Week Five post 1

From this weeks reading something that stuck out to me was intervention programs for children. Intervention programs are ways to narrow the learning gap for children who may have a harder time learning things. According to the department of education’s website early intervention “Supports services and resources for children that enhance daily opportunities for learning provided in settings where a child would be if he/she did not have a developmental delay and disability, provides families' independence and competencies, and respects families' strengths, values and diversity” (Early Intervention). The process of early intervention is a really good way to allow children to not only receive a beginning education before kindergarten but to gain a better understanding of basic learning skills. One program that receives support from the state is head start which serves children who have set goal to be met and get a head start on education. Since head start and other early intervention programs have been created to assist in ways for parents to seek help for there child by allowing them to gain support for maybe a learning disability or developmental delays. Programs created for child like this is an excellent resource for parents to use so there child can gain equal opportunities and learn new things. As stated in the text from the program head start something that has changed since it was first started is the amount of time and effort put forth to help children with literacy; since more and more child know a different language other than English. Since more effort is being put forth for literacy children may gain a stronger sense of reading and interaction skills by being a part of head start.  

Early Intervention.  http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/early_intervention/8710