GEOL 106 Lecture Notes - Risk Perception, Truism

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23 Nov 2011

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Queen's University

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Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering

Course

GEOL 106

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Jan 17, 2011 -brazilian mudslides claim 610 lives. Due to our ecologic footprint we are considered unsustainable. Resource : something that is useful to us. Hazard : something which may cause harm to people ( death. injury. property damage ) Important note : after a hazard event there are both loses and. Some people lose and some people gain. Construction workers are getting paid. physical damage to property. Gain of business (just know gain, loses , things like that) The quake may have cracked rock but it also allowing gas or oil to temporarily seep towards the surface. # of deaths ( population density ) # of injuries ( population density ) Cost to fix and time it takes to do that. Extent of $ loss due to property damage. Why is distinction important ( is it a catastrophe or disaster? : government / world aid, historical perspective ( how often do really big events happen? )

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Rhian is a five-year-old girl who has just migrated with her family from Iran as a refugee. She attends your service twice a week and she is experiencing difficulty in forming friendships with the other children as she frequently wets her pants. At first, you assumed she was nervous and was forgetting to go to the toilet, but now you are wondering whether there is some other cause of her incontinence. You approach your Director to ask if there were any toileting issues identified at enrolment and find there were not. You decide to start a ‘Star Chart’ for her to reward every successful day without wetting herself. This is a dismal failure. You then try offering her stamps as a reward. After a few weeks, you decide to speak to her mother again about the problem because you have noticed that Rhian is deliberately restricting the amount of fluid she drinks through the day.

Rhian’s mother still insists that she is toilet trained and there must be something at the service that is stopping her from using the toilet. She asks to look again at the toilet and walks towards the staff toilet. You call her back and guide her to the children’s toilets, which are communal and open. The problem was evident immediately to Rhian’s mother; she explains that in Iran it is considered very shameful to go to the toilet where others can see you, so Rhian would not use the children’s toilet no matter what reward she was offered.

The educator failed to look beyond the obvious to identify the issues behind Rhian’s behaviour. Why is it important to consult with other professionals before determining the causes for a child’s behaviour?

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GEOL 106 Lecture Notes - Risk Perception, Truism

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