Independent Component 1

Content:  

LITERAL

• (a) Statement saying:

-“I, Damaris Elenes Macias, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

• (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component. 

- Adrian at the YMCA helped me complete my independent component hours.

• (c) Provide a digital spreadsheet (aka log of the 30 hours)  

- Next to mentor ship log at the top.

• (d) Explanation of what you completed. 

- As my independent component I volunteered at the YMCA daycare, there I helped take care of the kids by making sure they were behaving and doing the school work their parents/guardians wished for them to complete.

• INTERPRETIVE 
  Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.

- My independent component shows that I watched the children, during the time there Brittany and I had the children color so we can fill a wall with just drawing and pictures for them to put up. We also played games with the children, read books to them, and helped them with their homework.

• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 

- In child play therapy patience and really knowing how to handle children at their worst (when they throw a tantrum) is very important. Here I learned by doing, in my research I would find ways to discipline a child when needed and I was able to do this first hand when a child began throwing a tantrum at the day care. What I did was walk up to the child and asked him to sit on a chair for a timeout. As he was walking to the chair I told him why he was receiving a time out and how long it will last so the child knows exactly what he did wrong.