children with disabilities/disabled children/differently-abled children and I wrote about those, I thought that this research paper would be beneficial to upload as a blog post. CONTENT WARNING:   I would like to mention that I am not a

Originally posted on March 7, 2020 on Facebook Notes on my Facebook page When I took the Intro to Psychology course at Bucks County Community College, I had to write an essay about the Multiple Intelligences Theory and as many of you know, I always post my relatable essays on my blog and I finally got around to posting this one. The Multiple Intelligences Theory invented by Howard Gardner shows that everyone has different abilities and are gifted in some area. As the saying goes, "Everyone has a talent" whether they are artistic, good at math, science, singing, acting, writing, problem-solving, or else what. Teaching this theory in classrooms for students of all abilities and all ages is a wonderful lesson especially in inclusion classrooms because it shows that despite people's differences whether they have a disability/disabilities, their race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, socioeconomic status, family life, etc., they are just like everyone else are so many ways too

Originally posted on Facebook Notes on December 29, 2018 I actually wrote this as an essay for the Family Partnerships in Early Childhood course that I took in my first semester of college and after looking back on it, I thought that this essay would be a good idea to upload as a blog post since I wrote about some of my experience with the disability/disabled community and my life as an aspiring Early Childhood Special Education teacher plus there are people with disabilities/disabled people/differently-abled people of other additional differences too. The assignment was on the subject of diversity and I had to explore the major factors that influenced my beliefs and values regarding diversity and education. Note  that some of the information stated in this essay is outdated due to updates in the lives of my family and I.     There were many parts of my education that affected my views of diversity. My family influences, cultural influences, and community influences were the biggest pa

[Image Description:   The Giver written by Lois Lowry book laying on a dark brown table. On the cover, the title and author's name are in white text and there is a man with a long beard in a black white filter along with an orangey and black silhouette of trees with thin trunks in the bottom left corner of the book's cover. ] Originally posted on August 15, 2020 on Facebook Notes on my Facebook page In seventh grade Language Arts class, my classmates and I were assigned to read "The Giver" written by Lois Lowry and I loved it so much. Then, I had to read this book again for the Children's Literature course that I took at Bucks County Community College and write an essay about it. For my essay, I chose to write about the book's theme of the dangers of conformity and since the disability/disabled/differently-abled community can relate to this social issue that exists in reality too, I am uploading my essay like I do with all of my other relevant essay assignment

[Image Description: Picture of the book Of Mice and Men  written by John Steinbeck ] Originally posted on October 12, 2019 on Facebook Notes on my Facebook page I wrote this analysis of "Of Mice and Men" written by John Steinbeck as a Research Novel Paper in the English Composition II general education course that I took at Bucks County Community College and since one of the characters has a disability, I decided to upload the essay as a blog post. TRIGGER WARNING:   If you have experienced physical violence or gun violence, this following blog post, reading this book, and watching the movie may be triggering as it exhibits graphic content. In addition, if you or someone you know have experienced discrimination against having disability/disabilities or any differences, this following blog post may still be triggering. If you need support right now, please seek help from a therapist or other mental health professional or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or

Originally posted on March 31, 2019 on Facebook Notes on my Facebook page with some small edits CONTENT WARNING:  I would like to mention that I am not a therapist or mental health professional of any kind and am sharing this content for educational purposes only. Social media should never be used as a substitute for mental nor medical health care. If you or any loved ones are experiencing any mental health concerns, it is okay to get help, and I highly recommend seeking help from a therapist and/or other mental health professional who is qualified to do so. In addition, keep in mind that everyone has mental health, and no one experiences their mental health journey the same. Every mental health/healing journey is different, and everyone has different ways that help them. You never know what anyone is going through as everyone has some type of struggles you know nothing about and not all mental health struggles and traumas are experienced the same, visible, or disclosed so always be ki

Originally posted on November 10, 2018 on Facebook Notes on my Facebook page      I actually wrote this as an essay in my Intro to Exceptionalities course that I took in my first semester at Bucks County Community College. The assignment was an Annotated Bibliography where the prompt was to write about a specific disability, what life is like for families of individuals in the disability community, culture, language, technology, instructional practices, legal protections, or issues in Special Education or that happen to the disability community. For this assignment, I decided to write about discrimination against students in the disability community. I chose this topic since it is one of the top social issues related to disabilities that I really care about. CONTENT WARNING #1: Some of the wording in the cited information is outdated and I do not talk this way but am sharing it anyway to educate for historical purposes about what wording was okay to be used when discussing disability b