Developing a Prevention and Response Plan; is a use of approaches and strategies based on research about what works. Creating the Violence Prevention and Response Plan; the violence prevention and response plan reflects the unique needs of educators, students, families, and the greater community. The plan outlines how all individuals in the school the community, administrators, teachers, parents, students, and support staff will be prepared to spot the behavioral and emotional signs that indicate a child is troubled, and what they will need to do. The effective written plan should include; a descriptions of the early warning signs of potentially violent behavior for identifying children who exhibit these signs. Also preventive practices of the school community must undertake to builds a foundation that is responsive to all children and enhances the effectiveness of interventions. Therefore, the intervention strategies of the school community can be use to help troubled children. It must include early intervention for students, who are at risk of behavioral problems, and more intensive, individualized interventions and resources for student with severe behavioral problems or mental health needs. Then crisis intervention plan must include immediate responses for imminent warning signs and violent behavior, and have a contingency plan to be used in the aftermath of the tragedy. The plan must be consistent with federal, state, and local laws. It also should have the support of families and the local school board. It could be successful if the entire school communities get involved in developing and implementing the plan. However, everyone should be provided with training and maintain on a daily basis. Forming the Prevention and Response Team; it can be helpful to establish a school-based team to oversee the preparation and implementation of the prevention and response plan. A designated middle group should be entrusted with this important responsibility. In general the middle team includes the building administrator, general and special education teachers, parents and a student support services representative (a school psychologist, social worker, or counselor), school resource officer, and a safe and drug-free schools program coordinator. If no school psychologist or mental health professional is available to the staff, involve someone from an outside mental health agency. Think about involving a variety of community leaders and parents when building the violence prevention and response team such as PTA officers, mental health and child welfare personnel.
Good morning...I decide to talk about early warning signs. Early warnings signs mean pay attention as a parent to child on their behavior or other things they do. But when you pay attention don’t jump to conclusion that it is some wrong with your child and do not label them. Also when the child is at school staff is at the front line to see the behavior, but the problem is they are not trained on what to do with the child’s behavior. If the parents and school staff communicate with each other, they can get quick help for there child. The article identifies some early warning signs. 1. Do no harm: which means get help for them right away and do not punish, isolate or exclude them in any way. 2. Understand violence and aggression within a context: which means it may be your child environment (school, home or other places). Children who are at risk for aggression and violence, in certain environments or situations can set it off. Some children may act out if the stress becomes too great especially if they lack positive coping skills, and if they have learned to react with aggression. 3. Avoid stereotypes: don’t stereotype them because it may do more harm to the child. For example, their appearance they may be wearing gold teeth in their mouth, which may be the fashion at that time. 4. View warning signs within a developmental context: they may express their needs differently in elementary, middle, and high school. The point is to know what is developmentally typical behavior, so that behaviors are not misinterpreted. 5. Understand that children typically exhibit multiple warning signs: a child displays more than one warn sign of troubled behavior. At the end of the day parents, school, friends, neighbors and others need to pay attention and communicate with each other. Because if we don’t our future (kids) will be no more.
It is very important to report any unusual behavior inmmediately to the parents as well to the school principal. Then the principal should give authorization to the counselor to meet with student and find out specific reasons for the unusual behavior reported. Counselor should keep several appointments with student, if behavior continuous talk to their parents and together review patterns of behavior or sudden changes in behavior. Both parents and educator can determinate changes in behavior, but educator should advise parent no to punish the child, just recommendation in observing behavior. Control the early signs are the first steps to keep child out of trouble and to prevent school violence. I believe that high school should create a mandatory class based on crime prevention. Also, at the time of registration every student should complete a questionarie based on family background and medical history to prevent violence in schools. In conclusion, educators and parents contribute enormously and reporting every unusual behavior and discussing it together will prevent school violence even though not all behaviors ends up in violence. However, it is important to try to find those student with early signs indicators, but it is also important not to overreact and jump in erroneous conclusions. Adequate information can provide an effective response.If early signs persist child can be referred to an appropriate professioal for advanced care.
Good morning fellow students and Dr. Kalam, the area i chose was: Intervention: Getting Help for Troubled Children.
It is essential that when a child displays warning signs that could potentially pose a threat to themselves and others, It is important that these issues are identified, addressed, and treated. This will take a collaborative effort from the child's family, school, and the community. With a coordinated and monitored intervention program that will include behavioral and academic specialists, these students that are high- risk will have a chance at adjusting and coping with issues that if otherwise left untreated will pose a danger to the community. The child's parents is an important factor in the intervention process and should be kept informed of the school's and the community's intervention plan. An intervention program is not successful if it is not collaborative and well coordinated. All parties involved should keep an open line of communication in order to ensure the success of the intervention program. Students should also be involved in implementing an intervention program so that they are aware of the program's benefits and its importance. Early intervention is essential and important to already at risk youth. The sooner the problem is identified and addressed, the more there is a chance that an at risk youth will be able to transition back into their school's, family's, and community's environment.
Hi Shantell, I do understand that early warning signs is a delicate matter when it comes to communicating with a child. I also understand that we should not hastily jump to conclusions when we notice a child displaying a certain type of behavior, but i think the sooner these issues are addressed and identified the better the child will have at adjusting. You are on point when you mentioned that most school staff are not trained in addressing these issues, which leads to a very critical point: this is for the "policy people" School staff especially teachers should have some training in behavioral issues.
Hi Diana, the summary we did in class yesterday has similar views on your subject. Sometimes students need to talk about their issues and connect with caring adults. I agree with you when you said that not all behavioral issues turn out to be violent ones. At risk youths need a nonjudgemental adult that they can have several one on one sessions with to help relieve their problems. You would be surprised how some of them might look forward to these visits.
But how can the real problem of overworked and underpaid teachers influence the outcomes such as disruptive behavior that leads to punishment...regardless of the underlying problem? Who has time to analyze a childs behavior?
Parent should pay close attention to their child, but I believe that child have different patterns of behavior in school as well as home. And I think that educators play an important role since they are in front of the line. However, both will do a better job in determining the early signs. As you said, we can not jump on erroneous conclusions that can label a child and we need to be very careful at the time of interpreting an unusual behavior. I am agree that the first step must be done by educators and this article it's very interesting since give us tips in how to deal with these early warning signs. Some times child is set up to deal with aggression but not meaning that this child will end up in seeking professional help since not all behaviors ends up in violence. I think that our job as a parent is to observe our kids so they will be more productive and we will prevent school violence in the future.
Early warning signs allow us to act responsibly by getting help for the child before problems escalate. It is essential to be aware of early warning signs with our children. These early warning signs can start at a very young age. Children with these signs can be better help if caught at an earlier age. These early signs are not always signs that lead to violence, the child can just be bored at school because he/she is at a higher level intellectually than the other children. These signs can be more seen by parents, teachers and friends. Parents need to be very involved in their child life in order to be able to identify if there is any early warning signs. But as we know a lot of parents “can’t” because of many reasons… There is when the role of a teacher becomes more crucial than what it is. When a teacher has to look out for these sings having 25 or 30 children in one classroom; it might take more than one teacher or time child being in school for anybody to pick up on these signs. Meanwhile, the child is going through his/her “problem” (emotional, psychological, etc). There is when friends are also very important. In conclusion, Parents and Educators need to report each other of any strange behavior of the child in order to be able to identify what’s the problem. Then take professional advisement and let the psychology or counselor of the school try to investigate what’s causing the “problem”. But, again as we can see it all goes back to parenting. Parents need to be involved in their child’s life to be able to identify any changes.
I agree with you, it takes all parties involved to help the child. But, I also think that from all the parties’ parents should be the more interested and involved for the wellbeing of the child.
