Emotional & Social Challenges
Acute & Chronic Stressors
Cognitive Lags
Health & Safety Issues
Wild Card
100
What plays a leading role in the development of social functions?
Parent /Child Attachment
100
What stressor is more common and exerts a more relentless influence on children's day to day lives?
Chronic Stress
100
What are the five major cognitive systems?
The prefrontal/executive system The left perisylvian/language system The medial temporal/memory system The parietal/spatial cognition system The occipitotemporal/visual cognition system
100
What types of illnesses are children of poverty more likely to have?
Asthma, Respiratory Infections, Tuberculosis, Ear Infections, Hearing Loss and Obesity
100
EACH is a mnemonic for what risk factors?
Emotional and Social Challenges Acute and Chronic Stressors Cognitive Lags Health and Safety Issues
200
Infant brains are hardwired with what six emotions?
Joy, Anger, Surprise, Disgust, Sadness, and Fear
200
What is a major stressor to children raised in poverty?
Abuse
200
What are the most important factors in the development of a child's brain?
Reading and language acquisition
200
What factors contribute to the poor health of low-income families?
Poor nutrition, unhealthy environmental conditions, and inability to obtain appropriate health care.
200
What are the steps that can be taken to alleviate acute and chronic stressors?
Recognize the signs, Alter the environment, and Empower students
300
Children in poverty are more likely to display what six behaviors?
Acting out, Impatience and Impulsivity, Gaps in politeness & social graces, a more limited range of behavioral responses, Inappropriate emotional responses, and less empathy for others' misfortunes
300
Which stressor (acute or chronic) is linked to over 50% of all absences?
Chronic
300
What is the correlation between poverty and lower cognitive achievement?
Below average scores in reading, math, science, and demonstration of poor writing skills.
300
What 5 school behaviors are displayed by low income students because of 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.
400
What three strong relational forces drive school behaviors?
Students need to feel safe, accepted, and special
400
Which stressor (acute or chronic) reduces motivation, determination, and effort?
Chronic
400
What is the composite of academic skills needed for success?
Build core skills Pinpoint assessments Provide hope and support Recruit and train the best staff you can
400
What support and accommodations should educators provide to children affected by health issues?
1. Providing a physician on-site once a week. 2. Working with a local pharmacy to arrange for access to medications. 3. Arranging for a dentist to make designated school visits. 4. Educating students' caregivers about school resources. 5. Providing tutors to help students who miss classes to catch up. 6. Improving awareness among staff about health-related issues.
500
What three strategies address all three relational forces?
Embody respect, Embed Social Skills, and Be inclusive
500
What is chronic stress?
High stress that is sustained over time. For example, criticism, neglect, social exclusion, lack of enrichment, malnutrition, drug use, and abuse.
500
In what subjects is the gap most evident between children raised in poverty and their well-off peers?
Math and reading
500
What can a school do to become an enrichment school?
1. Provide wraparound health and medical services. 2. Minimize negative stress and strengthen coping skills. 3. Use a cognitively challenging curriculum. 4. Provide tutoring and pullout services to build student skills. 5. Foster close relationships with staff and peers. 6. Offer plenty of exercise options.
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