Running Head: BUILDING BLOCKS LEARNING CENTER IN HANSVALE COUNTY 1 BUILDING BLOCKS LEARNING CENTER IN HANSVALE COUNTY 7 Building Blocks Learning Center in Hansvale County Angel Winslow Walden University Date: November 20, 2019 (Revised ) PV004: Impact of Current Issues and Trends on the Field Performance Task Changing demographics The changing aspects of the demographics of Hansvale County have a significant impact on the center as well as its progress in the center. The critical differences experienced include ethnicity change, cultural, and social changes. Study shows that whites' mothers are comparatively stable economically compared to the blacks, and hence, the black are employed more than whites and high salary differences between the races (Johnson, 2013); this affect the center when children join their early childhood development. Parents who earn low income may sometimes face difficulties while paying for the services in the centers affecting the center progress and operation. It may lead sometimes to slow offering of the necessary services in the centers. Additionally, regarding the population depiction in any of the government schools in Hansvale County, it illustrates that the white children in schools who come from less fortunate families with low incomes are about 40%. (McLoyd, 1998). However, cultural variations have adverse effects on the work procedures at the center. Guardians take their children to a center which favors their social belief and feel their children are safe in the centers. For example, the elementary public schools in the County of Hansvale, do not have an Indian student in the school due to culture differences (Uskov, 2016). These have harmfully jammed on the center's motive to enforce the learning equity plans. According to the population basis of this County, higher figures of children who talk other languages other than English in their homesteads upsurges from around 9.20% in the year 2005 to 10.20% in the year 2015. Therefore, linguistics problem has a significant effect on young children performance with regards to their family backgrounds (Johnson, 2013). Hence, such types of students tend towards being in school for a more extended period than the others. Poverty and its impact on child development Poverty is an enduring condition for families that may inhibit effective modification to development tasks apart from schoolwork. Children who are raised in a low income earning backgrounds become an exposure to social and academic challenges in conjunction with poor health services offered to them and their well-being (Buss, 2014). These destabilize their living systems, therefore, affect them in their day to day development and their adaptation to the environment surrounding them. Children are crucial beings and need to be raised in a manner affecting them positively. Moreover, building block centers can always fine-tune to achieve the needs of families living in poverty throug ...

1. Running Head: BUILDING BLOCKS LEARNING CENTER IN
HANSVALE COUNTY 1
BUILDING BLOCKS LEARNING CENTER IN HANSVALE
COUNTY 7
Building Blocks Learning Center in Hansvale County
Angel Winslow
Walden University
Date: November 20, 2019 (Revised )
PV004: Impact of Current Issues and Trends on the Field
Performance Task
Changing demographics
The changing aspects of the demographics of Hansvale County
have a significant impact on the center as well as its progress in
the center. The critical differences experienced include
ethnicity change, cultural, and social changes.
Study shows that whites' mothers are comparatively stable
economically compared to the blacks, and hence, the black are
employed more than whites and high salary differences between
the races (Johnson, 2013); this affect the center when children
join their early childhood development. Parents who earn low
income may sometimes face difficulties while paying for the

2. services in the centers affecting the center progress and
operation. It may lead sometimes to slow offering of the
necessary services in the centers. Additionally, regarding the
population depiction in any of the government schools in
Hansvale County, it illustrates that the white children in schools
who come from less fortunate families with low incomes are
about 40%. (McLoyd, 1998).
However, cultural variations have adverse effects on the work
procedures at the center. Guardians take their children to a
center which favors their social belief and feel their children are
safe in the centers. For example, the elementary public schools
in the County of Hansvale, do not have an Indian student in the
school due to culture differences (Uskov, 2016). These have
harmfully jammed on the center's motive to enforce the learning
equity plans. According to the population basis of this County,
higher figures of children who talk other languages other than
English in their homesteads upsurges from around 9.20% in the
year 2005 to 10.20% in the year 2015. Therefore, linguistics
problem has a significant effect on young children performance
with regards to their family backgrounds (Johnson, 2013).
Hence, such types of students tend towards being in school for a
more extended period than the others.
Poverty and its impact on child development
Poverty is an enduring condition for families that may inhibit
effective modification to development tasks apart from
schoolwork. Children who are raised in a low income earning
backgrounds become an exposure to social and academic
challenges in conjunction with poor health services offered to
them and their well-being (Buss, 2014). These destabilize their
living systems, therefore, affect them in their day to day
development and their adaptation to the environment
surrounding them. Children are crucial beings and need to be
raised in a manner affecting them positively.
Moreover, building block centers can always fine-tune to
achieve the needs of families living in poverty through the
establishment of a caring environment and for instance, getting

