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Classroom Strategies for Teaching Migrant Children about Child Abuse [electronic resource] / Lorrie Wolverton.

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Child abuse education in the migrant classroom can accomplish five major goals: (1) provide support to the child who has suffered some form of maltreatment; (2) teach children abuse prevention strategies; (3) teach all children to accept those who have special problems; (4) improve children's s...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Wolverton, Lorrie
Corporate Author: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988.
Series:ERIC digest.
Subjects:
Bibliotherapy.
Child Abuse.
Child Advocacy.
Child Welfare.
Classroom Techniques.
Elementary Secondary Education.
Group Discussion.
Learning Activities.
Migrant Children.
Migrant Education.
Migrant Problems.
Migrant Youth.
Reading Material Selection.
Self Concept.
Self Esteem.
Sexual Abuse.
Teacher Role.
Teaching Methods.
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Summary:Child abuse education in the migrant classroom can accomplish five major goals: (1) provide support to the child who has suffered some form of maltreatment; (2) teach children abuse prevention strategies; (3) teach all children to accept those who have special problems; (4) improve children's self-concepts; and (5) encourage the abused child to confide in an adult regarding the maltreatment. Bibliotherapy is an appropriate technique for bringing child abuse education to the classroom. Bibliotherapy--the process of offering guidance through reading--can be used by teachers who have an interest and concern for children supported by a willingness to become familiar with children's literature. To be successful with the use of bibliotherapy the teacher must identify student needs and match needs to appropriate reading materials. The teacher must decide how books will be used, what guidance will be given during reading, and what follow-up activities will be used. Child abuse education should also address the problem of low self-esteem, one of the primary characteristics shared by the abusive parent and the abused child. Sixteen references are provided, grouped under the headings of self-concept activities, children's books on child abuse, and finding books for children. (JHZ)
Item Description:ERIC Document Number: ED293681.
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Contract Number: 400-86-0024.
ERIC Note: For a related document, see RC 016 592.
Also distributed on microfiche by U.S. GPO under ED 1.310/2:293681.
Physical Description:13 p.
Audience:Teachers.
Practitioners.

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