Help me study for my Psychology class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.

Option #1: Playground Evaluation, Essay

For this activity, you need to go to a playground either in a park or school yard. Your task is to evaluate the outdoor play environment to determine if it supports physical growth for those in early and middle childhood in a safe and secure way.

[Note: If you are unable to conduct a site visit, see the alternate assignment, below.]

• Select three pieces of equipment that would allow children to engage in different types of play.
• For each piece of equipment, address the following.
• Name the equipment.
• Indicate the specific type of gross motor skills for each age group that is developed by using the equipment (hint: do not mix up terms for early- and middle-childhood skills).
• What, if any, fine motor skills are being developed for each age group (again, do not confuse early- and middle-childhood skills)?
• Specify which senses are being stimulated.
• Name the type of play in which the child engages while using each piece of equipment (it can be more than one type).
• Consider what materials were used to make the equipment and what is used on the ground under it (e.g., sand, grass, concrete). Evaluate whether each is safe. Explain.

Alternate Assignment

If you are unable to conduct a site visit due to physical disabilities or access issues, you may instead write a research paper on the best practices in an outdoor play environment so that it supports physical growth for those in early childhood and middle childhood in a safe and secure way. Address all the questions above and follow the Paper Requirements, below.

Paper Requirements:

• Indicate in your title if this is a site visit or a paper based on the alternate assignment.

Your paper should be 2-3 pages in length and conform to the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.). Include at least three scholarly references in addition to the course textbook. The CSU Global Library is a good place to find these references.

Option #2: Adult Facility Evaluation, Essay

For this activity, you need to go to an independent senior-living facility. This might be an adult day-care facility, or senior-living retirement home, for example. Your task is to evaluate the physical environment to determine if it supports safety and accessibility for elderly adults with varying physical disabilities.

You will build on this design in constructing a hospice center, which is the focus of the Portfolio Project Option #2. It is recommended that you choose this option this week if you have decided to complete Option #2 of the final Portfolio Project due in Week 8.

[Note: If you are unable to conduct a site visit, see the alternate assignment, below.]

Directions:

• Select three of the following five rooms to evaluate—bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, living room, or entry way. You want to ensure that a sensible, functional, and easily accessible approach is applied that is consistent with daily living needs. (Keep in mind that senses, perception, and ease-of-movement deteriorate with age and illness.)
• For each of these rooms, indicate what should be present, eliminated, or altered in some way, based on the following considerations:
• ease of movement into and out of the space, especially in terms of accessibility for those with reduced, limited, or no fine and gross motor abilities (e.g., use of walker or wheelchair)
• the chance for accidents, particularly for those with limited senses/perception and movement
• flexibility and adaption to the person’s changing needs and enabling him/her to have continued independence for as long as possible.
• Indicate what modifications (one per room) would have to be implemented when the person transitioned from independent living to an assisted-living or nursing-home facility.

Alternate Assignment

If you are unable to conduct a site visit due to physical disabilities or access issues, you may instead write a research paper on the best practices in the design of nursing homes or assisted-living facilities. Address all the questions above and follow the Paper Requirements, below.

Your paper should be 2-3 pages in length and conform to the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.). Include at least three scholarly references in addition to the course textbook. The CSU Global Library is a good place to find these references.

Additional references:

• Child Development Institute. (n.d.). Play and developmental stages. Retrieved from http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/development/pl2.shtml
• Leversen, J. S. R., Haga, M., & Sigmundsson, H. (2012). From children to adults: Motor performance across the life-span. PLOS one.org. Retrieved from http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0038830
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