HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES
Acute and Chronic Stressors
Emotional and Social Challenges
Cognitive Lags
100
What illnesses are low-income families more likely to be exposed to?
Asthma, Respiratory Infections, Tuberculosis, Ear Infections, Hearing Loss, Obesity
100
What are the 2 different types of stressors?
Acute and Chronic
100
What are the six emotions infants are hardwired for?
1. Joy 2. Anger 3. Surprise 4. Disgust 5. Sadness 6. Fear
100
What are the most important factors in the development of a child’s brain?
Reading and Language acquisition
200
What factors contribute to low-income family’s poor health?
Poor Nutrition, Unhealthy Environmental Conditions, Inability to obtain appropriate health care
200
What is a stressor?
Anything that threatens to disrupt homeostasis.
200
What are the 3 rational behaviors that drive school behavior?
1) Drive for reliable relationships 2) Strengthening of peer socialization 3) Quest for importance and social status
200
What is the correlation between poverty and lower cognitive achievement?
It produces a below average scores in reading, math, science, and demonstrates poor writing skills.
300
What 5 school behaviors are displayed by low-income students due to health issues?
School absences, Duration of School Absences, Tardiness Rates, Incidents of illness during class, Rates of Undiagnosed and/or untreated health problems or disabilities
300
What are two of the symptoms in the classroom of chronic stress?
• 50 percent of all absences • impaired attention and concentration • reduced cognition, creativity, and memory • diminished social skills and social judgement • reduced motivation, determination, and effort • increased likelihood of depression • reduced neurogenesis
300
What are the strategies that address all 3 of the relational forces?
1. Embody respect 2. Embed social skills 3. Be inclusive
300
What are the composites of academic skills needed for success?
1. Build core skills 2.Pinpoint assessments 3. Provide hope and support 4. Recruit and train the best staff you can
400
What support and accommodations should educators provide to children affected by health issues?
Provide a physician on-site once a week. Work with a local pharmacy to arrange for access to medications. Arrange for a dentist to make designated school visits. Educate students’ caregivers about school resources. Provide tutors to help students who miss classes to catch up. Improve awareness among staff about health-related issues.
400
What are the strategies to address acute and chronic stressors:
1) Recognize 2) Alter the environment 3) Empower students
400
What do children under 3 years old need to grow up emotionally healthy?
1) Strong, reliable primary caregiver 2) Safe, predictable stable environment 3) 10 to 20 hours each week of harmonious, reciprocal interactions. 4) Enrichment through personalized, increasingly complex activities.
400
In what subject area is the gap most evident when it comes to teachers that teach outside their subject expertise?
The subjects are Math and Reading.
500
What can enrichment schools provide to minimize the risk factors that impair academic success?
Provide wraparound health and medical services. Minimize negative stress and strengthens coping skills. Use a cognitively challenging curriculum. Provide tutoring and pullout services to build students skills. Foster close relationships with staff and peers. Offer plenty of exercise options.
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