Foster Parent Classes, Week 4
Most people don't know this, but I was actually a Psychology Major in college. Lyon College doesn't offer a teaching major. You had to major in another area and concentrate in Education. I have always been fascinated with psychology, the way people think and child development, and I still am. Tuesday night at our Foster Parent classes, the trainers talked a lot about stages of development. Immediately, it all came flooding back. They used Erik Erikson's theory on social development, which I have seen in children of friends and family members. I also remembered Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, looked it up and it was interesting as well.
For those of you considering adoption, or foster parenting, I think you'd find these things interesting. That is my psychological advice for today. Take it or leave it.
All in all, the classes were great this week! I have often beaten myself up for running up student loans and getting this great degree, and then I don't utilize it b/c I'm at home with my kids all day. God just continues to affirm to me that I am, in fact, just where I'm suppose to be and that I truly am using the education, gifts and talents he has blessed me with. I am fearfully and wonderfully made, and I praise my Lord for it!!
Most people don't know this, but I was actually a Psychology Major in college. Lyon College doesn't offer a teaching major. You had to major in another area and concentrate in Education. I have always been fascinated with psychology, the way people think and child development, and I still am. Tuesday night at our Foster Parent classes, the trainers talked a lot about stages of development. Immediately, it all came flooding back. They used Erik Erikson's theory on social development, which I have seen in children of friends and family members. I also remembered Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, looked it up and it was interesting as well.
For those of you considering adoption, or foster parenting, I think you'd find these things interesting. That is my psychological advice for today. Take it or leave it.
All in all, the classes were great this week! I have often beaten myself up for running up student loans and getting this great degree, and then I don't utilize it b/c I'm at home with my kids all day. God just continues to affirm to me that I am, in fact, just where I'm suppose to be and that I truly am using the education, gifts and talents he has blessed me with. I am fearfully and wonderfully made, and I praise my Lord for it!!
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Maslow
Erik Erikson's Stages of Social Development
No, I did not draw this myself, but it was
the best I could find
http://theliterarylink.com/understanding.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Maslow
Erik Erikson's Stages of Social DevelopmentNo, I did not draw this myself, but it was
the best I could find
http://theliterarylink.com/understanding.html