Reflection

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Assignment: Reflection
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Reflection 2
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During one of the experiences of working in a daycare center, I witnessed a certain lack of
attention given to the children. I was surprised and also curious behind the reasons that cause this
inadequate one-on-one attention given to children in preschools and day care schools. On asking
the authorities for the reason behind this problem, they informed me that the tight budget given
to day care centers and preschools make it difficult to attract the best teachers and also retain
them, causing inefficiency in the way they operate and provide attention to children. I believe
that this lack of attention and care to children is probably one of the worse scenarios that most
social care and daycare centers face today, owing to monetary budgets and financial limitations
in procuring the best resources, i.e. teachers. It is imperative and non-negotiable for teachers to
provide utmost attention to each and every child at such schools because lack of responsive can
have a negative impact on the cognitive and emotional development of a child. For example, the
video below demonstrates the importance of one-on-one attention that caregivers must focus on,
and how the Science of Neglect works in shaping the functioning and development of a
toddler/child. When caregivers are unresponsive to the child, the child automatically starts crying
(Badanes, Dmitrieva & Watamura, 2012). Therefore, childcare settings and environments must
be improved as caregivers and child care institutions have tremendous potential in changing
children’s developmental trajectories (Datta Gupta & Simonsen, 2010). Hence, paying attention
to children is probably the least that caregivers can do to ensure that the child’s development
process is in the right direction.
Video link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF3j5UVCSCA