2.07 Personal Statement

As a Family Advocate, I work with families and children from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. It is important to focus on building relationships of mutual trust, confidence, and respect for diverse families. After completing the observations, the anti-bias curriculum is a must to reflect the culture and background of the families and children in the program. Many families I work with are low income. My goal is to create an environment where children and families from different backgrounds can feel comfortable and belonging. I would like to work closely with families and to support the needs of families and children that I serve. So that parents have the knowledge and skills to support and extend their children’s learning. Parents attain the knowledge to help their children get on the road to success.
There are countless ways biased against low-income families. A large part of the social class stigma attached to poverty is plainly incorrect. Most …show more content…
Persona Doll is showing great strategies for parents try to open up the discussion that helps children understand the bias and work against it. We can support and teach children develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. We can introduce the Persona Dolls’ characteristics so they children, such as a real personality like a name, age, personal likes and dislikes, ethnicity and physical characteristics. They are used by teachers or parents as a way to open the conversation to help children have a better understanding. Such as, the dolls can tell children about her/him, and about the problem that he/she is facing, perhaps being bullied, teased, or isolated from peers. Then teachers will ask the children to help her/him come up with ideas to solve the problem. Parents can use the doll to tell a story that addresses the incident or challenging issues. They can talk to the doll to relay messages to the