3. to know each student by name, determining the interest of the
student, and also through identifying the learning characteristics
of the student (Johnson, 2013). Besides that, the center can also
conduct surveys on students to understand their family
background and their daily practices to keep their curriculum
standard for the benefits of all students regardless of their
family background condition. The members of the staff can also
help in the promotion of health improvement and knowledge by
organizing events such as paying a visit to the children's home
or inviting parents for small discussions about their children.
My contribution to the families helps in funding for medical
services and the creation of public policy encouragement that is
geared to establishing favorable outcomes that benefit the
families and honors its promises in delivering its services.
There are policies introduced by different states that are used
for advocacy for equality in all the children regardless of their
differences. The Pyramid Equity Project is an example of a
policy introduced for support for the fairness and justice of all
the children. The policy found in Clifton is used to show how
children, as well as their families, thrive well in the same
environment without any bias. Such a policy can impact the
center by giving knowledge to the professionals in it on how to
treat children from different families equally in any
environment (Johnson, 2013).
Brain research and child development
Brain research and child development is a topic that discusses
the health and the well-being of a child. Brain research involves
the study of the development of children’s brain in early
childhood as the child transits from one stage to the other.
Brain development has been proved to be abundant during early
childhood. The brain development rate increases at a rate of
about 63%. A child is able to learn and try new things around
his/her environment. Child development involves different
crucial changes, such as physical development and social
development. According to investing in the foundation of
sustainable development, childhood development varies in

4. management and quality with insufficient and unbalanced
access. The study shows that 43% of children less than five
years old in third world countries are at risk of not reaching
their evolving capabilities due to different factors and the
environment they are exposed to (Buss, 2014). Besides that,
childhood strategies are essential to achieve creativity,
intellectual abilities, and well-being to become responsible and
healthy adults. Therefore, as the study states, it is significant to
increase the quality programming that entails safety, responsive
caregiving, learning at a young age, and the most relevant
health of the children for the achievement of development of the
brain.
Besides that, other analysis also gives valid discussion based on
brain research and child development through experiments. A
sample study is done on children from different areas regardless
of gender and economic conditions to test for on their love for
technology and also check their brain growth capacity. It results
proved that almost all children with access to a computer have a
positive attitude towards technology regardless of their status.
However, technology at times can be harmful, especially to
developing children (McLoyd, 1998). Technology use among
children should be controlled to avoid addiction and other
associated adverse effects.
A recent study on brain and child development showed that a
child's state of knowledge develops and increases as the child's
brain develops (Healy, 2011). A child can learn new things as
the brain develops. Another study illustrates that brain
development is affected by the surroundings and is a product of
the environment a child is exposed to (Abbott, 2015). If a child
is exposed in a fearful mood, less atmosphere, his possibilities
of fast brain development are limited. For proper brain
development and child development, the environment should be
appreciatable. Another study indicates that a child's brain
development is affected by the parent's genes and moods
(Healy, 2011). If the mothers taking care of the child have bad
tempers, this will affect the child since this is their first love

