Preschool Case Study: Part 5

Preschool Child Abuse: Identification & Reporting Lesson 5 Explore Preschool Case Study: Part 5 Reflection	WWW.VIRTUALLABSCHOOL.ORG ACTIVITY ID: 15286 Name Certifier Date
Directions: Think of the protective factors discussed within this lesson and throughout this course. For each of the protective factors listed below, detail the available resources and supports that may have helped the family. Share your responses with your trainer, coach or administrator. Compare your responses with the suggested responses for additional reflection. Parental Resilience: This family was dealing with a great deal of stress. What community or installation resources might have helped? A New Parent Support Program might have helped them recognize signs of stress in themselves. It might have helped them identify strategies to use when they were feeling overwhelmed by parenting or angry with their children. Social Connections: As military service members stationed in a remote location, this family was isolated from extended family and friends. Kate’s biological mother lived several time zones away. What could have helped them build social connections? This family was isolated from extended family and friends. Kate’s biological mother lived several time zones away. Gigi’s friends and family were all far away. Neighbors clearly cared about Kate’s well-being, but the families might not have been close. Opportunities to get involved — and give back — to the community might have helped this family build connections and feel less isolated. Concrete Support in Times of Need: This family experienced a crisis when Alan and Gigi assaulted each another. What concrete supports did they need? Concrete supports for anger management and mental health are needed. They also might need concrete supports like babysitters or respite from the demands of parenting. Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development: Kate’s experience is a classic example of unrealistic expectations for behavior. How could Kate’s family have been prepared? Kate’s experience is a classic example of unrealistic expectations for behavior. As part of parenting a child with developmental delays and bringing home a new infant, the parents could have been warned to expect changes in Kate’s development. They might have learned concrete strategies for helping Kate learn self-care skills and positive ways to respond when challenges occurred. Social and Emotional Competence of Children: Given the severity of Kate’s situation, we might expect her social and emotional development to be impacted. What might have helped her? The team at the CDC began having some concerns about Kate’s social development and behavior. It is clear, too, that her family considered her accidents to be challenging behavior. This created stress in the family. The following strategies might have helped Kate: Counseling or therapy with a mental health specialist. Kate needed help to understand and deal with the emotions of moving into a new home and family. She also witnessed violence between her father and step-mother. She might have benefitted from help processing that experience. Promoting social skills. Kate might have benefitted from strategies to help her communicate her needs and solve problems in the classroom. They could help her learn appropriate ways to express fear or anger in the classroom. They could continue building nurturing relationships with her, so she continued to feel safe at the CDC.

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Directions: Think of the protective factors discussed within this lesson and throughout this course. For each of the protective factors listed below, detail the available resources and supports that may have helped the family. Share your responses with your trainer, coach or administrator. Compare your responses with the suggested responses for additional reflection.

Parental Resilience: This family was dealing with a great deal of stress. What community or installation resources might have helped?
A New Parent Support Program might have helped them recognize signs of stress in themselves. It might have helped them identify strategies to use when they were feeling overwhelmed by parenting or angry with their children.
Social Connections: As military service members stationed in a remote location, this family was isolated from extended family and friends. Kate’s biological mother lived several time zones away. What could have helped them build social connections?
This family was isolated from extended family and friends. Kate’s biological mother lived several time zones away. Gigi’s friends and family were all far away. Neighbors clearly cared about Kate’s well-being, but the families might not have been close. Opportunities to get involved — and give back — to the community might have helped this family build connections and feel less isolated.
Concrete Support in Times of Need: This family experienced a crisis when Alan and Gigi assaulted each another. What concrete supports did they need?
Concrete supports for anger management and mental health are needed. They also might need concrete supports like babysitters or respite from the demands of parenting.
Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development: Kate’s experience is a classic example of unrealistic expectations for behavior. How could Kate’s family have been prepared?
Kate’s experience is a classic example of unrealistic expectations for behavior. As part of parenting a child with developmental delays and bringing home a new infant, the parents could have been warned to expect changes in Kate’s development. They might have learned concrete strategies for helping Kate learn self-care skills and positive ways to respond when challenges occurred.
Social and Emotional Competence of Children: Given the severity of Kate’s situation, we might expect her social and emotional development to be impacted. What might have helped her?
The team at the CDC began having some concerns about Kate’s social development and behavior. It is clear, too, that her family considered her accidents to be challenging behavior. This created stress in the family. The following strategies might have helped Kate:
- Counseling or therapy with a mental health specialist. Kate needed help to understand and deal with the emotions of moving into a new home and family. She also witnessed violence between her father and step-mother. She might have benefitted from help processing that experience.
- Promoting social skills. Kate might have benefitted from strategies to help her communicate her needs and solve problems in the classroom. They could help her learn appropriate ways to express fear or anger in the classroom. They could continue building nurturing relationships with her, so she continued to feel safe at the CDC.