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This is where Basic Needs Group 1 is to post their discussion about Module 11 Assignment.


 * Olivia Bullock**

**-What role families’ basic needs play in their overall quality of life?**
[] While the title of this website says inclusion it addresses the effects of having the basic needs of life. Things like food, water, and shelter. It then goes on the discuss the needs of belonging and purpose and how having relationships and feeling like you “belong” to something is necessary for a healthy level of self-esteem and self-motivation. It describes clearly the role that education and the desire to grow and expand one’s mind plays on the relationships and maximizing the overall quality of life. These are things that affect each member of a family independently, and once combined they can drastically impact the quality of life that a family experiences. I am inclined to agree with the findings of the author of this website; it is imperative for a person (man, woman, or child), to realize their worth. It is just as essential as eating food, drinking water, and having a safe place to live. When these things combine, they form a complete person and when they are not all in place they the overall quality of life will be affected.

//Response by Samantha Takacs- I also agree with the article that you attached. It is very important for everyone to find their worth and to have some sort of self worth and self motivation. I think students who have a hard time finding their worth and self motivation struggle to maintain healthy relationships, as well as struggling in school. I also think that if students cannot find self motivation to make positive changes on their life the quality of their life suffers. I think as educators it is extremely important to ensure that the students we teach have the resources and knowledge to help them meet their basic needs.//

//Response// //by Alana Anderson- Olivia, it is interesting that we could read the question and have two completely different answers. I never thought of families needs including self worth but after reading the article you provided and looking over your response, I understand how this effects the self esteem and self-motivation. Samantha, you made a good point when you said that students self worth is what pushes them to accomplish their goals. Whatever the students faith is in is why they are going to pursue education and have a mindset of achieving their goals.//

//Response by Kate Corwin- I think that self-esteem is a basic need that tends to be overlooked when educating students. I like how you found an article that not only discussed the obvious factors like food, water, and shelter but also including that belonging also mattered as a basic need. To further what Alana said, the teacher needs to have faith in their students that will succeed too. I think it is important for students to have a belief in themselves to pursue and accomplish their goals but they also need someone else to believe in them as well. If a student feels like their teacher doesn't think they will succeed, they may wonder what the point of completing the assignment if the teacher already thinks they're going to fail.//

//Response by Danielle Smukall- Olivia I think that this is a very interesting article. Its shows that everyone in the family needs to have a place in a family to feel important, having a place and feeling as though you are part of something is an important basic need. I agree with what Samantha said as well, when she stated that a students self-worth is what will push them to accomplish their goals, how true this is!! A student that feels good about themselves will be much more inclined to take chances and follow their dreams than a student who does not feel as though they are worth anything or does not feel they have a place. As educators we have to make sure that the students have all of their basic needs, food, water, and shelter, but we also have to make sure they feel like they have worth and belong. This could be one of the most important basic needs!//

**-How systems and professionals within systems can build families’ trust.**
[] In this article addressing Adolescents [children grades 4-12], again the idea of the importance of inclusion is identified. In addition, it directly provides the reasons that including parents, professionals, and the community is the effective way to reach children and to best way to teach them. In this article it details ways to include families in the process of educating their children. Was that include, but are not limited to: implementing effective outreach means of parents who don’s speech English as a first language, informing parents about the quality of education provided to their students, allowing parents to make educational decisions they think are in the best interest of their students, etc. It also clearly defines what components combine to create the overall idea of trust, like having someone who can be relied on, believing that the information being shared is the truth, and that the persons being entrusted with the care and development of their children is able to perform, amongst other things. According to the article, research shows that families who are involved in the education of their students helps the students to do better in academics, have better social schools, and go on to a attain a higher education.

