Thursday, June 2, 2011

Module 4 Post

I went on a walk with my host teachers class and on our way back a student's grandmother arrived to pick him up.  As we were walking back into the building we passed her car and we realized that the grandmother did not have any car seats in the back of her car.  There are two grandchildren that she was picking up ages 1 and 2 years old.  When we got back into the building we notified the family advocate and she went and talked to the grandmother.  Head Start is able to get car seats for families that need them.  They are working on the necessary paperwork and then they will be able to give those to the grandmother.  It was very alarming to me that the grandmother was picking them up on a regular basis without any type of safety seats.  I think it is fantastic that Head Start has the ability to provide families with necessary things such as car seats.  I was afraid that the grandmother may get upset and defensive but the family advocate said that she was very nice and expressed how much she really wanted car seats but just couldn't afford them. 

3 comments:

  1. I would like to thank you for all of your support. You comments and feed back have aided me in this process. I would like you to know that I have took all of your comments into consideration and use every ounce of advice you have offered. Congratulation on completing the course and I look forward to reading any future post you have.

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  2. Wow, my heart dropped reading that the grandmother was picking them up with out car seats. A car crash with out children in car seats would be sad. I am so glad that they have a way to get car seats to families that can not afford them. Car seats are very important and get the right type is also important.
    It founds like you had a great host teacher to work with and that you learned a lot. :)

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  3. I wish you the best of luck in the future!! I really enjoyed reading your blog!!

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