Week 4 Discussion 2 (Imelda, a Midwife in Guatemala) – GROUP 9

Before starting Discussion 2, please complete the interactive game (Links to an external site.) described under READINGS on Week 4’s Road Map (6 minutes).

Leveraging the new insights you’ve gained from completing the interactive developmental g (Links to an external site.)ame, now watch this 6 minute video (Links to an external site.) and meet Imelda, an Indigenous traditional midwife in Guatemala.

For your Discussion post, please share:

• One challenge Imelda mentions that likely contributes to risk factors that pull the ‘developmental seesaw’ lower to the ground for the baby’s future well-being in her community, and . . .
• One resource or intervention Imelda mentions that likely contributes resilience factors that raise the ‘developmental seesaw’ higher to the sky for the baby’s future well-being in her community.

• Your first reply to the instructor is worth 3 points and is due by Thursday at 11:59 pm. It should be 150-200 words.
• Your reply to another student is worth 2 points and is due by Saturday at 11:59 pm. It should be 30-50 words.

Week 4 Discussion 1 (Life stages) – GROUP 9

• Identify an initiative that is designed to support individuals in a specific stage of life. It could be program or campaign (such as headstart, WIC, planned parenthood, nutrition, families, aging).
• Share some of the components of the program that you feel have been successful. How has this initiative impacted your life.
• Please note that you can write about an intervention or program that has caught your attention and not necessarily one that you or someone you know has used.
• Cite the intervention that you are presenting in your discussion, and share the specific stage of life it targets.
• Your first reply to the instructor is worth 8 points and is due by Thursday at 11:59 pm. It should be 150-200 words.
• Your reply to another student is worth 2 points and is due by Saturday at 11:59 pm. It should be 30-50 words.