Resources for the Educator by Emma Zwyer

Unit 1

zwyere — 2023-10-30 20:00:32 UTC

There are five determinants of health (biology & genetics, individual behavior, social environment, physical environment, and health services), three types of disease prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary), and eight dimensions of health (social, financial, occupational, physical, environmental, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual). The Zones of Regulation has four colors (blue, green, yellow, and red) and relates to how a person may be feeling. The phrase Whole Community, Whole School, Whole Child focuses on the child to find a common goal from each section and turn it into an approach for education.

Importance

zwyere — 2023-10-30 20:03:40 UTC

This content is important for children's health and for myself as a future teacher because it can help figure out which stage the child is in for a disease, can help teach children their zones and how to get from zone to another, and about self-regulation.

Unit 2

zwyere — 2023-10-30 20:06:13 UTC

Liability is the legal obligation/responsibility accepted by administrators and teachers when they agree to care for children, while negligence is the failure to carry out these duties in an acceptable manner. Omission is the failure to take precautionary measures/lack of safety measure is the unreasonable act, while commission is knowingly exposing children to elements of risk/the act itself is unreasonable. The most common cause of accidental death is different for each age: infant - suffocation, toddlers - drowning, school age - motor vehicle accidents, and in schools - slips and falls.

Importance

zwyere — 2023-10-30 20:08:50 UTC

The content I learned is important to children's health and for me to know as a future teacher because this unit explained what to do when an injury occurs, how not to freak out, and the best way to work efficiently and effectively in an emergency. The content is also important more specifically for me to know as a future teacher because the words liability, negligence, omission, and commission are very valuable and must be known when becoming a teacher.

Unit 3

zwyere — 2023-10-30 20:24:41 UTC

A variety of health issues of children and youth were discussed: allergies, asthma, seizure disorder, hearing/vision impairment, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, celiac's disease, crohn's disease, spina bifida, childhood cancer, encopresis, hemophilia, muscular dystrophy, and cerebral palsy. No matter the health issue the goal is always the same: support the child, educate yourself about the condition, collaborate with students, parents, school team, develop a formal plan, prepare to execute the plan, and review & modify the plan as needed.

Importance

zwyere — 2023-10-30 20:28:09 UTC

The content from this section is important as a future teacher because the teacher should know if a child in their classroom has a health issue, the best way to help that child with their health issue by talking with staff members, the child, and the child's parents, and to educate themselves on the health issue. The content is important for children's health because a child should know if they have a health issue and the best ways to get help if needed and know what they need.

Unit 4

zwyere — 2023-10-30 20:36:53 UTC

Communicable diseases are illnesses that spread from one person to another which can be contagious/ infectious, the causes include: viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites. There are four routes of transmission: 1. Respiratory, 2. Gastrointestinal, 3. Dermatologic, and 4. Bloodborne. Specific prevention measures include: hand washing, gloves: proper donning and doffing, diapering/toileting procedures, cleaning & disinfecting, disposal & laundry, food handling, air quality, and the most important universal precautions: treat all blood & body fluids as if potentially infected.

Importance

zwyere — 2023-10-30 20:40:20 UTC

As a future educator knowing how to properly take prevention measures and knowing how the germs spread can be very beneficial in maintaining what could be a healthy classroom. As well as knowing what to look for while doing a daily check noticing any odd rashes, or head scratches taking it one kid at a time and viewing how they are each day. This content is important for children's health because it can hopefully keep less children from developing any communicable diseases that may show up in the classroom.

Unit 5

zwyere — 2023-10-30 20:46:47 UTC

There are 3 dimensions of health - physical, mental-emotional, and intellectual, and three domains of development of health - physical, social-emotional, and language & cognitive. Physical is a healthy heart, sturdy bones, and strong muscles, Mental-emotional is focus, emotional balance, and peer connection, and Intellectual is improved memory, and neuroplasticity support. Movement in schools is becoming less and less but is necessary for mindfulness and stress reduction, improving focus and control and for behavior modification.

Importance

zwyere — 2023-10-30 20:46:57 UTC

Movement is important as a future educator and for child health because it can help children refocus after working on a topic for a long period of time, and since it is becoming less and less in schools I want to make it apart of the classroom activities I do on the daily.

Unit 6

zwyere — 2023-10-31 23:29:17 UTC

Healthy Nutrition has an emphasis on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy, lean meat, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, nuts, and low saturated fats, trans fats, salt, and added sugars. Children ages 2-5 need 1000 to 1400 calories a day, and children ages 6-11 need 1600-2200 calories a day. Undernutrition is a lack of food, most prevalent in low-income, developing countries, and overnutrition is diet exceeds calorie needs and diet is high in calories, low nutritional value.