You are right and it is a cruel reality that a school teacher does not get paid enough to teach, nevertheless to analyze a child behavior but if an unusual behavior happens among a class, or during school time I think the teacher should comment this behavior signs in the next school meeting to became with a solution. At least, they can alert parents.....or to prevent future school violence.
Just a comment.....Maybe if a were the teacher I would do it.
I agree with your statement, but I have a question when you say that... Also, at the time of registration every student should complete a questionarie based on family background and medical history to prevent violence in schools. Isn't that a "open door" that can lead to discrimination?
Developing a Prevention and Response Plan In order to be effective, a prevention and response plan must reflect the needs of educators, students, families and the community. All members of the school community –administrators, teachers, parents, students, bus drivers, and support staff- must be prepared to spot behavioral and emotional signs of a troubled child. To be effective a plan must identify the early signs of potentially violent behavior. It must describe prevention practices utilized by the school community to build a foundation that is responsive to children. Intervention practices the school community can use must be described on the plan. Also, in case of imminent warning signs of violent behavior, a crisis intervention plan must be in place, as well as a contingency plan for the aftermath. It is important that the plan complies with federal, state, and local laws. It should also have the support of the families and the school board. The importance of having the support of families is essential if all members of the school community are expected to feel comfortable sharing concerns about a potential troubled child. A school based team that oversees the preparation and implementation of the plan should include: administrators, teachers, parents, social workers, psychologist, and any other support staff that might aid identifying early signs of possible violent behavior. The goal of prevention and response plan is not to prevent all violence from occurring, since that is an impossible task. Rather, the goal is to reduce the likelihood of its occurrence.
You are right once a child displays warning signs it is important to treat them adequately. Parents involvement is a important factor and definitely school and family should be into this intervention plan. To me, a child once develop any kind of problem it is important to find support with their closest relatives and friends to succeed with treatment.
Unfortunately, that’s a reality…that’s why I think parents should try at their maximum to maintain an open line communication with teachers. When parents are involved there is a different environment. (I personally see it every day!)
Hi Ericka, I agree with your assessment. When a child displays signs that could potentially lead to violence, it must be identified, addressed and treated. That task takes more than the school to be treated; it must start with the parents. However, I would suggest that schools take the initiative of providing parents some type of training to help them identify those potentially violent signs. These days, we would be surprise at how many parents take no action when their children display a behavior that might look normal to the parent, but that in reality might pose a danger to them and others.
Reading through the prevention and response plan reminded me of the college policy we were creating yesterday in class. I remember we included a section in which we made mandatory that college professor and support staff be trained in order to recognize signs or predispositions that studies have shown to lead to violence. The plan outlined in the website seems to be a very detailed one, since it include all members of the school community and places a strong burden on having the community accepts and adopt the plan in order to be efficient.
Totally agree with your comment to ericka, I personally see that every single day, when parents take no action and leave all the responsibility to teachers and school staff... And I also see how when parents do get involved it creates a totally different environment not only in favor of the child well being but it does to all of us as part of the school environment.
Definately all members that deals with child in need should be involved to bring the response plan successfully but the most important support have to come from parents and educators as you mentioned. If these plans are put it in action I am sure our schools will be free of violence or at least will reduce it. It will be very nice.
In regards to federal laws, I found a law established in 2002 called “The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act”, created with the purpose of supporting programs that prevent violence, illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs in and around schools. Here is an overview posted by the California Department of Education:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/safedrugfree.asp
Also, the U.S. Department of Education has a section called “office of Safe and Drug-Free School”.
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/index.html. Christian
Hi Ericka, That is so true about what you said about jumping to conclusions. Some parents can not even remember what their child was wearing before they left the house. Parents can not even tell someone the last time they went into their child’s room and looked around by checking their computer, looking under mattress or just snooping around. A person should know their child like the back of their hand.
Good morning Dr Kalam and classmates. My topic is about the development of a prevention of a response plan. The escalation of school violence lately has brought the need to enhance the safety of our children in the schools. School violence can impact the social, psychological, and physical well being of both students and teachers as well as disrupt the learning process. That is why the necessity of developing a prevention and response plan is so important. This plan should embrace the description and identification of the potentially violent behavioral issues of troubled students. It should come out with strategies to address the situations and provide prevention practices to control the incidents. A guide should be created to follow the necessities, emergencies, training, and education for all the participants. It also should cover environmental planning. The students deserve clean schols free of toxic and hazardous materials. This plan should involve teachers, support staff members, administrators, bus drivers, community leaders,parents, and students. The plan should be consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Our kids deserve a good learning environment.
Hey Diana Children do have different pattern of behavior in school as well as at home. I was one of them, I was I saint at home and a loud mouth child at school. That’s why parent should be involved with their child’s school. Pop up at your child school, attend meeting and know your child friends as well as their family. Don’t shelter them, but show them that you love them and care for them and want the best for them. Have that open door policy so they can know that they can talk to you about any and every thing.
Dr. K My thoughts exactly, I am in constant contact with several of the elementary schools where I attended and now one senior high; and to be perfectly honest, there are not enough hours in a day for teachers to monitor student’s behavior. I have witnessed where a teacher actually took 55mins out of a 90min class period just to gain control of the classroom. Which, meant the students were left with approximately 40mins to receive academia instructions and grasp the assignment; leaving no time questions and answer session if understanding the concept was an issue. Now! With the budget cuts, teacher aids, paraprofessionals are no longer assisting the teachers. The underlying factor still remains how one teacher can monitor a classroom of 45-50 student behavior per class; remain in alert mode. The mere thought alone is driving me crazy. Where is the reward system for the educator who can and has done their duties exceptionally well? I truly believe in the old saying, Charity begins a home and then spread abroad; at a very young age.
Summary: After reading the Early Warning Sings and how it talked about how and what are the different levels and thing to do when a child has warning signs and what a parent, school staff, teacher or even classmate should do makes me think if and why are people missing the signs so offend. It talked about how school staff, teachers and school administrators are not trained to analyze children troubles, motives and feelings. It goes into the different level of how a child that is having trouble with other classmate or the fact that they draw or write about how they would kill themselves or harm someone else because they are having a hard time dealing with other classmate. How much they are hating themselves or how or kids tease them for what ever reason. How in many case this kids also come from trouble home. Ever they have been sexually abuse or abuse itself. How this kids feel that they have no one that could give them the love and care that they need. That no one understands them. It also talked about how many times the early warning signs are hard to detect because they are many signs that children at a small age have that sometimes the adult does not want to face because they do not want to face the truth about a close member of the family meaning the child that they are facing signs that might be a danger to them or anyone else. You see to me I feel that a lot of these good step or what to do about the early warning signs have to offer and how to deal with it and what are the signs that people have to notices when dealing with a child is great. But I also believe that as an adult we do not want to see the truth behind the early warning sign of a trouble kids. Even with the fact that the trouble kid could be your own child. That the truth will always no matter how you deal will it hurts. And a lot of these parents do not want to see those signs and the school might feel that they have too many kids to worry about. With the fact that there are a lot of students and might all have some kind of trouble. The ones that the school always deals with are those kids that are always getting into trouble or are the ones that bully other kids. The ones that the school is not playing much attend to because they are the quite ones or the ones that never cause a problem are in fact must not all that might be the one with the mayor problem. Because deep inside this children are the ones that feel like an outsider and that no one wants to listen to them. These are the kids that the bully always teases. How to deal with this is a very hard because the school system also has to worry that their child also has trouble at home as well. So now the school system also has to worry about what happens at home. The school system does not get pay for this. And a lot of this people that work in the school system feel that they are under pay which they are.
