The chosen topic for the research simulation that I will partake in during this course through Walden University is childhood crisis.  The topic childhood crisis can be extremely broad, thereforth I have selected three subtopics to funnel my topic of interest.  The subtopics of childhood crisis are as followed: 1. healthy early childhood development.  I am referring to all aspects of development: physical, mental, emotional, social, and beyond.  The fact is biology of a child intertwines the characters of its’ mother and father, parental grandmother and grandfather, as well as maternal grandmother and grandfather.  These characters do not define the child unless their experiences demonstrate those traits, such as temperament, adaptivity, and more.  The vital source in understanding healthy development of a child allows us the opportunity to better understand the need for healthy experience in a holistic approach.  When adversity is presents to a child, their response and the response they are taught will determine whether this adversity will create maladaptive in development.  This maladaptation marks our experience and creates development concerns.  Understanding what it takes to create an environment that promotes healthy living in infancy and beyond is vital for many reasons, as the one I will address, childhood crisis.  2. Crisis children face.  Not every child will experience the same things from life.  Some may have opportunities to go on family vacations with very loving parents, and so forth.  Or one can experience a lonely childhood with limited exposure to others.  Perhaps a child whom faces the death of a parent or both.  Or the child who is starving and homeless.  There are many crises a child can be faced with.  Some of these crises vary with culture.  For example immigration, religion, and so forth.  Understanding that a child can face the same adversities as an adult, without the perception of an adult is vital in promoting healthy development in childhood.  Becoming prepared as a community, as well as the family unit can determine whether a child will overcome the crisis they have been faced with.  3. Lastly the subtopic of crisis intervention and readiness in childhood.  Educating and teaching families how to cope themselves, as well as the tools to prepare them for assisting their children in overcoming any crisis they encounter is vital for healthy life.  When one is prepared for an obstacle, the obstacle is not as bad as if we were lost in functioning after the event.  Though there are services to offer crisis intervention and therapy, many may not seek services or acknowledge the need for help.  A crisis is a challenge for many adults, children rely and dependent on an adult for everything.  Therefore we need to be as healthy as we can for the child, so we can also promote healthy development.

            The topic childhood crisis is very dear to me.  I am an adult whom suffered from many childhood adversities and reap those crisis to date to say.  I lost my mother at age 6, very strict/stern father, several other deaths, and other obstacles to say.  I currently suffer from many mental illness as they are called.  I personally like to classify them as imperfections.  As humans we all have imperfections.  Nevertheless I feel with proper support and knowledge to myself and my family, I many not have anxiety, PTSD, and depression.  As I have grown up and became educated on many topics, I have found clarity and understanding to the imbalances I have.  Due to the obstacles I face, I vowed to never allow my children to face any difficult adversity if I could control it.  Well, as life happens a bad marriage in many ways led to an ugly divorce.  Ironically my very first major research paper I had to complete at Liberty University in obtaining my BS in psychology, crisis counseling, was on the effects of divorce and children.  I of course know that the situation I was in was hazardous for myself and children and that indeed is unhealthy.  So in other words I have a passion to help any child and family in overcome any emotional adversity, physical adversity, social adversity, mental adversity, or any adversity that life presents them.  Preparing and educating the community, to include the parents in the tools of crisis intervention is prime in making an impact to the childhood crisis and the marks it leaves.

            With the topics I have selected could anyone give me an insight on the best route to obtain information?  The best sources for these topics?  I have read the following articles related to healthy development in early childhood, my first subtopic.  What would be your insight? 

References:

Burvyte, S. (2011, November 1). Individual’s resistance to social crises acquired in childhood.     Journal of Pedagogy and psychology, (4). DOI: 10.2478/v10195-011-0041-6.

Comaskey, B., Noralou, R., Brownell, M., Ennis, M., Chateau, D., Chelsea, R., & Ekuma, O.       (2017, May 24). Maternal depression and anxiety disorders (MADA) and child development: A Manitoba population-based study. PLOS One, 12(5). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177065.     

Myers, K. (2012, January 20). Marking time: some methodological and historical perspectives on            the ‘crisis of childhood’. Research Papers in Education, 27(4). 409-422.            DOI:10.1080/02671522.2012.690237.