At-Risk Students
Children Living in Poverty
Homelessness
Child Abuse and Neglect
Violence and Teacher Stress/Burnout
100
What does IDEA stand for and what is its purpose?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Intended to govern how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities.
100
Which ethnicities are more likely to experience poverty or come from a lower-income background?
African Americans and Hispanics
100
According to Vissing (1996), where is homelessness among families most likely to be higher?
In rural areas
100
True or False, the victims of child abuse do not know their perpetrators?
False, the victims are aware of who their perpetrators are.
100
What is one way violence can be prevented?
Violence can be prevented through family strengthening strategies. It all begins at the family.
200
What do at-risk students have higher chances of experiencing? Provide at least 3 examples.
Teen pregnancy, incarceration, unemployment, welfare, suicide, etc
200
How is child poverty in America a mainstream problem?
It affects children from all racial and ethnic backgrounds, different types of residential areas, and all regions across the country.
200
What 3 factors contribute to homelessness?
Poverty, the lack of affordable housing, and domestic violence.
200
What is the conference that collects yearly statistics on child maltreatment from state child protective services (CPS)?
The National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN)
200
What kind of school districts have a difficult time retaining teachers and where are they usually located?
Many public school districts have a difficult time retaining teachers. Usually urban areas that serve poor and minority students.
300
What was the third grade research on poor children include?
(1) attends a school composed largely of other poor children, (2) reading a year behind by third grade, and (3) has been retained a grade, the chances of this child ever graduating from high school are near zero.
300
True or False, the U.S. poverty rate is the highest among 15 rich countries?
True.......unfortunately.
300
What are some of the consequences that homeless children experience? Provide at least 3.
Worse health; more developmental delay; more anxiety, depression, and behavioral problems; and lower educational achievement
300
What are the different types of abuse that the NCCAN identifies?
Physical, sexual, emotional, verbal abuse, and neglect.
300
What are the 3 factors that affect the probabilities that teachers will switch schools or exit public schools entirely?
-Pay, student characteristics, and school policies
400
What are the 5 factors that may help at-risk students?
(1) individual attention such as tutoring, (2) smaller class sizes, (3) help from an instructional aide or peer tutor, (4) job-specific vocational education, and (5) socialization with other students outside of school and involvement in extracurricular activities
400
What are the 3 main reasons why single parent families run a high risk of being poor?
(1) single-parent families have fewer potential breadwinners, (2) women who earn less than men, (3) single mothers have lower levels of educational attainment than married mothers
400
What barriers do homeless children experience when attending school? Provide at least 4.
Enrolling/attending school, transportation problems, inability to obtain previous school records, lack of permanent address, lack of immunization records, and lack of clothing and school supplies
400
What does LONGSCAN stand for and what is its purpose?
The Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect It is consortium of 5 longitudinal studies of child abuse that uses common measures, definitions, interviewing approaches, and date entry systems.
400
What are the different forms of violence that children can experience during their critical developmental periods?
Child abuse, domestic conflict, gang aggression, and community crime, including assault
500
Education is a process that takes place both inside and outside of school. What are the 4 factors that are affected by this?
(1) social and academic organization of the school; (2) personal and background of characteristics and circumstances of students and their families; (3) community contexts within which students, families, and schools exist; (4) relationship of these factors to one another
500
What are the two common misconceptions for children living in poverty?
(1) Children live with single mothers who are unemployed...which in truth, most children in low-income families have parents who are employed full-time and year round. (2) ⅔ children in low-income families live either in the South or West...when in truth, children in the Northeast and Midwest: urban areas. South and West: rural areas.
500
What are some policy issues in which our homeless crisis could be reformed?
Reform includes: quality child care, decent housing, change in welfare, livable wages, affordable health care, etc.
500
What are the 5 reasons why teachers and others professionals fail to report suspicions of abuse, even though it is mandated?
(1) insufficient information or signs, (2) fear of reprisal, (3) discouragement by supervisors, (4) concerned with family interference, and (5) avoidance of emotional and legal “hassle”
500
What are the steps educators and school leaders can take in order to create a safer school setting? Provide at least 3.
Life skills and social competencies; health promotion; problem prevention skills; coping skills, and social support.
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