This country is so worry about everything else but the budget and the right training for everyone that works in the school system. A lot of this people do become the parents of these kids. The other problem is that must of these children their parents are not in their lives. Ever because they are to busy working, not around at all or just do not care about their own child. So how do we well how does the school system help these children when their own parents are not involved in their lives? There are a lot of warning signs that this kids are crying out so that someone could hear them but no one is playing action at them. A lot of this school feels that they have too much on their plate to hanged all of this children and to think that each day will be a new day because they never know what or how will their day at school will end up like. Does people at the school and the reason why I am saying people is because not only the teacher but also the staff become some of this kids parents. Early warning signs are hard to tell because like the reading said every child has some kind of anger inside of them each day because that is what us human do we all need to have a bad day but how do we detect who is the one with the must problems or that would harm someone. We do not know but we do need to play better action to each child. And to make sure that there lives are okay and that they are not planning to harm or kill them selves. A lot of these children do show that they are in trouble in some kind of way but no one wants to listen or play to much attend at them. But no one wants to see the truth because the truth hurts. Thank you Nancy
Good afternoon Ericka: I aggreed with you, the parents plays an important role in the development of a child, as well as the teachers and the community. That is why it is so important that they work together fo the benefits of them. The communication, like you said, should be open all the time.
Good afternon Dr Kalam: Yes you are right, the fact that teachers are underpaid and overworked leave us with a few that really spend time and dedication with their students. It is a shame because they are the future.
It is nice if these warning signs are catch up at a early age but unfortunately many parents due for inexperience, time, or other reasons just ignore these signs and instead let these signs grow inside the child. Now, if the parent help the child at an early age then will be wonderful, but a lot of parents don't have the time neither the care as you mentioned. I am not agree with you that all problems go back to parenting because most of the kids that cause violence in school does not receive any affection from parents and are the ones missing love since most of them are coming from families with drug problems or other type of abuse problems. On the other hand I am agree with you and I think it is sad to see teachers to take care of many kids at a low salary. These educators deserve better salary and more help to prevent school violence along with parents and community.
I totally agree with your thought process on the Aftermath issue. Also, a major factor is providing a way out {in case of….} Escape plans resulting with little to no added injuries.
You are right when you said that parents forget kids and it is sad that this country put aside an important issue such it is the education and the special training for everyone who works in the school system. Our kids are the leads of the future and the biggest problem is that parents must work to survive and sometimes put aside their kids leaving them by themselves. The child's parent is an important factor as well as the educator to help in finding early warning signs.
I understand what you are saying, BUT,i agree to disagree with when you say....I am not agree with you that all problems go back to parenting because most of the kids that cause violence in school does not receive any affection from parents and are the ones missing love since most of them are coming from families with drug problems or other type of abuse problems. Isn't all that problems of parenting?????
The Early Warning Signs of a trouble child are most often over look by parents because no one what’s to admit that there love children has any faults. One of our classmates mentioned yesterday that your children are a reflection of yourself something to think about. Never the less when a child is prone to violence the sign are there. The CECP summon it up very well. Just because a child has troubles it’s not an indicator that they are violent it could be only a cry for help, the last thing society needs is to label or stigmatize a child. Some of the basic Principle to identify early warning signs the school should practice: Do no harm, understand violence and aggression, avoid stereotypes, view warning signs within a development context, and understand that children typically exhibit multiple warning signs. Some of the early warning signs are familiar the violent behavior, aggression, and emotions mostly a combination. The CECP lists the below Early Warning Signs that we need to look for in our children: Social withdrawal, excessive feelings of isolation and being alone, excessive feelings of rejection, being a victim of violence, felling of being picked on and persecuted, low school interest and poor academic performance, expression of violence in writing and drawings, uncontrolled anger, patterns of impulsive and chronic hitting, intimidating, and bullying behaviors, history of discipline problems, past history and aggressive behavior, intolerance for differences and prejudicial attitude, drug use and alcohol use, affiliation with gangs, inappropriate access to, possession of, and use of firearms, and serious threats of violence. Now the Imminent warning Signs: Serious physical fighting with peers or family, severe destruction of property, rage for minor reasons, threats of lethal violence, passion of weapons, and other self injuries behavior or threats of suicide. When any of the signs are visible actions must be taken imminently, because that child is a walking time bomb ready to explode any minute. Zenaida
Now my opinion is that children mimic what they see around them, some are born with disability that hinders their performance and ability to rationalize their behavior. As adults we need to take responsibility of our decision and actions because our kids did not ask to be born we took that initiative. As adults when we see the first signs of aggression or violence in our infant we should not celebrate or condole. Zenaida
Hi everyone Diana You talked about that there should be some kind of program in high school about crime prevent which you are right but what about the younger kids. I believe that they should also have some kind of special class that talks about any kind of problems that they might have or if they know of someone that might be having these kinds of problems. To let this children know that it’s okay to ask for help that they will not get in trouble. A lot of these kids do hear from other classmate that they are planning on killing or harming someone. Of course that child that heard that will not say a word because they believe they will get hurt too if they tell an adult. But all this programs are getting but we go back to money. I believe if the government would just give more funds to the school system. Then the school system could and would be able to create all this programs for all ages. But then we go back to the home of these kids. The trouble also starts at home. Some of these children just hate going home so they take their anger with their classmates. thanks Nancy
Hi Nancy: I agree with you, the problem could be in front of you and still don't see it. Because like you said the truth hurt. But we have to do better for the sake of the kids. Parents have to compromise more and dedicated more attention to these kids.
Zenaida Hi it’s true that some of these kids have some kind of Learning Disability and as parents we have to be able to understand and know how to deal with this. We do up to say that our children is who their parents are but I have seen some parents that are very good parent but their child is just a trouble kids. I know something went wrong there but how do we deal with that. How do we help these children that are crying for help? Again where do we start in helping these children? Well we are all as a parent needs to learn and understand how to be a good parent from the first day that the child is born. We think of they are too small to understand from right and wrong. I have heard that from many parents which it’s not true. Now if a child is born with some kind of problem then the parent must understand how to deal with that kind of problem. Nothing in life is easy. But can we try to fits this yes I think we can. Thanks Nancy
Christian I agree with the proposal that everyone in the community should be involved in the prevention plan. You are on the right track, it’s just hard to get all the different organization to participate and agree. The next question is how can we make an individual care when it’s not part of their character. Zenaida
Great question, Dr. Kalam. Good teachers are out there who would care and recognize a problem if one is there. If you pay a teacher more money it does not mean that they will be willing to analyze a child behavior. Today society has no time for our future, only time for them selves. We need the old days back so bad, as time go on we are neglecting our youth and making them adult before their time. Where is the love, the hope and the dreams for our kids? At the end of the day, it does take a village to raise a child, just like a building a strong house. To answer your question, we can make time to analyze a child behavior, because we make time for everything else.
Hi Diana: I support your suggestion of a mandatory class on crime prevention as well as a questionaire about family history. Some schools applications have a section where you have to specify if you have been in trouble with the law. How about the medical history and family backgroung as well?
To Zenaida: To answer your question about how can we make an individual care when it’s not part of their character? We used to care, where did we go wrong as a society. Will we every go back to those days, I think not.
It will be nice to enhance some type of safety in schools as the ones you propose. I think if the school board put budget for it will help our school to be free of violence because as you said our children deserve good learning environment. Would you imagige if we could implement this strategies in our dade counties schools?