Importance

zwyere — 2023-10-31 23:29:22 UTC

Learning about nutrition is important for me as a future educator and for children's health because it will help me learn if the food my students are getting is benefiting their growth, and if my students are actually eating at both home and at school.

Unit 7

zwyere — 2023-10-31 23:37:37 UTC

There is a long list of mental health diagnoses which have similar behavioral manifestation, they overlap of co-morbid conditions, and have common interventions. There is a pyramid that has 6 different levels beginning at the bottom with conception and ending at the top with death, from top to bottom is adverse childhood experiences, disrupted neurodevelopment, social, emotional, & cognitive impairment, adoption of health-risk behaviors, disease, disability, and social problems, and the top ending with early death. All Behavior is Communication!

Importance

zwyere — 2023-10-31 23:37:43 UTC

Mental health is one of the most important things that I can talk about as a future educator because making sure each and every one of my students deserves to have great mental health and I know school, friends, and other stressors can make it hard but I need to prioritize mental health in my classroom. As for child's health it is also very important for the children to have good mental health because bad mental health can affect a child's health in a multitude of different ways.

Resource

zwyere — 2023-11-15 20:52:31 UTC

Resource

zwyere — 2023-11-15 20:53:50 UTC

Unit 8

zwyere — 2023-11-15 22:31:17 UTC

Failed mandated reporters can suffer penalties if they fail to report or falsely report, but proof is not required to make a report, intuition can be allowed, it is prefered that the name of a reporter is included although reports made be made anonymously. Safeguard are laws in place where employees cannot prevent a report from being made or retaliate against an employee for making a report.

Importance

zwyere — 2023-11-15 22:36:26 UTC

Being a mandated reporter is the most important job of being a teacher. Making sure every student is being taken care of properly and if it is failed that it is brought to the attention of those higher up. It is important for me to know as a future educator because I need to know what is important to report, when to report, and overall the environment my students are in.

Unit 9

zwyere — 2023-11-15 22:47:49 UTC

A child's sexual knowledge and behavior is strongly influenced by the child's age (ages preschool to 12), observations (what the kids see), and learned behaviors (cultural & religious beliefs). Sexual play, educating, basic info, and safety is different for each age group of children but how you respond remains the same you should be calm, even tone of voice, have open ended questions such as what were you doing, how did you get this idea, how did you learn about this, and how did you feel about doing it?

Importance

zwyere — 2023-11-15 22:51:27 UTC

Sexuality is important as a future educator because it is very important for students to learn appropriately about others and their own bodies but in the correct sense. Going too fast with young minds can be alot, can be overwhelming and can be inappropriate for certain topics at certain ages. Just knowing when to discuss certain things can be beneficial for any person but especially critical for teachers.

Resource

zwyere — 2023-11-15 22:54:14 UTC

Game titled "You Don't Look Sick" which takes anyone who plays through creating a character and going through their everyday lives where they may not look sick but may be chronically ill.

Resource

zwyere — 2023-11-15 23:25:38 UTC

This children's book is very cute adaptation of communicable diseases and how they can spread.

Resource

zwyere — 2023-11-15 23:40:52 UTC

Here are a bunch of different activities that can be done in a classroom that involve movement and can increase learning.

Resource

zwyere — 2023-11-15 23:43:25 UTC

PBS provides a slideshow that gives great information to what you should be putting in your body and how it is digested.

Resource

zwyere — 2023-11-15 23:46:46 UTC

The Circle of Control can teach children to step back and think about if it something they can control, or something they can't. Could go along with a paper activity making the circle of control.

Unit 10

zwyere — 2023-11-15 23:49:31 UTC

Treating children, other administrators, and other people in general without any bias or hate, treating them like a human being despite how they look or act. Contemporary issues in schools include sex education, diverse family forms, parents values, teachers, school staff, parents, or students sexual orientation, and the LGBTQQIA+ community in general.

Importance

zwyere — 2023-11-15 23:51:11 UTC

As a future educator is important to be anti-bias because you are usually a significant role model in children's lives no matter their age and if you treat people differently because of how they look or act a child may be more prone to doing the same. Teaching children to be anti-bias is very important because I want my students to become well-rounded people who are accepting of everyone no matter their differences.

Resource

zwyere — 2023-11-15 23:57:42 UTC

This website provides an online library for resources, workshop center locations, books, and a link to a three day training class to benefit mandated reporters, and parents if child abuse occurs.

Resource

zwyere — 2023-11-16 00:01:59 UTC

Amaze Jr. has a variety of videos that can help both parents and teachers when it comes to big questions that children may ask about sexuality.

Resource

zwyere — 2023-11-16 00:04:45 UTC

ADL provides a good list of how to create an anti-bias learning environment in the classroom. It also has great ideas of how to teach kids to be anti-bias, and good topics to dicuss with the children.