5. companions. The development can be retarded by varying
moods and exposing the child in fearful atmospheres.
Practical uses of technology in the classroom
Knowledge is an essential tool for the growth of a child, it is
passed to the children from different perspectives such as
exposure frequent learning hence impact them with knowledge.
Research shows that the use of technology in class opens doors
to a child in terms of opportunities for academic growth and
higher ethics of and advanced tactics to learning. Children can
apply technology in classroom through ways such as using
laptops to see diagrams and charts that improve their
understanding. However, professionals need to make sure
technology among children is used in the right manner.
Technology has significant benefits to a child in learning during
classes (Uskov, 2016). As a child grows, he gets to understand
the basic things faster through exposure to computer programs
like games; he or she receives the know to concentrate and learn
independently. They open up and increase the learning ability of
their minds.
Also, technology has an impact on teachers in that it helps
them deliver knowledge more naturally through the use of
graphics and multimedia document that makes the learning
process enjoyable to children and hence more understandable.
Research done on Hansvale on high-speed internet adoption in
2013 shows a positive welcome of technology to society in
terms of a salary earned (Buss, 2014). Technology is an
essential faculty in the life and development of children. It
comes along with its demerits that affect child performance and
development in early childhood. Technology can cause disease
and disorders associated with it in its respective area. For
example, a child can be exposed so much to a mobile phone and
develop eye problems due to the interaction with the light
radiation of the phone. It can also cause addiction; a child can
be addicted to playing games and fail to spend their leisure time
appropriately in developing their social life.
In summary, early childhood is a vital sector that needs deep

6. attention from different perceptions. The stage during rapid
childhood development should be considered in a manner that
will help promote the development of the children positively.
Professionals need to have a good relationship with children in
their centers to identify the challenges that may face the
children. The teachers need to treat all the children equally
regardless of any differences (Shonkoff, 2000). They should act
as role models and shapers of the children they are taking care
of in the centers. Teachers need to be skillful in this sector
since it is a way of molding the children to more fabulous
people in society in the coming future.
References
Abbott, R., & Burkitt, E. (2015). Child Development and the
Brain: An Introduction. Bristol, England: Policy Press.
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Buss, A. H., & Plomin, R. (2014). Temperament (PLE:
Emotion): Early developing personality traits. Psychology
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Healy, J. (2011). Your Child's Growing Mind: Brain
Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence.
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Johnson, C. (2013). Leading learning for children from poverty:
Six effective practices can help
teachers help students from poverty succeed. Association for
Middle Level Education Magazine.
McLoyd, V. C. (1998). Changing demographics in the American
population: Implications for research on minority children and
adolescents. Studying minority adolescents: Conceptual,

7. methodological, and theoretical issues, 3-28.
Shonkoff, J. P., & Meisels, S. J. (2000). Handbook of Early
Childhood Intervention. Cambridge, England: Cambridge
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Uskov, V. L., Bakken, J. P., Pandey, A., Singh, U.,
Yalamanchili, M., & Penumatsa, A. (2016). Smart university
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For this Assignment, you will assume the role of a teacher in an
early childhood learning center located in Hansvale County,
Minnesota. Hansvale County is fictional. In preparation for the
new school year, the director of Building Blocks Learning
Center has enlisted your help. She has asked you to compose a
series of articles for the faculty newsletter that will address
important issues and trends in the upcoming school year. See
the “Request from Building Blocks Learning Center Director”
document for more information.
Your response to this Performance Task should:
1. Reflect the criteria provided in the Rubric.
2. Adhere to the required assignment length.Part I: Changing
demographics and Building Blocks Learning Center
Using the “Demographics from Hansvale County” document,
write an article for the faculty newsletter that includes the
following:
3. An explanation of how changing racial, cultural, and
linguistic demographics in the county impacts the center
4. Two real-world examples that illustrate how home language
or race might impact children and families
5. An explanation of at least one way Building Blocks Learning
Center can respond to changing demographics to ensure an
equitable programPart II: Poverty and child development
Using the “Demographics from Hansvale County” document and
information from the professional knowledge base, write an