Nancy, Your right, theirs children from great family that have problems and others from broken homes that are perceived to be the problematic kids but are the A1A student overachieves. There are too many factors to ever be able to pinpoint the problem or the reason a child commits violence. I think we just need to deal with them on a one to one bases, never label, stereotype, or judge. Zenaida
You are right when I read that article that did remain me of the policy that we done in class. It is very detail and gives good point to the prevention and response. With the help of the community, parents, and schools. Bernethia
oh course another excellante topic. Thank you everyone for all of your point of view. This is very good because it helps me see how the little ones in my life are and how I could make it better for them. And not to have my eyes closed and to see the truth behind the bad... See you guys next weeks. Thanks Dr. K
I’m summarizing the early warning signs of children in schools. The article ask why we don’t see the early warning signs before violence occurs in schools. Well each person has their own way to express their selves. Some are quite and to themselves while others may be more outgoing. By looking at someone, it’s hard to dissect them to see what they are thinking. Most of the time, unless someone discusses or vents with a friend or family member, you have no idea what’s going on with an individual. It states that most teachers don’t have the training to see the warning signs, but I think it would still be hard to see the signs with certain people. I personally think that violence in school, or anywhere, will never stop. Some discuss their issues, while others show their issues which is where the violence comes in. It all comes down to the type of person and how far they take it. The article discusses some of the early warning signs are social withdraw, excessive feeling of isolation, excessive feeling of rejection., being a victim of violence, feelings of being picked on, low school interest, etc… I agree that these are signs and that individuals that are showing signs are in need of help. I believe that if more people would discuss their issues instead of holding them in, violence in the world would go down significantly. But I believe that everyone handles their problems in different ways, you’ll never be able to make everyone see that discussing issues helps.
Dr. Kalam My sister in law is a school teacher and she often say that she is unpaid and overworked. But she is a decidated teacher. And I think if they are appreciated more there would not be any problem anazlying our children's behavior if their was a problem. Bernethia
Zenaida, you state when a child is prone to violence the sign is there. I don't agree. Some children show signs, but some don't. I have a very good friend who has been through many issues in life but he never shows any signs of having any issues. Most people show signs, but their are some that do not. I've learned that people are really hard to dissect to see what is going on in their life. Some like to discuss with others what is going on in life while others hold it in. You never know what someone may be feeling or thinking. Very Good post . Thanks, Brandon
Idalia, very good post. I believe this is a very good idea for a response plan. I dont believe that we will evr be able to stop violence in schools or in general, but your ideas I believe are a good strategy to plan and be ready for anything that does occur. We might not be ableto stop all violence but if we plan and maybe lower the rates of violence, then we are succeeding.
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Hi everyone just came in for Walking for children with Autism.
My topic is on eary prevention.
A parent can detect a problem with there children if you are in that child's business. You literally have to still clean there room once in a while just to see whats in there.
With teenage children like mine i take and drop them off to the movies and pick them up so i know who they dealing with.
You have to give the feeling of an open book policy so they know there is no stupid question, or any issue to small or large for yall to discuss.
You can any conversation with them without it getting disrespectful...
Parents have to be open minded that there children are not back in our days as we call it.
Since school violence has been around since the 1970’s it has been necessary to start a prevention and responsive plan to help our students, administrators, teachers,parents, bus driver, and support staff to prevent any type of violence and crime. This plan will show that our community can have “effective and safer schools”. But on the other hand this plan will really take a lot of hard work and dedication from our educators,students,families, and our community. For the plan to be effective it should include a description of the early warning signs of possible violent behavior and procedures. Parents should be alert and notice that their child is not acting normal. As well as school teachers need to be alert to see if the child is acting different than other children. For example, if the teacher notices that the child is more aggressive with his classmates than this child should go to counseling to see why is he acting so violent. Also parents and teachers need to keep in mind to prevent problem children apart from regular children because children are children and they like to copycat. There should also be another plan on how to deal with kids that are at a more violent level with combined problems like mental and behavioral problems. At the same times there should be a crisis intervention team that should be well trained to know what to do in a aftermath of a tragedy and it should be ready at all times. The team needs to make sure that when responding they be consistent with federal, state,and local laws. It is key that all the different parts of a response team to share information with each other to be affective. For example, they need to inform the physicians of what medications are effect for individual problem children and judges need to be informed of the child's mental past. At the end all the program is asking for is for our community to get involve into our children future.
I completely have to agree with you. I believe that if parents and teacher will pay more closely attention to the children's behavior they will tend to see if there is a problem or not at a sooner time and more than likely the problem can be solve. Children's are very different from each other, just a little bit of attention will do (parents should notice right away if there is a behavior problem). The problem comes in that teachers are not getting paid enough which leads to a teacher to have more children in a classroom then they are really suppose to have; which makes their job harder and harder and with not alot of time to pay closely attention to their students.
It was a great blog again... All the points of view are valid and we can all learn from each other point of view. What really matters at the end is for all children to have a safe and secure learning environment. Hopefully that will happen sooner than later... All of you have a nice week!
I love your opinion you are very right the sooner the better. That's why i believe that parents should be very alert about their child behavior since they are born. I don't agree with parents that say ( he or she is just a child they will change as they get older).It is not true if there is a problem seek help and inform you child family and school.
I really like they way that our group came together we all have great ideas. I do hope that one day it all come true and we can prevent school crime and violence. To conclude as parents, teachers or just the community we all need to get inform and help out because we are all in it together. We as the community need to build better parents and better schools. I believe school should have a crime prevention class and a counselor that they can seek from elementary school all the way to high school that can inform students that there is help and someone that they can talk to.
That's the biggest problem teacher are not getting paid which means that they not dedicated to their job which is sad to say but this world goes around money. Unfortunately our children (the future) it has left behind because no one is there to listen to them. Students do what they do to call attention.
I picked responding after the aftemath of crisis; as all of the topics presented is very important if not the most important. response after the aftermath by trained professionals *helps parents understand children's reaction to violence, the increased amount of fears and any behavioral changes.*Bringing counselors to the actual place where a violent episode took place, it helps teachers and other staff to cope with the violent episode and to help those who were maybe involved or directly affected by it and to understand the changes in behavior from the survivors. * Counseling help students and faculty to adjust after the crisis, the study/work environment will never be the same and adjusting is imperative. * Visiting the place where a crisis ocurred, can be a terrifiying experience to those who survived and those who lost a loved one but is the start of a new chapter where closure must take place.
To Bernethia, your sister inlaw is one in a very few; some people get into the teaching field as an easy way to earn money. They're looking to have an easy job (teaching is far from it),some think that having the summers and every single holiday off is a priviledge but when they realize the amount of work that must be done AND how little they get paid, the whole attitude changes. Now they are giving the children what the school board is paying for..Barely nothing...
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ReplyDeleteSelect one of the following areas:
Early Warning Signs
Intervention: Getting Help for Troubled Children
Developing a Prevention and Response Plan
Responding in the Aftermath of Crisis
please briefly summarize your readings. Post your comments and post your response to two other classmates.
Thanks
Good morning Dr. Kalam and group members.
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Developing a Prevention and Response Plan; is a use of approaches and strategies based on research about what works.
Creating the Violence Prevention and Response Plan; the violence prevention and response plan reflects the unique needs of educators, students, families, and the greater community. The plan outlines how all individuals in the school the community, administrators, teachers, parents, students, and support staff will be prepared to spot the behavioral and emotional signs that indicate a child is troubled, and what they will need to do.
The effective written plan should include; a descriptions of the early warning signs of potentially violent behavior for identifying children who exhibit these signs. Also preventive practices of the school community must undertake to builds a foundation that is responsive to all children and enhances the effectiveness of interventions. Therefore, the intervention strategies of the school community can be use to help troubled children. It must include early intervention for students, who are at risk of behavioral problems, and more intensive, individualized interventions and resources for student with severe behavioral problems or mental health needs. Then crisis intervention plan must include immediate responses for imminent warning signs and violent behavior, and have a contingency plan to be used in the aftermath of the tragedy.
