Understanding Families Chapter 7

Drugs

100

What is the most commonly missued drug in America? 

Alcohol

200

What is defined as, "a compulsive activity and overwhelming involvement with a specific activity?" 

Addiction

300

What is the addictive substance in tobacco and vaping products? 

Nicotine

400

What drug category can cause extreme sleepiness or slowed breathing?

Opioids or depressants

500

Name two ways addiction can interfer with a guaridan's ability to take care of a student?

• Learning: Stress and lack of sleep can affect memory, attention, problem-solving, and academic stamina.
• Attendance: A child may miss school because of unstable routines, lack of transportation, caregiving responsibilities, or crises at home.
• Relationships: The child may struggle to trust adults, follow routines, accept help, or form healthy peer relationships.
• Basic needs: The child may come to school hungry, tired, unwashed, or without necessary materials.

Violence

100

What do you call a pattern of abusive or controlling behavior used by one person to gain power over another person in a close relationship?

Domestic Violence

200

True or False: Women are more likely than men to experience domestic violence. 

True (about 75%)

300

Domestic violence disrupts children's ability to create and maintain secure attachments, making it difficult to form healthy _________. 

relationships

400

What is the leading cause of death for children 1-19 years old in America? 

Firearm Injuries

500

Name three reasons a women might struggle to leave an abusive relationship. 

Fear of danger, Financial control, Children (custody, disrupting their lives), Isolation, Emotional manipulation, Shame and fear of judgment, Love and hope, Practical barriers (housing, money)

Child Abuse and Neglect

100

Child neglect is defined as a failure to meet a child's' _____ _____

basic needs

200

Name two types of child abuse.

Physical, emotional, neglect, or sexual abuse

300

Teachers, healthcare providers, social workers, and law enforcement are professionals legally required to report suspected child or vulnerable adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation to authorities.  They are called __________ __________. 

mandatory reporters

400

Children with ________ are more likely to experience abuse. 

disabilities

500

Name three things a teacher might see that are possible signs of abuse. 

physical (injuries), emotional, behavioral (innaproprite knowlegde), or school-related (withdrawn)

Military Families

100

What psychological condition is common in in combat veterans that includes nightmares and flashbacks? 

Post traumatic Stress Disorder

200

True or False: About 40% of military personal are married with children. 

True

300

What is one challenge for military personal with families when then return home? 

new routines, growth and change for their children, reorganizing of household tasks, adapting to injuries

400

True or False: Women make up the majority of active duty members of the military.

False, women make up 14%

500

Multiple deployments, exposure to combat, psychological and physical wounds all create _______ that impact the families of military personnel. 

stress

Wild Card

100

Who created the ecological system theory? 

Urie Bronfenbrenner

200

An IEP for a child and family from birth to three is called a/an _______________. 

Individual Family Service Plan

300

How many types of adverse childhood experiences are in the ACE study? 

10

400

What are two ways you could make families who speak a language other than English feel at ease when you first meet them? 

Have their native language in their classroom, represent their culture in some way, multilingual labels, have an interpreter if needed)

500

The theory that infants are biologically wired to form close connections with their caregivers.

Attachment Theory