Assignment 2: Discussion—Influences on Child Success

There are many different areas of impact on a child’s life, including the influences of the family, peers, school, and community. Within these areas of influence, it is important to understand how all of the various influences help the child’s overall development.

Using the module readings as well as information from the Argosy University online library and the Internet, research the contributions of various influences on children. Then reflecting on a real or hypothetical child or focusing on theoretical aspects of these influences, respond to the following:

• Select an influence such as family, peers, school, or community.
• Describe a situation where it has a major impact on child success.
• How could this important factor change in relation to the age of the child or the socio-economic status of the child?
• Describe how you can intervene in this changed situation to increase the child’s success.

Write your initial response in a minimum of 300–400 words. Incorporate information from at least two academic sources to support your statements or ideas. Academic sources could include your textbook, required readings for this module, or academic journal articles found in the Argosy University online library. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Saturday, October 11, 2014, post your response to the appropriateDiscussion Area. Through Wednesday, October 15, 2014, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. Consider commenting on the following:

• Do you think that your peers’ intervention plans will help in the child’s success?
• Now that you have read your peers’ intervention plans, are there any additional steps that you would like to incorporate in your intervention plan? Give reasons for your answer. 

Grading Criteria and Rubric

All discussion assignments in this course will be graded using a rubric. Download the discussion rubric and carefully read it to understand the expectations.