The plan must be consistent with federal, state, and local laws. It also should have the support of families and the local school board. It could be successful if the entire school communities get involved in developing and implementing the plan. However, everyone should be provided with training and maintain on a daily basis.
Forming the Prevention and Response Team; it can be helpful to establish a school-based team to oversee the preparation and implementation of the prevention and response plan. A designated middle group should be entrusted with this important responsibility. In general the middle team includes the building administrator, general and special education teachers, parents and a student support services representative (a school psychologist, social worker, or counselor), school resource officer, and a safe and drug-free schools program coordinator. If no school psychologist or mental health professional is available to the staff, involve someone from an outside mental health agency. Think about involving a variety of community leaders and parents when building the violence prevention and response team such as PTA officers, mental health and child welfare personnel.
Good morning...I decide to talk about early warning signs. Early warnings signs mean pay attention as a parent to child on their behavior or other things they do. But when you pay attention don’t jump to conclusion that it is some wrong with your child and do not label them. Also when the child is at school staff is at the front line to see the behavior, but the problem is they are not trained on what to do with the child’s behavior. If the parents and school staff communicate with each other, they can get quick help for there child. The article identifies some early warning signs. 1. Do no harm: which means get help for them right away and do not punish, isolate or exclude them in any way. 2. Understand violence and aggression within a context: which means it may be your child environment (school, home or other places). Children who are at risk for aggression and violence, in certain environments or situations can set it off. Some children may act out if the stress becomes too great especially if they lack positive coping skills, and if they have learned to react with aggression. 3. Avoid stereotypes: don’t stereotype them because it may do more harm to the child. For example, their appearance they may be wearing gold teeth in their mouth, which may be the fashion at that time. 4. View warning signs within a developmental context: they may express their needs differently in elementary, middle, and high school. The point is to know what is developmentally typical behavior, so that behaviors are not misinterpreted. 5. Understand that children typically exhibit multiple warning signs: a child displays more than one warn sign of troubled behavior. At the end of the day parents, school, friends, neighbors and others need to pay attention and communicate with each other. Because if we don’t our future (kids) will be no more.
ReplyDeleteHello Bernethia:
ReplyDeleteThanks for the posting. Great job.
what are Fderal Laws that relate to the plans?
Good Morning Dr. Kalan and Group team
ReplyDeleteEarly warning signs:
It is very important to report any unusual behavior inmmediately to the parents as well to the school principal. Then the principal should give authorization to the counselor to meet with student and find out specific reasons for the unusual behavior reported. Counselor should keep several appointments with student, if behavior continuous talk to their parents and together review patterns of behavior or sudden changes in behavior. Both parents and educator can determinate changes in behavior, but educator should advise parent no to punish the child, just recommendation in observing behavior. Control the early signs are the first steps to keep child out of trouble and to prevent school violence. I believe that high school should create a mandatory class based on crime prevention. Also, at the time of registration every student should complete a questionarie based on family background and medical history to prevent violence in schools.
In conclusion, educators and parents contribute enormously and reporting every unusual behavior and discussing it together will prevent school violence even though not all behaviors ends up in violence. However, it is important to try to find those student with early signs indicators, but it is also important not to overreact and jump in erroneous conclusions. Adequate information can provide an effective response.If early signs persist child can be referred to an appropriate professioal for advanced care.
Good morning everyone
ReplyDeleteGood morning fellow students and Dr. Kalam, the area i chose was: Intervention: Getting Help for Troubled Children.
ReplyDeleteIt is essential that when a child displays warning signs that could potentially pose a threat to themselves and others, It is important that these issues are identified, addressed, and treated. This will take a collaborative effort from the child's family, school, and the community. With a coordinated and monitored intervention program that will include behavioral and academic specialists, these students that are high- risk will have a chance at adjusting and coping with issues that if otherwise left untreated will pose a danger to the community.
The child's parents is an important factor in the intervention process and should be kept informed of the school's and the community's intervention plan. An intervention program is not successful if it is not collaborative and well coordinated. All parties involved should keep an open line of communication in order to ensure the success of the intervention program. Students should also be involved in implementing an intervention program so that they are aware of the program's benefits and its importance. Early intervention is essential and important to already at risk youth. The sooner the problem is identified and addressed, the more there is a chance that an at risk youth will be able to transition back into their school's, family's, and community's environment.
Hi Shantell,
ReplyDeleteI do understand that early warning signs is a delicate matter when it comes to communicating with a child. I also understand that we should not hastily jump to conclusions when we notice a child displaying a certain type of behavior, but i think the sooner these issues are addressed and identified the better the child will have at adjusting. You are on point when you mentioned that most school staff are not trained in addressing these issues, which leads to a very critical point: this is for the "policy people" School staff especially teachers should have some training in behavioral issues.
Hi Diana,
ReplyDeletethe summary we did in class yesterday has similar views on your subject. Sometimes students need to talk about their issues and connect with caring adults. I agree with you when you said that not all behavioral issues turn out to be violent ones. At risk youths need a nonjudgemental adult that they can have several one on one sessions with to help relieve their problems. You would be surprised how some of them might look forward to these visits.
Hello group:
ReplyDeleteExcellent responses so far from everyone.
But how can the real problem of overworked and underpaid teachers influence the outcomes such as disruptive behavior that leads to punishment...regardless of the underlying problem? Who has time to analyze a childs behavior?
Just some thoughts.
Good Morning Shantell,
ReplyDeleteParent should pay close attention to their child, but I believe that child have different patterns of behavior in school as well as home. And I think that educators play an important role since they are in front of the line. However, both will do a better job in determining the early signs. As you said, we can not jump on erroneous conclusions that can label a child and we need to be very careful at the time of interpreting an unusual behavior. I am agree that the first step must be done by educators and this article it's very interesting since give us tips in how to deal with these early warning signs.
Some times child is set up to deal with aggression but not meaning that this child will end up in seeking professional help since not all behaviors ends up in violence. I think that our job as a parent is to observe our kids so they will be more productive and we will prevent school violence in the future.
Good Morning,
ReplyDeleteEarly Warning Signs:
Early warning signs allow us to act responsibly by getting help for the child before problems escalate. It is essential to be aware of early warning signs with our children. These early warning signs can start at a very young age. Children with these signs can be better help if caught at an earlier age. These early signs are not always signs that lead to violence, the child can just be bored at school because he/she is at a higher level intellectually than the other children. These signs can be more seen by parents, teachers and friends. Parents need to be very involved in their child life in order to be able to identify if there is any early warning signs. But as we know a lot of parents “can’t” because of many reasons… There is when the role of a teacher becomes more crucial than what it is. When a teacher has to look out for these sings having 25 or 30 children in one classroom; it might take more than one teacher or time child being in school for anybody to pick up on these signs. Meanwhile, the child is going through his/her “problem” (emotional, psychological, etc). There is when friends are also very important.
In conclusion, Parents and Educators need to report each other of any strange behavior of the child in order to be able to identify what’s the problem. Then take professional advisement and let the psychology or counselor of the school try to investigate what’s causing the “problem”. But, again as we can see it all goes back to parenting. Parents need to be involved in their child’s life to be able to identify any changes.
Yasnay
Ericka,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, it takes all parties involved to help the child. But, I also think that from all the parties’ parents should be the more interested and involved for the wellbeing of the child.
Yasnay
Hi Professor,
ReplyDeleteYou are right and it is a cruel reality that a school teacher does not get paid enough to teach, nevertheless to analyze a child behavior but if an unusual behavior happens among a class, or during school time I think the teacher should comment this behavior signs in the next school meeting to became with a solution. At least, they can alert parents.....or to prevent future school violence.
Just a comment.....Maybe if a were the teacher I would do it.
