When I Reflect About My Collegial, Professional Learning Community

Post at least three consequences of your experience being a part of a caring, collaborative learning community for your professional growth and development. Use any format you choose. 

• The two consequences of my learning experiences are not having face to face learning,  and not able to observe how colleagues can apply their learning experiences in the field. Unfortunately, I can not think of another consequences due to the fact this was a wonderful learning experience which I can demonstrate in my career.

Post one goal for using this collegial experience to enhance your advocacy, policy, and/or system development work on behalf of young children, families, and the early childhood community.

• The goal for using this collegial experience will enhance my advocacy, policy, and system development work on behalf of young children, families, and the early childhood community because of all the knowledge I acquired and now I will be able to demonstrate within the community on how to be an informative advocate for children and families. Also, I want to be more involved with the local/state representatives for policies being implemented for early childhood funding/laws. 

My Hypotheticial Family

My hypothetical consist of the following:

A young woman married woman at 31 yrs of age was excepting her first child. The woman is married, middle class, and English are there first language. Both the woman and her husband are college graduates.

The woman was diagnosed with preeclampsia and the baby was delivered early at 31 weeks old. The woman suffered from an enlarged heart,  high blood pressure,. Two weeks after giving birth, the woman suffered from kidney failure. During this time, the baby was in the NIC Unit. Premature babies have to be at a certain weight before they can leave the hospital, and also breath on their own.

The early invention steps that would be discussed are services that would assist the parents along with immediate family members on how to start early childhood development such as receiving services within the community for children being born early. For example, reviewing the cognitive developmental stages and also being aware of the baby's gestational age difference.

Services the woman should receive are health and nutrition while being pregnant along with strengthening families of becoming first time parents and how daily life will change (for the better).