TASK
Instructions: Choose and write down your topic and ideas about: The topic/title, why you think it is important, and where you think you will look for resources.

Topic Planning Table: Pick One from each category, and frame your topic, similar to the example given above:

Choice of Issue

Choose from “List of scenarios” below this table.

Statistics/Demographic

Age groups: birth-3

3-10

10-13

14-18

18-21

Socio-economic status: lower, middle, upper

Descriptive

Schoolwork or homework issues

Behavioral Issues

Social Issues

Physical/Emotional issues

Applications

School

Home

Public spaces-playground, retail, grocery store, etc.

Solutions

Home Plan

School Strategy

Special programs/supports

Community and School(school-based and/or community support groups)

Viewpoint

Parent

Caregiver

List of Scenarios

Sleeping arrangements for babies/children
Bedwetting
Breast-feeding
Special needs such as:
Down syndrome,
learning disability,
autism,
ADHD,
physical-motor disability.
Choosing daycare, preschool
Starting kindergarten early
Early puberty
Language delay, speech, related issues
Teen pregnancy related issues
Alcohol and substance abuse in teens
Relationship problems in teens, dating, inappropriate, and/or risk taking behavior
Mental issues-anxiety, depression, suicide.
Behavioral issues, or risk taking in teens
Parental conflict and argument
Military-deployment
Single parenting
Grandparenting
Adoption/foster parenting
Older child parenting and emerging adulthood( age 18-21).
Use of media-cellphones, tablets, etc.
Homeschooling
Stepfamilies
Divorce
Cultural issues in parenting
Healthy diet, or eating disorders
College/postsecondary readiness/reluctance to plan for college/future