Module 2: Who are Families (2/3-2/9)

Contents

Module Objectives

In this module you will:

  • Explore the strengths and struggles diverse families encounter
  • Identify methods to form relationships with families, based on their characteristics
  • Identify best practices for working with families who have infants

Activity #1: Exploring Families

Pick 1 reading:

Watch Our Family: A Film About Family Diversity (2016)

 

RESPOND

Citing extensively from both the videos and the reading (I explain how to cite in posts in this video) answer the questions below:

    1. How are the strategies you identified in Module 1 working? What is going well? What may need to be changed? What have you learned about yourself as a student in an online class?
    2. How do you define family?
    3. Which article did you chose? Why?
    4. What are the strengths of the families you read about and saw in the videos? How specifically did the families demonstrate those strengths?
    5. What challenges do the families you read and saw in the videos face?

REPLY

Identify a colleague who read a different article than you did. In your response, explain how the strengths of the families you read about and your colleague read about are similar and how they are different. How are the challenges the families face similar and different?

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Activity #2: Best Practices for Working with Families Who Have Infants

What are the best practices for working with families who have infants from the reading and video in this module?  Identify your source (reading or video) as you develop the list.

Your reading may have described families of older children; how can you apply the information to families who have infants?

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