//Response by Samantha Takacs: This was a really fascinating article! I agree with almost all the points they made. I think the best way for professionals and for the system to gain parents trust is to really include parents in the decision making process. The article that I found also supports the idea that overall idea of trust consist of reliability, accuracy, honesty, and openness which I think go along with what your article was saying.//

// Response by Alana Anderson- Olivia, I think that a outreach for parents who don't speak English as a first language is spot on! What a good way to get parents and teachers together in community. If there were to be a monthly meeting for those parents, not only will they be able to learn from each other, but they will be able to socialize, and see how much effort the teacher is putting in to reaching out the parents. I am not surprised by the fact that families involved in education of their students help students do better in academics. Samantha, honesty is also a description that I would desire for my future child's teacher and expect from all of us when we begin teaching. //

// Response by Kate Corwin- Alana, one of the reasons why students benefit from parental (and more recently, family) involvement is because it promotes the thought that school is an important place. When the family comes to the school, it reinforces the belief that school should be taken seriously. Parents model the behavior they expect from their children when they visit the school. So if a student's family is active in the school, the students are more likely to be successful in school. Parental involvement bridges school life and home life. //

 Alana Anderson
1) What role do families’ basic needs play in their overall quality of life.

 [|http://knol.google.com/k/children-in-america-effects-of-working] [|-parents-on-child-development#]  After reading this article it is easy to get so worked up in everything I have to do as an individual that I forger others are suffering as well. There are 27 million children in the United States growing up in families with incomes. If a family has to sacrifice money to attend an individualized education program meeting, there is little choice because usually work comes first and then school. Poverty also effects health, productivity, physical environment, emotional well-being, and family interaction. Families basic need of health effect hunger and most likely no access to health care. Usually families basic need of productivity include limited or no recreational activities. Families b asic need of physical environment include overcrowding. Emotional well-being is affected and this includes their stress level and low self-esteem. Lastly family interaction is effected due to marital stress and parenting issues. Even families that are not in poverty need support and services and that is why partnerships with families and other professionals are essential.

Response by Kathleen Black: I can completely understand getting worked up about these issues. No one is lying when they say that 'money runs the world.' It is so frustrating to see families that have to choose whether they can get special care for their child with a disability or put food on the table. When their basic needs can not be met it only leads to more stress and frustration for the whole family. I just hope that as professionals we can give out more information to families as to what is available out there for them.

Response by Olivia Bullock: Up and at arms to say the least. There has to be a way to both provide for your family and to see to it that they can get all the care and attention that is necessary for them to be successful in the classroom. Both of these are considered basic needs in my opinion because without either of the two both the family and the child suffers.

2) How do systems and professionals within systems build families trust?

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Helping families meet basic needs involves more than providing information or referring them to a different service system. It is a matter of developing trust and helping families understand that we will not just put them into groups, but we will make the effort to give them individual attention and respect. When families have access to social and emotional support, they have greater satisfaction as parents and more positive interactions with their children. According to this article, communication is a key factor in making this relationship work. This article was interesting to read because it is giving strategies for ways families can connect to their child’s teachers. By looking at the strategies, professionals can see the parent’s thoughts on how to trust a teacher. Some of the strategies include approaching the professional with respect and allowing the child to develop a relationship with the teacher. As a professional, we can see what is expected and make ourselves available in these areas.

Response by Kathleen Black: Communication is definitely key to building trust with families. If we do not communicate with them there is no way that we can build trust. Parents need to know that we are not just going to spew information at them, but also listen to what they have to say and what they are feeling about the systems and resources that are out there for them.

Response by Olivia Bullock: Kathleen I must agree. How can you ever hope to build any type of relationship with someone who you don't or cannot trust. Trust is a key building block if not the foundation for building a successful relationship and without these two nothing can be accomplished.

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**Kathleen Black**

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**(1) What role families’ basic needs play in their overall quality of life?**

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Our text describes 4 basic needs; emotional, informational,financial, and safety. One huge basic need that tends to spill over and effect the majority of people’s quality of life is the financial basic need. Our text describes how families who have children with disabilities can often have more financial stress. This can make it had for the family to concentrate on the education side of thing, because the family is worrying about providing food and shelter, how to get medical attention for their child, and wanting to have the best education resources available for the child but they aren’t able to afford the extra tutoring or resources. When it comes to the emotional basic need families can sometimes feel that they are alone and that because of this disability there may not be hope for the future. A lot of families that children with disabilities need to have contact with other families so that they do not feel alone. Information is something that families need, especially when they are dealing with raising a child with disabilities. Families need to be well informed so that they can make the best decisions possible for the whole family. Just because a child has a disability does not mean the family knows everything about it and a saying that can truly be applied here is ‘knowledge is power.’ The last basic need is a child’s safety. Some families can become frustrated or even angry about the child’s disability. The family can become exhausted abuse can start to occur. As you can see, when the family’s basic needs are not met and are not positive it can have a negative effect on the overall quality of life.

