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This is where Basic Needs Group 5 is to post their discussion about Module 11 Assignment.

=Chelsea Welk Post =

1. What roles do families' basic needs play in their overall quality of life? Every family plays a vital role in the overall quality of life. They provide emotional support during trials and triumphs, informational needs such as books and local resources, financial needs such as SSI and Medicaid, and safety needs which protect children. From a childs first steps, until they reach adulthood, families' basic needs play an important role. In the below website, The National Education Association provided great insight on educators helping with families' basic needs by providing all kinds of support: []   2.How systems and professionals within systems can build families' trust?  Like the previous chapters in this book have said, trust is key in educators relationships with families'. It can be difficult to build trust when you barely know somebody, but with time families' need to be able to trust you as their child's educator. Professionals can help build trust by communicating clearly with families'. They need to always be open to diversity and be willing to listen to what families' have to say. Educators need to be aware that they should never think they are 'better than' or 'smarter than' the parents or family of a student. Every body is different, you educators need to be able to respect and accept their students families'. Below is a great video about how parents perceive teacher meetings and how teachers perceive them as well. It is good to know as an educator that parents are the main educators of students, they raised them. Families' and professionals need to have positive communication to build trust.   []  3. Response to Brooke Thompson: I definitely agree with you. Educators need to be respectful to families' and never talk down to them. It is important to remain at the same level and to not think that you are above students families. You're right, when getting your point across you surely need to know how to communicate in the right voice and remain open to their views.

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Brooke Thompson's post:
====<span style="background-color: white; color: #ff3500; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">(1) What role families’ basic needs play in their overall quality of life? Families’ basic needs are covered by receiving emotional support, informational support, economic support, and support to address abuse and neglect. Covering these areas is a huge help for families, and can improve their overall quality of life. Being emotionally supported by family, friends, and professionals can keep a family having a positive attitude and grounded in the decisions they make over their lifetime. Being financially supported can help give an individual with disabilities more resources and opportunities to live a better life such as treatment, therapy, or assistive technology. This website has some tips for families saving and supporting their child with special needs. Supporting their child, as the article says, can be done long after they are gone if they take the right steps to do so. Being able to give a child with special needs the best opportunities usually comes with a hefty price tag but it is worth it to watch them grow. ==== ====<span style="color: #ff3500; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">[] ==== ====<span style="color: #ff3500; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> (2) How systems and professionals within systems can build families’ trust? Being able to communicate with the families is a really good way to begin to build trust. Relationships are built on trust. By having good communication a family and a professional can begin to understand each other, respect their ideas, and learn to trust in the decisions being made. In this article, the writers said "Always be tactful with parents. Think and plan what you are going to say to them, and how. Never be confrontational. Always speak in a pleasant voice, yet with firmness and authority when needed. Keep in mind that parents really love their children." Knowing the right way to communicate is important when trying to get your point across or express your ideas as a teacher. Knowing how to be respectful and kind, even when you think the parents are wrong. Teachers should always remember to put themselves in the parent’s shoes, thinking about how they must be feeling. ====

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<span style="color: #7030a0; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: right;">Sarah Taub

<span style="color: #7030a0; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: right;">EEX 2758

<span style="color: #7030a0; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: right;">November 8th 2011

<span style="color: #7030a0; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Module 11

<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1. What role families’ basic needs play in their overall quality of life? Families play huge roles in the overall quality of life in children with disabilities weather a child is as young as 5 years old or as old as25 years old. Through the emotional support a family provides a child over the years and to the economic support a family also provides for their children year after year only makes up half of the basic needs children with disabilities will need in their lifetime. The article that I found talks about how we as human beings, regardless if we have a disability or not have certain basic needs that need to meet in order to feel fulfilled. Those needs being food, water, and shelter for instance I believe make up the other half of the entire population especially children with disabilities that will overall play the most quality in their lives as children and adults.

__<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|www.kidstogether.org/inclusion.htm] __ __<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. __ <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2. How systems and professionals within systems can build families’ trust? The number one thing that systems and professionals within systems can build families trust is through communication among everyone within a system I believe. The article that I found talks about how trust can be judged through: 1.Benevolence: The degree to which the other party takes your best interests to heart and acts to protect them. 2. Reliability: The extent to which you can depend upon another party to come through for you, to act consistently,and to follow through 3.Competence: Belief in the other party's ability to perform the tasks required by his or her position 4.Honesty: The degree to which the other person or institution demonstrates integrity, represents situations fairly, and speaks truthfully to others and 5.Openness: The extent to which the other party welcomes communication and shares information with the people it affects. If families start to trust systems professionals and their child’s teachers within these subsystems families can build the trust among each other with a sense that the professionals and their teachers are capable of providing their students with the best education possible. __<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">www.adlit.org › Topics A to Z __ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Response By Rachel Vinson De La Cruz-I agree with you that the best way for professionals and families to build trust with honesty. Families want to know that they are being told the truth and that what you are telling them is in the best interest of their child. Honesty also plays a role in professionals and families working together to help the child further their education. Response by Brooke Thompson- I agree as well, communication plays a HUGE part in building trust in families. Communication and all aspects of it such as honesty and openness. Openness is a form of communication that can really help gain the trust of a family because, as Rachel said, families want to be told the truth. They want to be in the loop and know what is going on. People can usually sense if you are hiding something, and will never trust you fully until everything is out in the open.

