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Community's Influence on Socialization - Coggle Diagram
Community's Influence on Socialization
Community functions (Warren, 1988)
Social control
Social participation
Socialization
Mutual support
Production, distribution, consumption
Part of the imagery of the neighborhood in which we grew up involves the people who lived there.
How did our community enforce its rules?
How did the people in our neighborhood community help one another?
How did people in our community instill in us their norms and values?
How did the people in our community socialize with one another?
How did they earn a living?
Factors that make community "family friendly" (Walberg & Mrozek, 2010)
physical environment (clean, safe, attractive, well cared for)
employment opportunities (good jobs, economic growth)
citizen involvement
cost of living
community safety
neighborhood quality (housing affordability, good government, cultural opportunities, specific supports for children and families)
recreation
child care
education (quality academic program and safe schools)
Physical Factors
Population Density and Composition
positive effects - opportunities to mingle, spaces to play or sit
negative effects -excessive social contact, reduced behavioral freedom
Noise
Community Design
Play Settings
Modern playground
Traditional playground
Adventure playground
Economic Factors
Social and Personal Factors
The Neighborhood Setting
Patterns of Community Interaction
Size of Community
Social Diversity
Shared Norms
Valued Types of Social Relationship
The Community as the Learning Environment
Alternative schools
Home schooling
National Educational Goals
Serve on school advisory councils or on school boards.
Offer schools the use of business settings for job placement or offer field sites for work experience programs.
Provide specific goals with materials, financial aid, human resources, and professional support.
The Community as a Support System
(informal and formal support system)
Community services for several reasons
Changing nature of the family
Increasing urbanization of communities
Increasing population
Macrosystem Influences
Agencies providing services
Private agencies
Combination Agencies
Public agencies
Preventive, Supportive, and Rehabilitation Services
Supportive services
Rehabilitative services
Preventive services
Preventive Services: Parks, Recreation, and Education
Supportive Services: Family and Child
Economic Assistance
Counselling
Referrals
Family Preservation
Senior Citizens
Child Health and Welfare
Economic and personal aid to children
foster care for children
institutional care for children
Protective
Child care
Foster care
Rehabilitative Services: Correction, Mental Health, Special Needs
Mental Health
Special Needs
Correction
Creating Caring Communities
Beyond Rhetoric: A New American Agenda for Children and Families (NCC, 1991)
improving health
increasing educational achievement
ensuring income security
preparing educational achievement
preparing adolescents for adulthood
strengthening and supporting families
protecting vulnerable children and their families
making policies and programs work
creating a moral climate for children
providing financial programs
The Whitehouse offers support to organizations
ex-offenders
homeless and hungry
at-risk youth
substance abusers
those with HIV/AIDS
welfare-to-work families
National Commission on Children and Disasters (2010)
trauma
emergency medical services and transport
physical health
disaster case management
disaster preparedness for child care/early education, elementary. secondary education, child welfare, and juvenile justice
mental health
evacuation and reunification
sheltering standards, services, and supplies
housing
Economic Assistance to Families
Federal programs
Unemployment compensation
Social Security survivor or disability benefits
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Child nutrition services
Veteran's benefits
Other services
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Five factors why federal programs have not succeeded completely
the growth in the number of female-headed households because of divorce and out-of wedlock births
inadequate preschool education, public education, and job training
the inability of parents to earn high enough wages to escape poverty
inadequate budgets in government programs
the persistently high rate of unemployment among parents
Homelessness
Government programs
subsidized day care
Income tax deductions
Special Services for Children with Special Needs
Community Involvement: Volunteerism
Reasons for becoming involved
Develop self-esteem and self-confidence by feeling needed and valued.
Meet new people from all walks of life
Share your skills and gain new ones
Enhance your resume and make important networking contact
Conserve funds for charities, nonprofit, faith-based, and other community organizations by contributing your time.
Learn about the needs in your community
Volunteer groups
Advocacy groups
Children's Defense Fund (CDF)
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
National Congress of Parents and Teachers (NCPT)
Advocating for Child Protection
Child Welfare Information Gateway (CWIG, 2013)
Definition from federal and state laws
Identification
Overview of the information
Statistics
Risk and protective factors
Perpetrators
Impact
Fatalities
Contact
Therapeutic Intervention
Parent education
child care
Family preservation
family therapy
Kinship care
Foster care
Parent support groups
Institutionalization
Adoption