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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This is a quick page that gives some ideas for resources that give people the ability to meet some of their basic needs. Even though this may be for a certain region there are similar resources available all over the country.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Response by Alana Anderson- I like what you had to say about parents being well informed so that they can make good decisions for their families. Parents usually revolve their schedule around their kids needs so as professionals we can make their life easier by providing them with information as soon as we can. For example, sending out a monthly newsletter at the end of the month informing parents of all the supplies, ( where parents can buy the supplies for the cheapest price) homework, and activities occurring for the month ahead.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**(2) How systems and professionals within systems can build families’ trust?**

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> There are numerous systems out there that help build a families trust and gives them the confidence in their surroundings and not just the educational surroundings. As the professional it is my duty to make sure that the families are aware of the available resources that are out there. When we give the families the information they need that can help them flourish that is a way of building trust with them. They will see that we are on their side and that we want to everything we can to help their child succeed not just in school but their family succeed in the world the best that we can. Another system is the parent to parent programs. These programs can help families gain emotional support. These groups can help give families not just the emotional support, but also some information about other resources. Families that are well informed can feel a sense of trust in the knowledge that they are gaining from professionals and other systems. There are also Parent Centers that are authorized by IDEA and get funding by the U.S department of education. I think its great that a system like that is out there to help empower parents and families with knowledge about the disability the child has. That way they can trust not just the system and professionals,but themselves that they are make the best possible decision for their child as they grow. All of these systems and the professionals within the systems are there to help each family gain trust.

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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This website gives some information for children and families who have disabilities and how they can receive some disabilities. This is an example of a way that parents can have some information and gain trust with the systems that are out there.

Response by Alana Anderson- Parent to Parent programs are something I would cherish having a child with disabilities. Listening to people that are struggling with the same thing and coming together with people to seek for advice is just always a good environment to be in. I like what you said about them being able to trust themselves by discussing ideas with others, this sort of system will help students grow.


 * Kate Corwin **

(1) What role families’ basic needs play in their overall quality of life?

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I felt like this was an extreme example of how a family's basic needs play a role in their overall quality of life. This webpage discusses where Florida is now in terms of homeless families in the state of Florida; it also discusses the impact of child and family homelessness. So I think a family's basic needs plays a large role in their overall quality of life. Parents who have lost their jobs may feel a considerable amount of stress trying to provide for their family. The families that fall under a lower socioeconomic class may struggle to pay for medicine for their children. Some of these situations don't even take into account caring for children with disabilities. I knew a little girl that is almost completely deaf because her parents could not afford to replace the hearing aids that she needed for class. On her first day of school after transferring, she was dropped off at the front gate by her father. The girl didn't know where she was going, so she hopped a bus back to her old school. Basic needs are important. My work has a program so that employees can donate money to an organization that creates care packages for students who cannot afford hygiene products. The organization donates soap, deodorant, etc. so that the students are able to feel confident about themselves.

Response from Alana Anderson- It is so crazy to see how many homeless families there are just inside of Florida. That is so sad that children are being effected physically because they are not able to be provided for financially. Money is a need that families have and it effects the students negatively on a day to day basis.

(2) How systems and professionals within systems can build families’ trust.

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I think there are many ways systems and professionals within systems can build families' trust. I chose this fact sheet because it covers what the national school lunch program entails. I personally am a supporter of the school lunch program. I feel like this program builds trust with families because it shows that times can be tough for families. The lunch program covers the basic needs of students while they are in school. It recognizes that families that live in poverty may not be able to afford a well balanced lunch for their children. In offering free or reduced lunches, the school district helps families afford the school lunches the family may not have previously been able to pay for. I think the systems and professionals can build trust within families by being sensitive to the needs of the family.

Response from Alana Anderson- I never really thought as the school lunch program as a basic need but after reading the article I cold not agree more. I have realized in college that food takes majority of the money I have away weekly and someone providing a meal to me is something I really appreciate! The school lunch program is a representation of how professionals desire to provide basic needs for families, building trust in that provision.