Jacquelyn Sowers held a workshop at CMS September 9, 2003, sponsored by Exeter HealthReach. The following information was a part of her presentation and she was kind enough to share it with us and allow us to post it here.
1. Student is not healthy.
2. Student is hungry or not well nourished.
3. Student feels a consistent lack of care, support, and understanding by the adults in his/her life.
4. Student is home alone more than 2 hours a day or watches TV 3 or more hours a day.
5. Student is depressed.
6. Student feels under stress or pressure "most" or "all" of the time.
7. Student believes she/he's "not smart enough" to do the work.
8. Student has few close friends or feels rejected by other students.
9. Student has experienced one or more incidents of physical or sexual abuse by an adult.
10. Student reports a parent or sibling has a serious problem with alcohol or drugs.
11. Student reports that close friends are involved in chemical use and/or are in frequent trouble at school.
12. Student is fearful of being a victim of violence at school, on the way to or from school, or in the community.
13. Student places high importance on superficial short-term goals.
14. Student has job or family responsibilities that keep her/him from homework, sports, or other enriching activities.
15. Student does not get enough sleep or exercise to be at her/his best in the classroom.
16. Student experiences being object of discrimination or disrespect due to economic circumstance, race, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, religion, looks, or handicapping condition.
17. Student sees no real long term hope for his/her future and/or sees no way that an education is going to make any difference in his/her life.
18. Student feels virtually powerless to change any of the above.
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