Data Collection Mythology

Research Question/Topic: Data Collection Mythology – How does attachment

affect s child’s social & emotional development. / What parents and caregivers
should know about attachment.

Data Collection Plan

Data Source Timeline/Plan for Intended Learning/Purpose Adaptations/Changes made
Collection during Data Collection
Period
Ongoing search for and Through the literature, I
use of professional intend to learn about my My intended plans as stayed
Professional literature to inform my topic, and what’s current in the same for mt topic. All of
Literature work throughout the the field. I also plan to learn my research information as
semester. from other researchers’ addressed the topic
At least 8-12 articles approaches to data collection adequately as it relates to
and to see how their findings understanding the effects of
Complete all articles by may be similar to or different attachments and helping
11/10/18 than the findings from my parents and caregivers relate
study. Sub-topics for my to children who needs more
literature include: support to calm his/her self
after a separation from a love
 Introducing parent’s one.
attachment theory.
 Attachment and
attachment problems
in children.
 Five Things You Might
Not Know about
Attachment Between
Parents and Kids.
 Impact of attachment,
temperament and
parenting on human
development.
 Attachment at an Early
Age (0-5) and its
Impact on Children’s
Development.
 Review: Is Parent–Child
Attachment a Correlate
of Children’s Emotion
Regulation and Coping?
  Attachment difficulties
in children and young
people overview.
 Infant – parent
attachment:
Definition, types,
antecedents,
measurement and
outcome.
 Early Mother-Child
Separation, Parenting,
and Child Well-Being
in Early Head Start
Families

Observational On going during the Observational notes will use

notes action research to gauge, child’s behavior To be completed at the
process, about two a during key moments when conclusion of the data
week and then I will an attachment is trigged. collection period
narrow to a selective
few.

Parents Week four I will be It is my expectations that the To be completed at the

questionnaires prepared to finalize questionnaire will give conclusion of the data
parent’s questionnaire provider an insight about collection period
and present to parent. parent child interactions at
home, what are parent’s
triggers with child and what
strategies works for them.

colleagues in On going Interviewing will give

the of ECE / communications from provider, an array of possible To be completed at the
Survey ECE colleagues by strategies to address the conclusion of the data
issues of attachment and collection period
what has worked for them.
 Videos will be used as a
Videos Videos will be used on towards the end to summarize
relating to my some weeks to stress a the theory of attachment.
topic from the point; during week two I
professionals will gather most of my
videos.

My videos are
complete, I need to
work them in the
report.

Ongoing Having parents check for

Milestones documentations with a developmental milestones in To be completed at the
cut off their child’s development conclusion of the data
growth patterns at different collection period
levels will help them to
better understand how their
child grow and learn.
Knowing your child’s
milestone will also help
parents to be pro active in
meeting their child’s needs
and early detection.

Character Character strengths be used to

Strengths Complete character help individuals handle life’s
strength surveys by challenges to achieve a To be completed at the
11/22/18 positive out look on life. conclusion of the data
Parents who deal with collection period
children that have attachment
issues are usually stressed and
need help coping.
 This should be on going Reflections will be used To be completed at the
Reflections but I ‘m giving this ongoing during group conclusion of the data
section a date just in settings while they are collection period
case I am ready to wrap interacting with each other.
up.
11/19/2018
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II. Data Source Descriptions [Narrative]

Description of Data Sources

In addition to the data collection plan in chart form, you will write a brief 2-4 sentence
description of each source of data, when you plan to collect these data and what you hope to
learn from each data source. The sources of data in the list below should reflect your
decisions about data collection and be represented in the chart above as well as in the
narrative below. This list will be posted to Weebly after peer-editing.

Professional Literature:

Observations:

Samples of Children’s Work: