Children’s diseases have always been of great concern because people at an early age might suffer from illnesses much more than adults. Besides, many children are unwilling to follow the procedures and rules needed for treating or avoiding a disease. In this respect, infections are particularly dangerous, with the current pandemic of COVID-19 being the most terrifying of them. Asthma and childhood allergies also cause concern in parents and require special knowledge on how to deal with the ailments. The purpose of this paper is to give answers to the questions about the diseases described and to discuss a significant concept relating to them.
Including families in educational programs designed to reduce communicable illness is important because all parents should be aware of the signs of such an ailment, the transmission mechanism, and the measures to tackle the problem. Information about communicable diseases and the plan of actions to deal with them is especially significant for large families where children can easily catch an infection from their siblings.
Besides, children themselves should also understand the importance of the problem and do what they can to take care of their health. Participating in the educational programs might help boys and girls take more responsibility for their well-being and the health of their brothers, sisters, friends, and classmates. Speaking about the videos and web-sites of this week, I regard “Parenting Advice: Childhood illnesses every parent should know!” as the most useful one. The reason is that it overviews the diseases that children most often go down with and describes the whole process of ailments; the anatomic pictures help to understand what goes wrong in each case.
In my opinion, to some factors that may be contributing to an increased incidence of childhood allergies and asthma belong the state of the environment and people’s lack of responsibility for the health of others. Having asthma is envisaged by a combination of genes but the external factors might worsen the situation. In fact, allergic asthma is the most common form of bronchial asthma that occurs in both children and adults. Both allergic asthma and allergies are caused by allergens contained in the environment. Due to air pollution, secondhand smoke, and chemicals, the content of allergens in the environments becomes higher every year.
If people took more responsibility for the health of others and the environment, there would be fewer cases of asthma and allergies in children. As for the care about a child suffering from asthma, I know the basic things, for example, it is important to get rid of carpets and plush toys and clean the flat every day. However, I would like to get more information and probably communicate with people who have relevant experience.
Speaking about the concept that is important to share with others, it is connected with inclusive education. “If teachers understand that all children are uniquely different, they are able to individualize instruction so that it supports and builds on each child’s strengths” (Marotz 83). I feel that this strategy plays an important role for us because, despite many inclusive education programs, not all teachers see this practice as positive.
The issue is that many people who work at school believe that it would be better for children with special needs to study at home. Besides, they do not want to customize the education process for such boys and girls. Proponents of this viewpoint do not understand that going to school like everybody else makes a child with special needs stronger and more motivated. That is why the following question might be developed: how can we convince opponents of inclusive education that this practice is useful?
To sum up in order to deal with childhood communicable diseases, families should attend special educational courses. As for asthma and allergies in children, attacks are often caused by environmental factors. That is why it is important to take care of the environment. One issue that is more significant is inclusive education that currently is not commonly accepted by teachers; such an attitude towards the practice should be changed.
Work Cited
Marotz, Lynn. Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child, 9th ed. Cengage Learning, 2014.