Child Abuse Chapters 1 and 2 DISCUSSION BOARD Child Abuse Chapters 1 and 2 DISCUSSION BOARD
Read Chapters 1 and 2 of Child Abuse and Neglect.
Questions:
After reading the first two chapters of the text, please answer the following questions:
What surprised you most regarding the history of child abuse laws in America? Why?
What common myth about child abuse/neglect did you find most noteworthy and why?
What is your opinion of punishment vs. abuse? Do you believe in the value of corporal punishment?
Why do you think a teacher should know about PTSD?
What is one way you might react to a student who has disclosed abuse or neglect to you? Why might this be important to do?
What is one thing you might do to support children who have experienced trauma in your classroom? Why might this be important?
You have all read Chapters 1 and 2 in the Child Abuse Book
Please choose one of the other chapters to read, as listed in the table of contents. Please read that chapter.
After having read three chapters, please write a short reflection considering the following questions:
What is one thing from chapters 1 and 2 that you feel that you will use as you become a professional teacher? Why?
What third chapter did you choose to read? Why?
Please give a brief summary of the third chapter you decided to read.
What is one thing from the other chapter you read that you feel that you will use as you become a professional teacher? Why?
After reading these three chapters, if you could share anything with a brand new teacher about child abuse and childhood trauma, what would it be?
What would you hope would be your role in the lives of students’ who are going through or who have gone through trauma and how might you accomplish this?
30 points available
