ECE360 Assessment Task 2

Reading: case study

Reading the questions

Use the recommended format, sometimes you will write in sentences , sometimes you will write in a table

Prescribed reader

'Calmer classrooms' and other relevant readings, for example child safety standards

  1. Question 1 is all about identifying areas of abuse

Part a 4 sentences

Part b tables , written in point form 200 words

  1. What increases the risk of sexual abuse? (Briggs chapter, p.211) - 5 sentences
    2-3 sentences about Bella and her context
    2 sentences about children at risk in general in relation to sexual abuse

What increases the risk of emotional abuse? (Briggs chapter, pp 87-90) - 5 sentences
2-3 sentences about Bella and her context
2 sentences about children at risk in general in relation to emotional abuse

3 a. The types of abuse, you are thinking about it in terms of short term effects and long term effects (this is most easily represented in tables)

Don't forget to add your references at the end of the table

3b. This section includes more discussion and more critical thinking about trauma- what is trauma?
1-2 sentences

3c. Discussing the impact of trauma on the child, this section is written holistically, impacts on the body, on the brain, on the different areas of development. Finish off with why it's so important to understand the impact of trauma (short paragraph, 200 words)

3d. This section is about the teaching pedagogy and practice/ this the opportunity to really draw from your the Calmer classrooms text -you are writing as Bella's teacher, 3 strategies approx100-word per strategy

4a. Its focus is on the process for the teacher who has ground for belief that a child is at risk. The paragraph is fine, steps are fine too. approx150 words (Arthur-Kelly; Hunter and Goldsworthy )

4b. Open-ended questions? and 4c. is about appropriate encouragement short and too the point

  1. Actions of the teacher 5a) actions to report about Bella at risk of harm 1 sentence

5b. Who do you report to? Victorian guidelines 1 sentence

5c. Series of steps use the templates to guide you

  1. Prevention measures

5d. (Watts, 1997) Consulting with parents question - short answer 2 sentences

3 prevention strategies; please refer to last week's PowerPoint , take your time to explain the strategies, what are they? How are you going to implement them? Why are they important? 150 words per strategy total 450 words

  1. Community Resources, 1 sentence description Name, address, email, phone number

Please head to the library and search ECE360 to access the reading list as we discussed in the zoom meeting