Final Project Outline

Prior to completing this written assignment,
please review the information in the course textbook, familiarize yourself with
the Final Project guidelines in Week Five, and review any relevant Instructor
Guidance.

For this assignment, you will be creating an outline of your final project.
The focus of this outline to is to present as clear a picture as possible of
your Community Center Proposal so that you may receive feedback which will guide
you as you create your final project in Week 5. Please refer to the Final
Project guidelines for more information on the Final Project as you prepare the
outline of your proposal.

In the Final Project Outline, you will be creating a script in which you
identify and describe at least 2 weekly activities for each age group that
address their physical, cognitive and psychosocial developmental needs. All
three domains of development must be addressed within your activities. For
example, you may have one activity which enhances cognitive and psychosocial
development and a second activity which enhances physical development. In
addition to identifying these activities, you will demonstrate a foundational
knowledge of children’s developmental continuum by explaining your reasoning for
choosing each activity in each age group, based on your analysis of theory and
current child development research.

Additionally, you will go “shopping” for at least 1 age-appropriate game,
toy, picture, or other “play” item for the activities in each age group. Keep in
mind that this may include things like art, music, technology, or safety tools
as you deem fit. For each item that you propose, you will provide a link to a
website from which the item can be purchased by the city, as well as an
explanation for why the city should purchase the item, informed by research and
theory.

You will utilize the PSY104 Written Proposal template to
create your Final Project outline. Enter the requested information on the title
page where indicated. Where you find the text “This is where you will…” within
the proposal, please remove that and enter your own content. The headings in
bold and the outline formatting with numbers and letters should not be
altered.
In your Written Proposal, you must include the following:

1. Please complete each section of the template including the information
   requested.
2. Within section “iv” for each room, you will be asked to justify your
   activities and items by analyzing interactions of the major themes: Health and
   Well-Being, Family and Parenting, Education, Culture and Gender as factors
   influencing the developmental physical, cognitive and psychosocial pathways.
   Your written proposal must address how you have accounted for each of these
   themes in its associated room as they relate to physical, cognitive, and
   psychosocial development. Each theme must be included in at least one room, and
   each room must address one or more themes. (Please see these samples for ways to explain how
   you have accounted for this.)
3. Cite your sources according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. For information regarding
   APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, located within the
   Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar in your online course. The
   EBSCOHost and PSYCinfo databases in the Ashford Online Library are helpful
   sources of information, as are the required and recommended resources found in
   your course materials. To locate EBSCOHost and PSYCinfo, visit the Ashford
   Online Library through the tab on the left navigation toolbar in your online
   course and select “Databases by Subject” and then “Psychology.” (For further
   assistance in researching scholarly sources, please access the tutorials page on the Ashford
   University Library website.)

The Final Project Outline:

1. Must be 4-6 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA
   style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
3. Title of Community Center
4. Student’s name
5. Course name and number
6. Instructor’s name
7. Date submitted
8. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought within each of the
   designated age groups.
9. Must use at least 2 scholarly sources, including a minimum of 1 from the
   Ashford Online Library.
10. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing
    Center.
11. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as
    outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that
will be used to evaluate your assignment.

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FINAL PAPER INFORMATION BELOW

Community Center Proposal: Final Project

Your community is opening a brand new community center. Now that you are an
expert in the field, you have been chosen to lead a development team that will
create a proposal for interactive, fun, and educational programming activities
that will be provided for children and adolescents in this center.
Utilize problem-solving techniques in exploring developmental issues,
grounded in child development, in order to assess what activities and items
should be included in each program. Once you have chosen these features, you
will present your ideas to a mock city council board (i.e. your instructor) with
a written proposal describing the programming.

You have been asked to propose programming for five different age groups in
the community center:

• Infant (0-1 year)
• Toddler (1-3 years)
• Early Childhood (3-6 years)
• Middle/Late Childhood (7-12 years)
• Adolescence (13-18 years)

In your proposal, you will identify and describe at least 2 weekly activities
for each age group (for a total of 10 activities) that address their
developmental domain pathways: physical, cognitive, and psychosocial. All three
domains of development must be addressed within your classes or activities. For
example, you may have one activity which enhances cognitive and psychosocial
development and a second activity which enhances physical development for a
particular age group. In addition to identifying these activities, you will
demonstrate a foundational knowledge of the age group’s developmental continuum
by explaining your reasoning for choosing each activity, based on your analysis
of theory and current child development research.

Additionally, you will search for at least 1 age-appropriate game, toy,
picture, or other “play” item to enhance the chosen activities within each age
group. Keep in mind that this may include things like art, music, technology, or
safety gear as you deem fit. For each item that you recommend, your proposal
will provide a link to a website from which the item can be purchased by the
city, as well as an explanation for why the city should purchase the item
informed by research and theory.

The overall goal of the final project is much like that of a grant proposal,
in which a developer must convince the city council that their new business or
activity is both cost-effective and beneficial to the community. You are
encouraged to be creative and persuasive in your proposal, but remember that
everything must be supported by the theories and research covered in our class.
Included is a Community Center Proposal Template, demonstrating what
information should be included in your written portion of the project.

SPECIAL NOTES:
You will utilize the PSY104 Written Proposal template to create
and submit your proposal. Enter the requested information on the title page
where indicated. Where you find the text “This is where you will…” within the
proposal, please remove that and enter your own content. The headings in bold
and the outline formatting with numbers and letters should not be altered.

In your Community Center Proposal, you must include the following:

1. Please complete each section of the template including the information
   requested.
2. Within section “iv” for each room, you will be asked to justify your
   activities and items by analyzing interactions of the major themes: Health and
   Well-Being, Family and Parenting, Education, Culture and Gender as factors
   influencing the developmental physical, cognitive and psychosocial pathways.
   Your written proposal must address how you have accounted for each of these
   themes in its associated room as they relate to physical, cognitive, and
   psychosocial development. Each theme must be included in at least one room, and
   each room must address one or more themes. (Please see these samples for ways to explain how
   you have accounted for this.)
3. Cite your sources according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. For information regarding
   APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, located within the
   Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar in your online course. The
   EBSCOHost and PSYCinfo databases in the Ashford Online Library are helpful
   sources of information, as are the required and recommended resources found in
   your course materials. To locate EBSCOHost and PSYCinfo, visit the Ashford
   Online Library through the tab on the left navigation toolbar in your online
   course and select “Databases by Subject” and then “Psychology.” (For further
   assistance in researching scholarly sources, please access the tutorials page on the Ashford University Library
   website.)

The Community Center Proposal:

1. Must be 6 to 8 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA
   style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:

• Title of Community Center
• Student’s name
• Course name and number
• Instructor’s name
• Date submitted

1. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis
   statement, in which you introduce the topic and your Community Center.
2. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought within each of the
   designated age groups.
3. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis and thanks the mock
   city council for their time and consideration of your proposal.
4. Must use at least 2 scholarly sources, including a minimum of 1 from the
   Ashford Online Library.
5. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing
   Center.

Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to
APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.