presented to il ccbd february, 2011 thomas reilly, ed. d. treilly55@hotmail
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RELATING TO AT RISK YOUTH: WHAT TEACHERS CAN DO TO COMBAT THE IMPACT OF ISOLATION, ALIENATION, AND REJECTION AMONG STUDENTS. PRESENTED TO IL CCBD FEBRUARY, 2011 Thomas Reilly, Ed. D. [email protected]. Teachers riding in limousine What makes a school great? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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RELATING TO AT RISK YOUTH: WHAT TEACHERS CAN DO TO COMBAT THE IMPACT OF ISOLATION, ALIENATION, AND REJECTION
AMONG STUDENTS
PRESENTED TO IL CCBD
FEBRUARY, 2011
Thomas Reilly, Ed. [email protected]
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• Teachers riding in limousine• What makes a school great?• Role of teachers in school success• Data-driven decision-making• Teen-agers less likely to graduate
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• Introductory Information• Teachers are struggling• Damage to affective skills of students
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Today, many people are asking schools to do what they used to ask
God to do.
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• Folks tend to forget that children, like their toys, arrive with considerably assembly required.
• Relationship-based v. subject matter teaching
• Strategies for positive teacher-student relationships
• Laugh Parade
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• Turn mistakes into lessons.• Isolation and alienation of teachers• Keep Out! No Vacancy• I want to talk to you about my son.• Well, how was your day?• First year of teaching• Mrs. Stegler• Now, Mr. Roberts…• America at crossroads
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• Changing role of special educator• A teacher’s interview• Have a good day…
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• Problem-solving and proactivity• Teaching v. learning• Have educators changed commensurate with
student needs?• Are you the teacher nobody likes?
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• Staying current• Role of respect• …Then the cuffs can come off
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• Students can disappear in the educational system
• Role of strong teacher-student bonds• Mrs. Muttner
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RESPECT V. DISRESPECTMany of today’s students do not feel they
have to earn respect from teachers by acting appropriately. Many believe they should have respect because “they are who they are.”
• Teachers who are non-judgmental help themselves on the issue of respect.
• Itrinsic commitment v. control
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COMMON EDUCATIONAL GOALS
• Quality teaching• Diverse needs• Develop students• Promote positives• Build harmony• Learn more or blame others• A Horse Story
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AS EDUCATORS, WE HAVE POWER
As educators, we have the power toCREATE, ENHANCE, and SUSTAIN
A school climate that is healthy for students byCONNECTING with them
PERSONALLY, ACADEMICALLY, AND SOCIALLY
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GUIDELINES FOR EDUCATORS
• Every child is a learner• Give dignity• Is the classroom ready• All students can learn and succeed
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ISOLATION, ALIENATION, AND REJECTION DEFINED
• Isolation = the withholding or withdrawing of social support by significant others in a person’s life (Hazler and Denham, 2002)
• Alienation = when a person lacks a sense of belonging…when youth feel they do not belong in the social environment
• Rejection = a perception of the withdrawal of love and affection (Beck, 1999)
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• Teen alienation• Adult apathy• Isolated, alienated, rejected youth are more
at risk• It takes a village• surprises
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DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT
• Fewer opportunities to respond• Less praise and reinforcement• More reprimands
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• Problems with accumulation of risk factors• THE DILEMMA• WHAT TEACHERS MAKE• Apathy over action• Social implications of good parents• Luke Woodham
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AN INTERVIEW WITH LUKE WOODHAM WHO KILLED HIS MOTHER AND TWO STUDENTS IN PEARL
MISSISSIPPI
Q Did any grown-up know how much hate you had in you?
A No.
Q What would it have taken for a grown-up to know?
A Pay attention. Just sit down and talk to me.
Continued on next slide.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH LUKE WOODHAM P 2
Q What advice do you have for adults?A I think they should try to bond more with
their students…talk to them…it doesn’t have to be about anything. Just have some kind of relationship with them.
Q How would you have responded?A Well, it would have took some time before
I’d open up. If we kept talking…I would have…said everything that was going on.
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LUKE WOODHAM’S DIARY
“I am not insane. I am angry. I killed because people like me are mistreated every day. I am malicious because I am miserable.”
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• Student problems can be overcome• Teaching/learning process• Kim Kunkel = HATRID
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HATRID A QUOTE FROM KIP KUNKEL
“My HATRrid tord humanity forced me to do what I did.”
When children experience patterns of rejection, they need teachers to claim rather than reject them.
In-service seminar
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How much stress is too much?
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BREAKING THE CYCLE OF ALIENATIONFirst, one needs to know the characteristics…• Poor social relationships• Poor attendance• High dropout rate• Low achievement
Missing ingredient = parents?
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• Educational neglect• Connecting to the community• Human relationships among students
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RELATIONSHIP-DRIVEN TEACHING• Students must feel safe.• Students must feel like what they are doing has
value.• Students must feel success.• Students want to be valued.• Teachers must seek out best practices.
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• Children who hate• Different perspective• Is Dennis the menace at risk? Occasionally,
he makes sense.• Rolando’s parents
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• Student input is valued• Good news• Role of the brain
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WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO PROMOTE HEALTHY, CARING REALTIONSHIPS?
• Dignity and respect• Good coping skills• Problem-solving• limits
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5 STRATEGIES FOR POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS• Empathy• Trust and respect
Jon Seita• Credibility
How do educators connect?• Significance• Affective regulation
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• What children want from adults• Understanding hearts and minds of our
students• Disappearing in the educational system• Most school shooters are guys• Patterns of aggressive behavior• Why do students shoot their classmates?• Valparaiso, In• Local perceptions
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• Losing control of destiny• Social conditions• Medical quote
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COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOOL SHOOTERS
• Each planned shootings• Each was a threat BEFORE any crime was
committed• Community-based questions BEFORE a crime
was committed• Only a few of shooters were diagnosed
BEFORE the incident• Major change in significant relationship
BEFORE the shooting
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• Can we expect different behaviors from at risk kids?
• Two items of control• Communicating positively with kids• Dennis the menace does not agree
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Friendship friends are best part of school for
adolescents Making friends is crucial to life adjustment One friend in class is important Importance of friendship overlooked
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2 IMPORTANT THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING IN SCHOOL
• Helping our students to feel connected• Making their time in school WORTHWHILE
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• What do our students want from adults?• Teachers must be the change we want to see• I quit!• Mark twain• Secret of a good sermon• Conclusion