...Characteristics of At-Risk Children AED/201 LaShaun Cummings July 28, 2013 In the United States many students face many problems or terrible conditions in their lives at home, school and in life in general. These problems and conditions can affect students in such a big way when it comes to schoolwork or academic success. Many schools nationwide have set up programs or assistance to help these students succeed despite the problem or condition they are forced to face. Not all students may encounter a problem in school, but some encounter multiple problems. The types of problems and conditions include changing families, poverty, violence, abuse of alcohol and/or drugs, suicide, and child abuse. These are serious problems that many students face in today’s world, which can seriously affect academic success. Students who face one or more of these problems is said to be “at-risk” for academic failure (Axia College, 2005). The characteristics of students placed at-risk are a low SES, inner city, male, transient, minority, non-native English speaker, and divorced families (Axia College, 2005). The only way a school, district, or state can do something about the at-risk students is to assist the needs of these students as much as possible. Many schools, districts, and states have set up special programs for at-risk students, including anything from afterschool programs to housing assistance. Usually the programs assist one of the characteristics of at-risk students to assist these...
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...At risk children in after school programs. In the report you will learn about what amount of at risk children attend after school programs, we will also find out what percentage of these children are part of the DJJ program( Department of Juvenile Justice ). A large portion of elementary and middle school kids attend after school programs, some for the simple reason that most of these children come from single parent homes. What I’m trying to learn is from this study is what do these programs offer, and how do the parents select the program suitable for their children. Do they like the programs these programs offer, do these programs offer tutoring for grade school child, or are they not concern with the program its just a a safe place where their children can be til they get off from work. Some of these programs are state funded, some are grant funded, other are non – profit like the Boys and Girls Clubs. The Department of Juvenile Justice, largely because the may be to keep kids of trouble and off the street. About 10 percent of the kids in have had some sort of run in with the law. Most of the children in these programs would come to no parent (s) if they not in these clubs. We all know that any child that is bore will most likely get into trouble. The population I’m most interest in is the children of single parent homes, what effect does this have on child’s motivation to learn, their study habits and the overall being....
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...Center Risk Reduction Plan Program Name: _____________________________________________ License #: _____________ Child care centers must develop a risk reduction plan that identifies the general risks to children served by the child care center. The license holder must establish specific policies and procedures or refer to existing policies and procedures that minimize identified risks, train staff on the procedures, and annually review the procedures. [Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.66, subdivision 2] 1. Physical Plant. Identify specific risks to children based on an assessment of the physical plant where licensed services are provided. The assessment must include an evaluation of the required factors listed below in column 1. Write each identified risk in column 2; insert additional lines as needed. In column 3, write specific policies and procedures you have developed and implemented to minimize each risk, or in column 4, reference existing policies and procedures that minimize each risk. Physical plant Identified risks Policies and procedures Existing policies and factors developed and implemented to procedures that minimize required to be minimize the risks the risks assessed Condition and design of the facility Condition and design of the outdoor space Bathrooms Page 1 Minnesota Department of Human Services Division of Licensing Office of Inspector General November 2012 Physical plant factors required to be assessed Storage areas Identified risks ...
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...Unit 4- Children and play D1 (Identify 3 different setting where children might play) and D2 (State the typical age range and the stage of play of the children who might play in the setting) * Park * Garden * School The typical age range for children to play in a park is from 3-6 years. Children at the lower end of the age range are likely to be at the associative play stage this is when two or more children actively play together without formal organisation, group directions, group interaction, or a define goal. The typical age range for children to play in a garden is from 2-4 years. Children at the lower end of the age range will likely to be at parallel play, this is when children play alongside of each other but with very little communication. Children will be playing with similar object, side by side but hardly any interaction. The typical age range for children to play in a day nursery is from 6months onwards. Children at this age range will likely to be solitary play; this is play where the child plays independently without the consideration of what other children around them are doing. D3 (Describe 1 type of play that would take place in each setting.) and D4 (Describe one type of activity or experience in which children might demonstrate each type of play) A type of play that may take place at the local park is fantasy play. This is when children pretend to play a role that has not happened yet. An example of fantasy play in the local park may...
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...Understand Potential Hazards in Health and Social Care. You need to explain each hazard as well as the risk from each hazard. Use Pages 88-93 to complete the table. (P1) This task will discuss the potential hazards within different environments. It will also explain the different types of risks from the hazards. Additionally it will state the different type of individuals who would use health and social care services. Finally the hazards and risks will be put into a scenario which will discuss how the hazard became a risk and the effects of the risks. Hazards | Harm and Abuse (Risks) | Settings | Users of Health and Social Care Services | Explanation with Details | Hazards in the Physical EnvironmentPoor Ventilation | -Increases the spread of infections like colds and flu.-Stale air can cause nasal congestion. | Hospital | Diverse range of Patients- the elderly, young children, teenagers baby’s, people with physical and physiological problems. | Kathryn is a 73 year old Woman. She has been in the intensive care unit for around 2 weeks treating the Swine Flu that she had caught. Today she is being dismissed from Hospital as she had fully recovered. There was poor ventilation within the hospital meaning that there was an insufficient amount of fresh air circulating around the environment, this increased the epidemic of influenzas, and it also meant that the environment was also contaminated with stale air that was entering Kathryn’s body. A week later Kathryn developed...