9. article for the faculty newsletter that includes the following:
1. An explanation of how poverty impacts healthy child
development and learning
2. A description of at least two ways the center can adjust or
add programming to meet the needs of children and families
living in poverty
3. A recommendation regarding how individual staff members
can promote the healthy development and learning of children
living in poverty
4. An analysis of at least one recent state or federal policy
related to early childhood education to ensure equity for all
children in early childhood settings. Explain how the policy
might impact the center.Part III: Brain research and Building
Blocks Learning Center
Using three research articles written in the past 5 years about
brain research and child development, write an article
explaining brain research and its impact on the early childhood
field that includes the following:
1. A summary of three recent developments in brain research
and child development (Note: Use articles that have been
published in the past 5 years, either from the Walden library or
other professional resources, to support your summary.)
2. A description of at least two ways teachers at Building
Blocks Learning Center can use this information about the brain
and child development to foster healthy development and
promote learningPart IV: Effective use of technology in the
classroom
Using two research articles written in the past 5 years about the
effective use of technology with children, write an article
explaining the implications of technology on child development
and the early childhood field that includes the following:
1. An explanation of the benefits and challenges of using
technology as a teaching tool for children
2. A recommendation for families concerning appropriate use of
technology for children at two different stages of development
(i.e., infant-toddler, preschool, school-age)

10. Data and Statistics for Hansvale County, Minnesota
Hansvale County is located in central Minnesota. The following
information provides a glimpse into the demographics of the
county. The county demographics and trends should represent
likely students and families of Building Blocks Learning
Center. Consider the following information while accounting for
strategies that Building Blocks Learning Center will incorporate
to accommodate the Hansvale County community.
Figure 1. Hansvale County population
Figure 2. Diversity in a sample elementary school in Hansvale
County
Overall Percentage
Handicapped
ELL Kindergarten
Kindergarten
1st grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
Am. Indian
0.2

11. 1
1
Asian
19.6
2
19
15
20
18
26
24
26
20
Hispanic
13.6
3
17
4
7
19
15
13
19
21
Black
27
5
28
33

12. 37
32
36
36
28
White
39.6
1
30
50
60
56
57
49
41
Figure 3. Percentage of Hansvale County students who speak a
language other than English at home
Figure 4. Household income distribution by income bracket
Figure 5. Trends in the rates of uninsurance in Hansvale County
and Minnesota
Trends in the rate of uninsurance in Minnesota and Hansvale
County
Year
Minnesota
Hansvale County
2004
7.00%
7.50%
2007

13. 7.25%
9.35%
2009
8.75%
9.50%
2011
8.50%
9.25%
2013
8.25%
9.20%
Figure 6. High-speed Internet adoption by income group in
Hansvale County
Figure 7. Preferred devices used to connect to the Internet at
home in 2013
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November 20, 2014
Memorandum
To: Teacher of Building Blocks Learning Center
From: Director
Date: June 7th
Re: Faculty Newsletter for Upcoming School Year
Building Blocks Learning Center (BBLC) will host a kick-off
meeting to usher in our new school year. The purpose of this

14. meeting is to welcome back our staff and faculty, and to address
challenges and opportunities that BBLC will face in the coming
year—and for years to come.
As one of our most valued teachers, I am writing to ask for your
help. I would like to develop a faculty newsletter with articles
written by members of our staff. The articles in this newsletter
will serve as an introduction to several of the issues that affect
early childhood learning centers. Since this is our first
newsletter, and you are a more-experienced member of our
staff, I am asking you to create four (4) articles to include in
our newsletter. These articles will inform our faculty and help
BBLC prepare for the upcoming year and meet our expected
challenges.
In the newsletter, we would like you to write four articles about
the following issues and trends in the field, and their impact on
BBLC:
· Changing demographics
· Poverty and its impact on child development
· Brain research and child development
· Effective uses of technology in the classroom
At BBLC, our goal is to promote the healthy development and
learning of every child. This newsletter is the first step in
spreading awareness about the critical issues and trends that
impact children, families, and our profession. Your help and
guidance are greatly appreciated for this task.
Sincerely,
Shana J. Roche
Building Blocks Learning Center Director
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