Diana,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement, but I have a question when you say that... Also, at the time of registration every student should complete a questionarie based on family background and medical history to prevent violence in schools. Isn't that a "open door" that can lead to discrimination?
Yasnay
Good morning everyone,
ReplyDeleteDeveloping a Prevention and Response Plan
In order to be effective, a prevention and response plan must reflect the needs of educators, students, families and the community. All members of the school community –administrators, teachers, parents, students, bus drivers, and support staff- must be prepared to spot behavioral and emotional signs of a troubled child. To be effective a plan must identify the early signs of potentially violent behavior. It must describe prevention practices utilized by the school community to build a foundation that is responsive to children. Intervention practices the school community can use must be described on the plan. Also, in case of imminent warning signs of violent behavior, a crisis intervention plan must be in place, as well as a contingency plan for the aftermath.
It is important that the plan complies with federal, state, and local laws. It should also have the support of the families and the school board. The importance of having the support of families is essential if all members of the school community are expected to feel comfortable sharing concerns about a potential troubled child. A school based team that oversees the preparation and implementation of the plan should include: administrators, teachers, parents, social workers, psychologist, and any other support staff that might aid identifying early signs of possible violent behavior.
The goal of prevention and response plan is not to prevent all violence from occurring, since that is an impossible task. Rather, the goal is to reduce the likelihood of its occurrence.
Christian
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ReplyDeleteHi Ericka,
ReplyDeleteYou are right once a child displays warning signs it is important to treat them adequately.
Parents involvement is a important factor and definitely school and family should be into this intervention plan. To me, a child once develop any kind of problem it is important to find support with their closest relatives and friends to succeed with treatment.
Thank you,
Diana
Dr.K
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, that’s a reality…that’s why I think parents should try at their maximum to maintain an open line communication with teachers. When parents are involved there is a different environment. (I personally see it every day!)
Yasnay
Hi Ericka,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your assessment. When a child displays signs that could potentially lead to violence, it must be identified, addressed and treated. That task takes more than the school to be treated; it must start with the parents. However, I would suggest that schools take the initiative of providing parents some type of training to help them identify those potentially violent signs. These days, we would be surprise at how many parents take no action when their children display a behavior that might look normal to the parent, but that in reality might pose a danger to them and others.
Christian
Hi Bernethia,
ReplyDeleteReading through the prevention and response plan reminded me of the college policy we were creating yesterday in class. I remember we included a section in which we made mandatory that college professor and support staff be trained in order to recognize signs or predispositions that studies have shown to lead to violence. The plan outlined in the website seems to be a very detailed one, since it include all members of the school community and places a strong burden on having the community accepts and adopt the plan in order to be efficient.
Christian
Christian
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with your comment to ericka, I personally see that every single day, when parents take no action and leave all the responsibility to teachers and school staff...
And I also see how when parents do get involved it creates a totally different environment not only in favor of the child well being but it does to all of us as part of the school environment.
Yasnay
Hi Christian,
ReplyDeleteDefinately all members that deals with child in need should be involved to bring the response plan successfully but the most important support have to come from parents and educators as you mentioned. If these plans are put it in action I am sure our schools will be free of violence or at least will reduce it. It will be very nice.
Dr. Kalam,
ReplyDeleteIn regards to federal laws, I found a law established in 2002 called “The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act”, created with the purpose of supporting programs that prevent violence, illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs in and around schools. Here is an overview posted by the California Department of Education:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/safedrugfree.asp
Also, the U.S. Department of Education has a section called “office of Safe and Drug-Free School”.
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/index.html.
Christian
Hi Ericka,
ReplyDeleteThat is so true about what you said about jumping to conclusions. Some parents can not even remember what their child was wearing before they left the house. Parents can not even tell someone the last time they went into their child’s room and looked around by checking their computer, looking under mattress or just snooping around. A person should know their child like the back of their hand.
Good morning Dr Kalam and classmates.
ReplyDeleteMy topic is about the development of a prevention of a response plan.
The escalation of school violence lately has brought the need to enhance the safety of our children in the schools.
School violence can impact the social, psychological, and physical well being of both students and teachers as well as disrupt the learning process. That is why the necessity of developing a prevention and response plan is so important. This plan should embrace the description and identification of the potentially violent behavioral issues of troubled students. It should come out with strategies to address the situations and provide prevention practices to control the incidents. A guide should be created to follow the necessities, emergencies, training, and education for all the participants. It also should cover environmental planning. The students deserve clean schols free of toxic and hazardous materials.
This plan should involve teachers, support staff members, administrators, bus drivers, community leaders,parents, and students. The plan should be consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Our kids deserve a good learning environment.
Hey Diana
ReplyDeleteChildren do have different pattern of behavior in school as well as at home. I was one of them, I was I saint at home and a loud mouth child at school. That’s why parent should be involved with their child’s school. Pop up at your child school, attend meeting and know your child friends as well as their family. Don’t shelter them, but show them that you love them and care for them and want the best for them. Have that open door policy so they can know that they can talk to you about any and every thing.
Dr. K
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly, I am in constant contact with several of the elementary schools where I attended and now one senior high; and to be perfectly honest, there are not enough hours in a day for teachers to monitor student’s behavior. I have witnessed where a teacher actually took 55mins out of a 90min class period just to gain control of the classroom. Which, meant the students were left with approximately 40mins to receive academia instructions and grasp the assignment; leaving no time questions and answer session if understanding the concept was an issue. Now! With the budget cuts, teacher aids, paraprofessionals are no longer assisting the teachers. The underlying factor still remains how one teacher can monitor a classroom of 45-50 student behavior per class; remain in alert mode. The mere thought alone is driving me crazy. Where is the reward system for the educator who can and has done their duties exceptionally well? I truly believe in the old saying, Charity begins a home and then spread abroad; at a very young age.
Early Warning Signs
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After reading the Early Warning Sings and how it talked about how and what are the different levels and thing to do when a child has warning signs and what a parent, school staff, teacher or even classmate should do makes me think if and why are people missing the signs so offend. It talked about how school staff, teachers and school administrators are not trained to analyze children troubles, motives and feelings. It goes into the different level of how a child that is having trouble with other classmate or the fact that they draw or write about how they would kill themselves or harm someone else because they are having a hard time dealing with other classmate. How much they are hating themselves or how or kids tease them for what ever reason. How in many case this kids also come from trouble home. Ever they have been sexually abuse or abuse itself. How this kids feel that they have no one that could give them the love and care that they need. That no one understands them. It also talked about how many times the early warning signs are hard to detect because they are many signs that children at a small age have that sometimes the adult does not want to face because they do not want to face the truth about a close member of the family meaning the child that they are facing signs that might be a danger to them or anyone else. You see to me I feel that a lot of these good step or what to do about the early warning signs have to offer and how to deal with it and what are the signs that people have to notices when dealing with a child is great. But I also believe that as an adult we do not want to see the truth behind the early warning sign of a trouble kids. Even with the fact that the trouble kid could be your own child. That the truth will always no matter how you deal will it hurts. And a lot of these parents do not want to see those signs and the school might feel that they have too many kids to worry about. With the fact that there are a lot of students and might all have some kind of trouble. The ones that the school always deals with are those kids that are always getting into trouble or are the ones that bully other kids. The ones that the school is not playing much attend to because they are the quite ones or the ones that never cause a problem are in fact must not all that might be the one with the mayor problem. Because deep inside this children are the ones that feel like an outsider and that no one wants to listen to them. These are the kids that the bully always teases. How to deal with this is a very hard because the school system also has to worry that their child also has trouble at home as well. So now the school system also has to worry about what happens at home. The school system does not get pay for this. And a lot of this people that work in the school system feel that they are under pay which they are.