Jessica Telusmond

EEX2758 November 7, 2011 **__ Module 11 __** 1. What role families’ basic needs play in their overall quality of life? The roles basic needs play in their overall quality of life can be emotional because not having the basic needs to provide for your family do take a emotional tow on you. When dealing with families that have issues like this you can refer them to programs like parent to parent, parents support groups and etc. You can also provide families with informational support that will benefit them in many ways such as federally funded parent center, parent training and information centers. These programs give the families question to answers they may not know, give them clarity of their rights and responsibilities and so fourth. I believe that finances have a lot to do with a child’s basic need and if the child doesn’t have that it can hinder that child’s education. They are a lot of programs that teachers can refer parents too to help the parent in any way like supplementary security income, Medicaid and there are lots more programs out there. According to Ezine Article there are 6 needs, which are physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual and creative needs. Physical needs are basic needs, which are air, water, sleep, exercise and sex. The article says that by empowering yourself, your child, that you are fostering basic needs that truly make you grow in and out. []

2. How systems and professionals within systems can build families’ trust? Systems and professionals within systems build families trust by building communication. By building communication the parent and the teacher can stay on the same page. Both the teacher and the parent have the same goal in mind which is making sure the student reaches their full potential and get the education the child need. Building communication build trust because both the parent and the teacher communicate everything that is going on, and all things that is important to know. According to the article “Building parent teacher relationship” building communication between the parent and the teacher is beneficially to both parties because they both can learn something from one another. Teachers can learn about students’ home environment, which is information that the teacher can use to help students meet their needs. []

Response by Corinne Weller --The website you provided is a great way to support what you said the families' basic needs and how they play in the overall quality of life. I would totally agree with those 6 needs and I can see them as examples in real life and how it really effects how a child or individual acts and lives. I do have a question for you, could there be more than just these 6 and if so what could they be or do you feel that these 6 encompass all that is need ed to determine a quality of life? In response to Corinne Weller- I believe these 6 needs touch on every quality of life. <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Response by Sarah Taub to Jessica Telusmond- I also like the website that you provided for the roles of families basic needs in their overall life. I too also found a similar website that talks about how really important it is that a child’s basic needs such as food, water, and shelter for instance are fulfilled just as much the other qualities a child will posse over their lifetime.

<span style="color: #ff3500; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Response by Brooke Thompson- For your second answer, I agree that when building trusting relationships "both parties have something to learn." If we are always open to learning, we can get something out of our relationships with parents. Having these relationships will give us a broader grasp on culture, life, and people in general. Module 11 submitted by Corinne Weller 1. What role families’ basic needs play in their overall quality of life? The five levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs include Physiological, safety, love or belonging, esteem and self-actualization. The first level and the most important need for life is that of physiological, that consists of food, shelter, clothes and breathe or life. The next level of needs for life is safety and that is things such as employment, health, and families health. Following safety is love and belonging. As children and even adults the sense of being loved or belonging is important. Whether its family or friendship we all want to be loved. Last of the lower level needs is esteem, these are feelings such as self-esteem, confidence and respect for and by others. The highest level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-actualization. This is where people are self-aware, concerned with personal growth and interested in fulfilling their own personal potential. According to Kendra Cherry in her article on the hierarchy system, <span style="display: inline !important; font-family: inherit;">Maslow believed that these needs are similar to instincts and play a major role in motivating behavior. [] Response by Jessica Telusmond- I agree with the the five levels of Maslow's Hierarchy because I don't think there to far off from the article that I found. Physical needs is similar to physiological, emotional I tied that into esteem because esteem is about the way you feel about yourself and others which is emotions. Social is the need for companionship and friendship and love/belonging which is about family, friendship and etc. So as you can see both theories are the same. <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Response by Sarah Taub to Corinne Weller- I definitely agree that Maslow’s hierarchy of needs play a huge fact and as a guideline to families and the role they play in overall life. I really liked the article as well as the article that I found because it states that a children needs basic needs such as water, food, and shelter in order to feel just as fulfilled. Response by Brooke Thompson- I like how you used the hierarchy of needs to answer this question. I would have never thought of that, but when think about any individuals basic needs this is what should automatically come in mind. I loved learning about this in Psychology class and it applies in so many areas of our lives. 2.) how systems and professionals within systems can build families’ trust? A key component to trust between the families and the professionals is communication and honesty. If the teacher keeps a line open for the parents to reach them and talk to them about anything it benefits the trust between the two. If the line of communication is shut down or tweaked that could and will affect the trust between the families and professionals. Like in this video its great to show the families how you treat their kids and so the same respect to the parents as you do for the students in the classroom.

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Rachel Vinson De La Cruz

1.What overall families basic needs play in their overall quality of life?

Families basic needs are very important to their quality of life. Every family needs shelter, food, and clothing to survive. Withour these basic needs families would not be able to function. The family needs listed above affects the outcome families have in the educational system. BEing without your bsic needs affects emotions, performance, and cn be mentally draining for any student and there family. It is important for all fanmilies to have the basic necessities in life.

The website I found centers around providing families with the necessary services needed to survive. It provides imformation discussing the importance of engaging and providing services to families.

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2. How systems and professionals within system cn build families trust?

Systems and professionals need to remember to build family trust. This is not and overnight process, but rather an important step in helping the development that will take time. There are a number of ways systems and professionals to build family trust. Being respectful and not passing judgement is one way to gain trust. Also taking responsibility, showing competence, and organization is also a way to show families you are interesting in helping with their needs.

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Response by Brooke Thompson- I completely agree that building these relationships with parents are not something to be done overnight. Often we think that if we follow these set of rules and we smile nicely we will gain a trusting relationship with that family. This is not the case. Many times it takes a while and it might be rocky at first, but if we are respectful and communicate well then we are on the right track.