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...The Harmful Effects of ADHD Medication in Children Mellanie Cadwell Abstract The medications and treatments for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) were researched to expose the risks of pharmaceuticals and their side effects on young children. The medical risks of medications commonly used to treat children with ADHD were examined using published research and findings from pediatricians, physicians, scientists, and other health care professionals, as well as alternative treatments for the disorder. The research showed that the ADHD pharmaceutical treatment plans have serious short and long term side effects on young children, with no evidence of long term efficacy. Whereas, alternative treatment plans pose no harmful physical side effects and are still effective. The Harmful Effects of ADHD Medication in Children Abigail first started exhibiting signs of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in preschool. Her preschool teachers complained to her parents that during story time she disturbed the other children with her fidgeting. Her parents took her to a developmental pediatrician who, after many tests, diagnosed her with ADHD. The pediatrician prescribed different medications that made her seriously ill and drastically altered her personality. After trying several different medications, her parents decided to abstain...
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...great thing for children but I guess I never knew just how incredibly important it is for them. This article talks about how we naturally think that our children in society today are getting enough physical activity and how that is not necessarily the case. Not only is the lack of proper nutrition jeopardizing their health it is also jeopardizing our children’s ability to do well in school. In this article children ages 2-5 scored a 60 out of 100 points for healthy eating. This findings in this article stated that children are not getting enough vitamin rich foods and nutrient dense foods. These children also need to decrease their saturated fat, intake of sodium and high calorie foods. Not only does having improper nutrition at the early childhood age put them at higher risk for obesity later on in life, it also jeopardizes their development, their readiness for school ad also have lifelong effects on adult productivity. Children in this day and age are all too often missing the very important nutrients and vitamins needed in their diets and negatively impacting the way that they are able to learn and how much that these children are able to learn. This article states that approximately 9.6 million U.S. children ages 0-6 years old are living in “food Insecure” households which means that more than often theses households do not have to proper supply of food to provide the proper nutrition for their children. Food insecure children are very high risk compared to food...
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...Unvaccinated Children: Should they be allowed public schools? Deborah Toodle Stephen Webber English 215 18 August 2013 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to identify the problem that will be addressed with my proposed solution. It will describe the history and overview of the issue both medically and publicly as well as the current status of public and political opinion. Three problems will be identified in the course of this paper as well as support to show the true application of these problems. Finally a solution is proposed and discussed after a summarization of the problems. Unvaccinated Children: Should we allow them in public schools? Every day one of a parents greatest worries is the health of their child. As they get older and venture out of the house and out of a parents sight more often, children are exposed to an even greater risk of illness. The culmination of this is the day a parent puts a child on a school bus and sends them off for the first time. One of the biggest fears of the modern day parent is the health risks of sending a child to public schools. While they claim to be safer in the modern world, the exposure of children to one another in a confined place for days on end still continually results in easily contracted illnesses. Children are constantly reported as having flu’s or colds that can be traced back to an entire classroom of sick children. So why should they be exposed to extra illnesses and even sometimes...
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...Make recommendations in relation to identified hazards to minimise the risks to the service user group. A risk assessment is used to assess the hazards and risks that can cause harm to individuals in an environment. I did my risk assessment for my placement which is a day nursery setting called Quince Tree. Many parents and their children visit this health and social care setting daily and a risk assessment was needed to make sure their safety was to a high standard. There was five hazards at Quince Tree that I had recognised which could have put the service users and staff at risk, most of these hazards was at a medium risk and only a small amount were high. Firstly there was a slip and trips hazard this could have caused harm to someone who may suffer from vision impairment or to the younger age group of children who don’t have much awareness, and would easily walk or run into them or even decided to climb up onto them. The reasons for this would be that there had been a recent delivery for necessary items such as nappies, wipes and paper etc. the boxes was left in the walk way at the entrance to the main room for children aged 3 to 5. This occurred as the manager had become quickly occupied with another task. I rated this risk at a medium level as it could have caused harm to any of the service users who may have fallen over these items although it could have easily been resolved. To resolve this risk it would have been better for the manager to have either asked the delivery...
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...Introduction Obesity in children is a major health issue affecting the Australian population with approximately 1 in 4 children being overweight or obese (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2013). It represents a major health and economic burden costing Australia around $58 billion in 2008 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2010). When assessing this issue from a public health perceptive, it is important to consider how obesity can affect the children in our society and the health complications obesity can lead to. The aim of this essay is to discuss the impact of obesity in children aged 6-17, in regards to its rising prevalence patterns, health risk behaviours and social determines. Health promotion and educational campaigns along...