This country is so worry about everything else but the budget and the right training for everyone that works in the school system. A lot of this people do become the parents of these kids. The other problem is that must of these children their parents are not in their lives. Ever because they are to busy working, not around at all or just do not care about their own child. So how do we well how does the school system help these children when their own parents are not involved in their lives? There are a lot of warning signs that this kids are crying out so that someone could hear them but no one is playing action at them. A lot of this school feels that they have too much on their plate to hanged all of this children and to think that each day will be a new day because they never know what or how will their day at school will end up like. Does people at the school and the reason why I am saying people is because not only the teacher but also the staff become some of this kids parents. Early warning signs are hard to tell because like the reading said every child has some kind of anger inside of them each day because that is what us human do we all need to have a bad day but how do we detect who is the one with the must problems or that would harm someone. We do not know but we do need to play better action to each child. And to make sure that there lives are okay and that they are not planning to harm or kill them selves. A lot of these children do show that they are in trouble in some kind of way but no one wants to listen or play to much attend at them. But no one wants to see the truth because the truth hurts.
ReplyDeleteThank you
Nancy
Good afternoon Ericka:
ReplyDeleteI aggreed with you, the parents plays an important role in the development of a child, as well as the teachers and the community. That is why it is so important that they work together fo the benefits of them. The communication, like you said, should be open all the time.
Good afternon Dr Kalam:
ReplyDeleteYes you are right, the fact that teachers are underpaid and overworked leave us with a few that really spend time and dedication with their students. It is a shame because they are the future.
Hi Yasnay,
ReplyDeleteIt is nice if these warning signs are catch up at a early age but unfortunately many parents due for inexperience, time, or other reasons just ignore these signs and instead let these signs grow inside the child. Now, if the parent help the child at an early age then will be wonderful, but a lot of parents don't have the time neither the care as you mentioned.
I am not agree with you that all problems go back to parenting because most of the kids that cause violence in school does not receive any affection from parents and are the ones missing love since most of them are coming from families with drug problems or other type of abuse problems. On the other hand I am agree with you and I think it is sad to see teachers to take care of many kids at a low salary. These educators deserve better salary and more help to prevent school violence along with parents and community.
Bernethia,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your thought process on the Aftermath issue. Also, a major factor is providing a way out {in case of….} Escape plans resulting with little to no added injuries.
Hi Nancy,
ReplyDeleteYou are right when you said that parents forget kids and it is sad that this country put aside an important issue such it is the education and the special training for everyone who works in the school system.
Our kids are the leads of the future and the biggest problem is that parents must work to survive and sometimes put aside their kids leaving them by themselves.
The child's parent is an important factor as well as the educator to help in finding early warning signs.
HI DIANA,
ReplyDeleteI understand what you are saying, BUT,i agree to disagree with when you say....I am not agree with you that all problems go back to parenting because most of the kids that cause violence in school does not receive any affection from parents and are the ones missing love since most of them are coming from families with drug problems or other type of abuse problems. Isn't all that problems of parenting?????
Yasnay
Hello
ReplyDeleteThe Early Warning Signs of a trouble child are most often over look by parents because no one what’s to admit that there love children has any faults. One of our classmates mentioned yesterday that your children are a reflection of yourself something to think about. Never the less when a child is prone to violence the sign are there. The CECP summon it up very well. Just because a child has troubles it’s not an indicator that they are violent it could be only a cry for help, the last thing society needs is to label or stigmatize a child.
ReplyDeleteSome of the basic Principle to identify early warning signs the school should practice: Do no harm, understand violence and aggression, avoid stereotypes, view warning signs within a development context, and understand that children typically exhibit multiple warning signs.
Some of the early warning signs are familiar the violent behavior, aggression, and emotions mostly a combination.
The CECP lists the below Early Warning Signs that we need to look for in our children:
Social withdrawal, excessive feelings of isolation and being alone, excessive feelings of rejection, being a victim of violence, felling of being picked on and persecuted, low school interest and poor academic performance, expression of violence in writing and drawings, uncontrolled anger, patterns of impulsive and chronic hitting, intimidating, and bullying behaviors, history of discipline problems, past history and aggressive behavior, intolerance for differences and prejudicial attitude, drug use and alcohol use, affiliation with gangs, inappropriate access to, possession of, and use of firearms, and serious threats of violence.
Now the Imminent warning Signs: Serious physical fighting with peers or family, severe destruction of property, rage for minor reasons, threats of lethal violence, passion of weapons, and other self injuries behavior or threats of suicide.
When any of the signs are visible actions must be taken imminently, because that child is a walking time bomb ready to explode any minute.
Zenaida
Now my opinion is that children mimic what they see around them, some are born with disability that hinders their performance and ability to rationalize their behavior. As adults we need to take responsibility of our decision and actions because our kids did not ask to be born we took that initiative. As adults when we see the first signs of aggression or violence in our infant we should not celebrate or condole.
ReplyDeleteZenaida
Hello Erika,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you parents should be more involve in their children life it’s not called snooping its concerned.
Zenaida
Hi everyone
ReplyDeleteDiana
You talked about that there should be some kind of program in high school about crime prevent which you are right but what about the younger kids. I believe that they should also have some kind of special class that talks about any kind of problems that they might have or if they know of someone that might be having these kinds of problems. To let this children know that it’s okay to ask for help that they will not get in trouble. A lot of these kids do hear from other classmate that they are planning on killing or harming someone. Of course that child that heard that will not say a word because they believe they will get hurt too if they tell an adult. But all this programs are getting but we go back to money. I believe if the government would just give more funds to the school system. Then the school system could and would be able to create all this programs for all ages. But then we go back to the home of these kids. The trouble also starts at home. Some of these children just hate going home so they take their anger with their classmates.
thanks Nancy
Hi Nancy:
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, the problem could be in front of you and still don't see it. Because like you said the truth hurt. But we have to do better for the sake of the kids. Parents have to compromise more and dedicated more attention to these kids.
Zenaida
ReplyDeleteHi it’s true that some of these kids have some kind of Learning Disability and as parents we have to be able to understand and know how to deal with this. We do up to say that our children is who their parents are but I have seen some parents that are very good parent but their child is just a trouble kids. I know something went wrong there but how do we deal with that. How do we help these children that are crying for help? Again where do we start in helping these children? Well we are all as a parent needs to learn and understand how to be a good parent from the first day that the child is born. We think of they are too small to understand from right and wrong. I have heard that from many parents which it’s not true. Now if a child is born with some kind of problem then the parent must understand how to deal with that kind of problem. Nothing in life is easy. But can we try to fits this yes I think we can.
Thanks Nancy
Christian
ReplyDeleteI agree with the proposal that everyone in the community should be involved in the prevention plan. You are on the right track, it’s just hard to get all the different organization to participate and agree. The next question is how can we make an individual care when it’s not part of their character.
Zenaida
Great question, Dr. Kalam. Good teachers are out there who would care and recognize a problem if one is there. If you pay a teacher more money it does not mean that they will be willing to analyze a child behavior. Today society has no time for our future, only time for them selves. We need the old days back so bad, as time go on we are neglecting our youth and making them adult before their time. Where is the love, the hope and the dreams for our kids? At the end of the day, it does take a village to raise a child, just like a building a strong house. To answer your question, we can make time to analyze a child behavior, because we make time for everything else.
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ReplyDeleteI support your suggestion of a mandatory class on crime prevention as well as a questionaire about family history. Some schools applications have a section where you have to specify if you have been in trouble with the law. How about the medical history and family backgroung as well?
To Zenaida: To answer your question about how can we make an individual care when it’s not part of their character? We used to care, where did we go wrong as a society. Will we every go back to those days, I think not.
