My topic for the
research simulation is “What are the long-term developmental effects in
children diagnosed with anxiety and panic disorders? Are the disorders inherited?” I’m sure that I will need to tweak this to
get it more specific; but I am finding so much information that I’m not really
sure where to go from here. So I will
continue searching for sources and decide which ones are viable for the topic I
have chosen.
I chose this topic because I had a child in my preschool class who had severe anxiety. We could not get the mother to acknowledge anything was wrong. We began communicating with her in October, going over evaluations and assessments and trying to find out how he was a home. We did our best to help him know he was safe. He really bonded with his teacher and would only play with one or two children never as a group. He was learning and when he went to kindergarten, he was not far behind other children in his class. However, she blamed him not performing academically on the teacher and school; however as time progressed she began to worry herself. She finally let us know that his father is bi-polar and has severe anxiety (so much so that he cannot hold a job). But, she waited until the last months of the school year after he went to kindergarten to get him some help. So now we are going on almost 2 years time. After the second meeting with the psychologist, he was diagnosed with dyslexia and anxiety disorder. How I wish parents would understand we know what we are talking about when we say something is wrong! We cannot make diagnoses, but we do recognize symptoms.
The research chart was
interesting. It really made you search
to find the layman’s words for some of the terminology. Believe it or not, some of the words I chose
were hard to find definitions beyond wiki and the dictionary, but I did finally
figure them out. I believe this will be
a great asset as we go along to help us with how and why we are choosing
references, questions, and other research-based techniques.
I am all ears to hear
from you all on suggestions to weed out some of the fluff from my topic. I welcome your help!
I found a very
interesting article that opened up the topic for me. I hope it will help as a reference to some of
you as we continue our journeys toward the completion of a Masters Degree. It is....
Hudson, J &
Dodd, H. (2012). Informing Early
Intervention: Preschool predictors of Anxiety disorders in middle
childhood. PLoS One v.7(8). Retrieved July 11, 2014 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3414481/
Hi Kimberly,
ReplyDeleteYour topic sounds interesting but I am having trouble with narrowing my topic down. I am happy for you. Anxiety is a issue that hinders everyone so to learn more about it will definitely be beneficial. I enjoyed your blog.
Hi Kimberly,
ReplyDeleteI think it is great you are able to research a topic that you are very close to and have experience with. Personally, I had never thought of a topic like this so I will be interested in seeing where your research takes you. I appreciate the research charts we are doing and have found my knowledge of research expanding because of them. It is definitely helping me with my confidence when it comes to research.
Tanya
Hello Kimberly,
ReplyDeleteI read your post and it really touched my heart. I am glad that you are able to find a topic that you are passionate about. I am so glad that you went the extra mile to help that child and his mom. I have a daughter who has William syndrome and I to be a mom that was in denial. I am so thankful I had overcome the fears of have a child who was different. Parents need to realized when they do not get their child the help that he/she needs they will be left behind and they are not hurting themselves, but hurt the child. I really enjoyed your post and I to want to learn more about anxiety. Have a bless week.
Temika Mccann
Kimberly,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your story. Your passion and dedication were evident as you persisted through your personal story of children with anxiety. I know that it can be frustrating when the family is not able to look at their child's behavior objectively and in some cases, such as yours, the family turns the situation around to the program. I look forward to learning more about your research, since this is something that I am not familiar with (or perhaps have never identified).
Kimberly,
ReplyDeleteYour post was very beautiful. I know it can so hard to talk to parent about our concerns as educators. We do not want to offend the parent but as always want to make sure the children in our care are getting the best qaulity care. Sometimes I wish parents would give us the information regarding a child's past or families medical background because it really does help us understand them better. You did a wonderful job with the child and the parent and I look forward to reading more about you life experiences.
Your topic sounds really interesting. We have a child at my center who is three and has been diagnosed with having bipolar. I wonder how is she going to do next year, because she came to our center at the end and was having a lot of problems adapting. I am looking forward to reading more of your post about this topic.
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