Education
True or False?
Low socioeconomic status and exposure to adversity in early childhood has been found to be linked to increased educational success
False
Children raised in poverty are sometimes significantly delayed in these skills?
What are language and cognitive skills?
This term describes when a family moves frequently, often due to economic instability.
What is housing mobility?
Children without reliable means of transportation miss days of school more often. Name a way this could impact the child.
Possible answers include:
Not understanding the work
Missing out on social interactions
A specialized school curriculum focused on nutrition and exercise starting in ______ is crucial to prevent cardiovascular disease later in life.
What is preschool?
Children of low SES are often exposed to more chronic stress than those of _____ income status.
What is HIGHER income status?
List 3 reasons why families with low SES might not be able to access good education for their young child
Possible answers include:
Limited financial resources
Lack of access to high quality child care
Parental barrier such as busy work schedule
Geographic limitations
Lack of access to transportation
Language barriers
Limited knowledge about early childhood education
Children in low-SES are found to be less engaged in imaginative and cooperative play because of lesser access to ___________ activities.
What are OUTDOOR activities?
This type of preschool / early childhood education program is crucial for children who lack stable housing.
What is HeadStart?
True or False
Presence of subway/light rail/train station in a neighborhood promotes better health outcomes.
What is true?
Families of lower SES often live in neighborhoods with crime and lack of access to playgrounds, resulting in toddlers /young children engaging in greater amounts of____?
What is sedentary behavior?
What is indoor play?
Children of low socioeconomic status are at higher risk for these psychological effects. Name one.
What is anxiety, depression, or low-self esteem?
Select which is NOT true about parents with higher socioeconomic status:
They elicit more conversations with their children
They use larger vocabularies in conversations with their children
They tend to speak more than one language to their children
3. They tend to speak more than one language to their children.
During early childhood the brain develops critically important neural functions and structures that will shape future ____________ outcomes?
Possible answers include:
Cognitive, social, emotional, or health outcomes
Homeless students experience stress and trauma of housing instability that can manifest in behavioral problems that disrupt classroom dynamics and learning. Name two types of behavioral problems that could exist?
1. Withdrawal
2. Aggression
True or false?
Neighborhoods with high traffic pose safety risks to young children and pedestrians.
What is true?
Children in the lowest quintile of SES were ___% MORE likely to be overweight or obese than children in the highest quintile.
What is 70%?
Ways to mitigate chronic stress in children in low SES. Name two.
1. Mental health access
2. Trauma-informed care
3. Coping skills
4. Strong familial or social support
Research indicates that ____ _____ of early childhood education can help close the gap in preschool between low-income and high-income children.
What is public funding?
Study: Hart and Risley followed the children of 42 families from different demographics for 2.5 years. (6-36 months) By observing the families at home each month for 1 hour, they concluded by age 4, the average child with low SES would've been exposed to ___ less words compared to the upper-SES child.
What is 30 million less words?
What can children feel while undergoing housing instability?
Name an emotion.
What is ashamed or embarrassed?
Lack of transportation to health appointments can lead to adverse health outcomes in early childhood like ___. Name two.
What are dental problems?
What are hearing or eyesight problems?
In 2019, the CDC reported the highest number of measles cases in the US since 1992. __% of cases were linked to densely populated areas with low vaccination records.
What is 86%?
_____play is the most important form of play in early childhood. It includes lots of imaginary scenarios and stories often played with other kids. Children in low SES are less likely to engage in this play.
What is SOCIODRAMATIC play?
Formal education for young children supports _____, _____, and _____. Name one of these.
1. Social awareness
2. Group interaction skills
3. Cognitive development
By age 4, lower-SES children are shown to have LESS gray matter volume in the frontal and parietal cortex. This can lead to behavioral problems such as? Name one.
1. Breaking rules
2. Inability to regulate
3. Increased aggression
4. Hyperactivity
How can homelessness make educational resources less accessible? Name two reasons.
Possible answers include:
Less access to wifi or computers
Less access to school supplies
Transportation unavailable
Name two barriers to public transportation.
1. Cost
2. Must be on time to catch bus or train
3. Safety
4. Weather
Low-income babies and young children can receive free vaccines through the ______ Program to prevent against 16 childhood diseases.
Hint, acronym VFC!
What is vaccines for children program?
Toddlers make use of THESE objects, stuffed animals or blankets, to help them cope with stressful situations.
What are transition or comfort objects?