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ReplyDeleteIt will be nice to enhance some type of safety in schools as the ones you propose. I think if the school board put budget for it will help our school to be free of violence because as you said our children deserve good learning environment. Would you imagige if we could implement this strategies in our dade counties schools?
Thank you,
Diana
Nancy,
ReplyDeleteYour right, theirs children from great family that have problems and others from broken homes that are perceived to be the problematic kids but are the A1A student overachieves. There are too many factors to ever be able to pinpoint the problem or the reason a child commits violence. I think we just need to deal with them on a one to one bases, never label, stereotype, or judge.
Zenaida
Hi Christan
ReplyDeleteYou are right when I read that article that did remain me of the policy that we done in class. It is very detail and gives good point to the prevention and response. With the help of the community, parents, and schools.
Bernethia
Hello Dr. Kalam
ReplyDeletethe article did not really say what type of federal laws.
Bernethia
oh course another excellante topic. Thank you everyone for all of your point of view. This is very good because it helps me see how the little ones in my life are and how I could make it better for them. And not to have my eyes closed and to see the truth behind the bad...
ReplyDeleteSee you guys next weeks. Thanks Dr. K
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ReplyDeleteI’m summarizing the early warning signs of children in schools. The article ask why we don’t see the early warning signs before violence occurs in schools. Well each person has their own way to express their selves. Some are quite and to themselves while others may be more outgoing. By looking at someone, it’s hard to dissect them to see what they are thinking. Most of the time, unless someone discusses or vents with a friend or family member, you have no idea what’s going on with an individual. It states that most teachers don’t have the training to see the warning signs, but I think it would still be hard to see the signs with certain people. I personally think that violence in school, or anywhere, will never stop. Some discuss their issues, while others show their issues which is where the violence comes in. It all comes down to the type of person and how far they take it. The article discusses some of the early warning signs are social withdraw, excessive feeling of isolation, excessive feeling of rejection., being a victim of violence, feelings of being picked on, low school interest, etc… I agree that these are signs and that individuals that are showing signs are in need of help. I believe that if more people would discuss their issues instead of holding them in, violence in the world would go down significantly. But I believe that everyone handles their problems in different ways, you’ll never be able to make everyone see that discussing issues helps.
Brandon
Dr. Kalam
ReplyDeleteMy sister in law is a school teacher and she often say that she is unpaid and overworked. But she is a decidated teacher. And I think if they are appreciated more there would not be any problem anazlying our children's behavior if their was a problem.
Bernethia
Zenaida, you state when a child is prone to violence the sign is there. I don't agree. Some children show signs, but some don't. I have a very good friend who has been through many issues in life but he never shows any signs of having any issues. Most people show signs, but their are some that do not. I've learned that people are really hard to dissect to see what is going on in their life. Some like to discuss with others what is going on in life while others hold it in. You never know what someone may be feeling or thinking. Very Good post .
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Idalia, very good post. I believe this is a very good idea for a response plan. I dont believe that we will evr be able to stop violence in schools or in general, but your ideas I believe are a good strategy to plan and be ready for anything that does occur. We might not be ableto stop all violence but if we plan and maybe lower the rates of violence, then we are succeeding.
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Hi Zenaida:
ReplyDeleteI agree what you said to Nancy.
We just need to be there for them. Give them love and support and by no mean do not judge.
Bernethia
Hi i am trying this for the second time. Post wont go in.
ReplyDeleteHi everyone just came in for Walking for children with Autism.
My topic is on eary prevention.
A parent can detect a problem with there children if you are in that child's business. You literally have to still clean there room once in a while just to see whats in there.
With teenage children like mine i take and drop them off to the movies and pick them up so i know who they dealing with.
You have to give the feeling of an open book policy so they know there is no stupid question, or any issue to small or large for yall to discuss.
You can any conversation with them without it getting disrespectful...
Parents have to be open minded that there children are not back in our days as we call it.
Developing a Prevention and Response Plan
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Since school violence has been around since the 1970’s it has been necessary to start a prevention and responsive plan to help our students, administrators, teachers,parents, bus driver, and support staff to prevent any type of violence and crime. This plan will show that our community can have “effective and safer schools”. But on the other hand this plan will really take a lot of hard work and dedication from our educators,students,families, and our community. For the plan to be effective it should include a description of the early warning signs of possible violent behavior and procedures. Parents should be alert and notice that their child is not acting normal. As well as school teachers need to be alert to see if the child is acting different than other children. For example, if the teacher notices that the child is more aggressive with his classmates than this child should go to counseling to see why is he acting so violent. Also parents and teachers need to keep in mind to prevent problem children apart from regular children because children are children and they like to copycat. There should also be another plan on how to deal with kids that are at a more violent level with combined problems like mental and behavioral problems. At the same times there should be a crisis intervention team that should be well trained to know what to do in a aftermath of a tragedy and it should be ready at all times. The team needs to make sure that when responding they be consistent with federal, state,and local laws. It is key that all the different parts of a response team to share information with each other to be affective. For example, they need to inform the physicians of what medications are effect for individual problem children and judges need to be informed of the child's mental past. At the end all the program is asking for is for our community to get involve into our children future.
To Diana
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I completely have to agree with you. I believe that if parents and teacher will pay more closely attention to the children's behavior they will tend to see if there is a problem or not at a sooner time and more than likely the problem can be solve. Children's are very different from each other, just a little bit of attention will do (parents should notice right away if there is a behavior problem). The problem comes in that teachers are not getting paid enough which leads to a teacher to have more children in a classroom then they are really suppose to have; which makes their job harder and harder and with not alot of time to pay closely attention to their students.
It was a great blog again... All the points of view are valid and we can all learn from each other point of view. What really matters at the end is for all children to have a safe and secure learning environment. Hopefully that will happen sooner than later... All of you have a nice week!
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To Ericka
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I love your opinion you are very right the sooner the better. That's why i believe that parents should be very alert about their child behavior since they are born. I don't agree with parents that say ( he or she is just a child they will change as they get older).It is not true if there is a problem seek help and inform you child family and school.
To everyone
ReplyDeleteI really like they way that our group came together we all have great ideas. I do hope that one day it all come true and we can prevent school crime and violence. To conclude as parents, teachers or just the community we all need to get inform and help out because we are all in it together. We as the community need to build better parents and better schools. I believe school should have a crime prevention class and a counselor that they can seek from elementary school all the way to high school that can inform students that there is help and someone that they can talk to.
To Dr.K
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That's the biggest problem teacher are not getting paid which means that they not dedicated to their job which is sad to say but this world goes around money. Unfortunately our children (the future) it has left behind because no one is there to listen to them. Students do what they do to call attention.
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ReplyDeleteI picked responding after the aftemath of crisis; as all of the topics presented is very important if not the most important. response after the aftermath by trained professionals *helps parents understand children's reaction to violence, the increased amount of fears and any behavioral changes.*Bringing counselors to the actual place where a violent episode took place, it helps teachers and other staff to cope with the violent episode and to help those who were maybe involved or directly affected by it and to understand the changes in behavior from the survivors. * Counseling help students and faculty to adjust after the crisis, the study/work environment will never be the same and adjusting is imperative. * Visiting the place where a crisis ocurred, can be a terrifiying experience to those who survived and those who lost a loved one but is the start of a new chapter where closure must take place.
To Bernethia, your sister inlaw is one in a very few; some people get into the teaching field as an easy way to earn money. They're looking to have an easy job (teaching is far from it),some think that having the summers and every single holiday off is a priviledge but when they realize the amount of work that must be done AND how little they get paid, the whole attitude changes. Now they are giving the children what the school board is paying for..Barely nothing...
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