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...Examples of risks to children; It is important for any child in the care of the person looking after them to be looked after in a secure, happy and friendly environment. All children should be looked after and protected from harm like an accident and should not be at risk from other children or adults. There are polices and providers in place to look after the children’s safety in the work place and also in different places where different laws are in place to protect children and young adults. The parents of the children need to trust and have understanding of the people who are looking after their children daily if it is in a nursery or child minder. There are three polices in place to look after the children the first one is Child Protection keeping children safe from other children and carers and public members. Number two is Risk Assessments and Health and Safety to lower the risk in the place where they are and health and safety so the child does not hurt them self’s. Number Three, CRB check’s to check if you’re working with children that it is fine for the person having the CRB check to do so. Being first aid trained is...
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...antipsychotic drugs used to treat school-aged children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The distribution of these ADHD medications have steadily increased over the years, which has, on one hand, presented a possible solution to the escalating diagnosis of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and on the latter, brought into question the ethics and effectiveness of these medications. Health officials, parents, and the children themselves struggle to come to an agreement when deciding whether or not medication is the best solution. The Debate Over Medicating Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder In the spring of 2004, Jacqueline A. Sparks, an associate professor of family therapy at the University of Rhode Island, and Barry L. Duncan, a cofounder of the Institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change, investigated the ethics and effectiveness behind the distribution of ADHD medications as a modern treatment method for children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Even though, “appropriate identification and treatment of symptoms for psychiatric illnesses (such as ADHD) during childhood and adolescence is critical” (ScienceDaily). Sparks and Duncan note that, “ADHD is arguably the most controversial topic in recent mental health history. The ADHD diagnosis is not defined by a biological marker (Leo & Cohen, 33), but is rather subjective and not easily distinguished from the everyday behavior of children. Thus, the diagnosis lacks reliability...
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...Health Risks, Prevention, and Lack of Exercise; Childhood Obesity Jessica Higginson ENG 122 English Instructor Patricia Vineski Sept. 30, 2012 Childhood obesity is a growing problem that if controlled, children today can be and stay healthy. Over the past three decades childhood obesity has increased dramatically and is still climbing. Obesity is defined as “an increase in body weight beyond the limitation of skeletal and physical requirements, as the result of excessive accumulation of body fat.” (Saunders, 2007) According to the medical dictionary, mildly obese is twenty to forty percent over ideal weight; moderately obese is forty to one hundred percent over; and severely/morbidly obese is over one hundred percent. (p. 1) Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children more today than ever before. The extra pounds children are carrying around starts them on the path to health problems. Heath problems that were “adult” problems have now become a bigger problem in children. More children are developing health related problems due to bad eating habits and lack of exercise. Childhood obesity causes serious complications, the risk of illness, and even a shorter life span. These are the ways to help prevent childhood obesity, health risks, and issues associated with the lack of exercise. Childhood is an important period of life to deal with obesity. As it is today more than thirty percent of children are overweight. The International Obesity Task...
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...Children Should Play Contact Sports Med Prep/ mod 3 The benefits of sports are immeasurable, participating in a sport, whether it is a contact sport or not can benefit a child in every aspect of their life. Participating in a sport keeps a child fit, reduces their stress, teaches them teamwork, gives them a skill, helps them learn how to socialize, builds their character, provides them with a constructive use of time, promotes good health, and boosts their self-confidence. Some people think contact sports are dangerous, but children cannot be protected from everything that presents a possible risk. Some children do get hurt in sports, but the vast majority of children who play sports will not have any long-lasting injury. Many other things are dangerous as well, such as riding in a car, risks present themselves every day, but not everything that is dangerous can be banned. The concept of children in organized collision based sport is to learn how to appropriately use their body in a safe and effective way. If you teach a young child to tackle they're far less likely to be injured than if you attempt to teach an eighteen year old to hit for the first time. As children play contact sports they are learning and growing in their skills that will benefit them later in life. Although there are risks to playing contact sports such as; fighting, concussion, possible long-term damage, and other serious injuries, the chance of most children suffering from these risks are low. Some...
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...Children’s Well-Being John Pass Western Governors University---Washington Some have argued that the disparities in life outcomes are primarily determined by characteristics of the family. Family structure is a fundamental characteristic of the family. This fundamental characteristic has significant and sustaining effects on children. The traditional family structure can be defined as a family that has children living with both biological and married parents. The trend for family structure is moving away from the traditional family to various other types of family structures. Today, children are increasingly growing up in single-parent, step, and grandparents-only families. Recently, there has been considerable research examining whether correlations exist between family structure and children’s well-being. Research suggests that the loss of traditional family structure negatively affects children’s well-being in academic achievement outcomes, overall physical and mental health, and increases the likelihood of at-risk behaviors. There are negative educational consequences for children that grow up in nontraditional family structures. A great deal of research on the correlation between family structure and academic achievement has results that are similar. According to Sun and Li, “most previous studies have concurred that growing up in various alternative family structures has negative educational consequences (2011, p.542). Also,...
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