FRHD 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Smallpox, Learning Community, Nonverbal Communication
29 May 2018
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STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK
▪ Definition of at risk
o Individuals who have an increased probability of having problems in school
because of risk factors present in their lives
▪ Biological
▪ Environmental
• Fail school
• Ongoing social/behavioral problems in school
• Dropping out
• Significant difficulties throughout life
• Dimensions of the at risk concept
o Continuum
▪ Low to high risk
o Interacting multidimensions
o Factors
▪ Individual
▪ Family
▪ Peer
▪ School
▪ Social
▪ Community
▪ Social cultural
o Multiplicative
▪ More than one risk factor=more problem outcomes
o Time and nature dependent
o Transiton
▪ Increases propensity
• Physical and behavioral indicators of child abuse and neglect
o Physical abuse
▪ Physical indicators
• Questionable injuries
▪ Behavioural indicators
• Uncomfortable with physical contact
o Neglect
▪ Physical indicators
• Undernourished
• Inadequate sleep
• Lethargic
▪ Behavioral indicators
• Poor hygiene
• Clingy
• Delinquency
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o Sexual abuse
▪ Physical indicators
• Found during physical by doctor
▪ Behavioral indicators
• Highly sexualized play
• Age inappropriate knowledge of sex
• Assessing at risk students
o Psycho educational assessment
▪ Primary focus= intellectual+ academic functioning
• WISC III
o Intellectual functioning
• WIAT II
o Academic functioning
• Trauma and the at risk student
o Definition
▪ Atual or pereied threat to itegrity oerhelig a perso’s aility to
cope
• Feelings
o Fear
o Horror
o Terror
o Helplessness
• Symptoms
o Sleep disturbance
o Irritability
o Sadness
o New fears
o Reduced concentration
o Anger
o Loss of interest
o Decline in school work
• Impact
o Behavior
o Attention
o Memory
o Personality
o Grades
o Peer relationships
o Compliance
o Attendance
• Protection
o School connectedness
• Development and trauma
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o Affect dysregulation
▪ Hyperarousal
• Related to hypervigilance
o Perceive neutral stimuli as threatening
▪ Dissociation
• Not knowing how to feel
• Not thinking
• Not wanting to think
• Strategies for dealing with traumatized children
o Understand child
▪ Compassion and empathy
o Manage own reactions
▪ Calm
o Akoledge hild’s eed for help
▪ Comply
o Structure and consistency
▪ Firm boundaries, rules, expectations, consequences
o Time in
▪ Engage in relationship
o Connect
▪ Gentle
o Consequences
▪ Designed to repair damage
o Structure choices to remain in control
▪ Humor and creativity
o Acknowledge good decisions and choices
▪ Job well done not intrinsic characteristics
o Support parents and caregivers
▪ Communication
o Maintain your role
▪ Do’t take o aregier role
o Plan for challenging incidents
▪ Anger outbursts
• Resiliency
o Aspects
▪ Access to material resources
▪ Access to supportive relationships
▪ Development of a desirable personal identity
▪ Experiences of power and control
▪ Adherence to cultural traditions experiences of social justice
▪ Experiences of a sense of cohesion with others
o Strategies
▪ Affirm relationships
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Document Summary
Students who are at risk: definition of at risk. Individual: family, peer, school, social, community, social cultural, multiplicative, more than one risk factor=more problem outcomes, time and nature dependent, transiton. Increases propensity: physical and behavioral indicators of child abuse and neglect, physical abuse, physical indicators, questionable injuries, behavioural indicators, uncomfortable with physical contact, neglect, physical indicators, undernourished. Intellectual functioning: wiat ii, academic functioning, trauma and the at risk student, definition, a(cid:272)tual or per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)ed threat to i(cid:374)tegrity o(cid:448)er(cid:449)hel(cid:373)i(cid:374)g a perso(cid:374)"s a(cid:271)ility to cope, feelings, fear, horror, terror, helplessness, symptoms, sleep disturbance. Irritability: sadness, new fears, reduced concentration, anger, loss of interest, decline in school work. Immigrants: war affected refugees, minority students, aboriginal students, teaching for diversity, diversity and equity in canadian society. Involves respecting diversity and fostering learning for all: student needs are complex, use community and school supports, aboriginal people, history of aboriginal cultures in canada, prior european arrival, emphasized the group and individual, european arrival, small pox.
