Group+12

//Communication page for group 12.//
==‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Discuss your group activity here.== ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍__** Each participant must use a different text colour to identify themselves. **__===

**Karli - Blue** **Brie - Red** **Kat** ** hy - Black **
 * Monique - Purple **
 * Sarah - Green **

**Image of a child:** The Snowballing child

**Challeng e: ** is for early childhood educators to control the child's self centered and antisocial behaviours in order to maintain equilibrium in the class.


 * Hey guys - Monique here.Write in here and give yourself a colour by writing it at the top of the page :) Thought I'd write something as we are one of the four groups that hasnt written anything :) Has anyone done anything towards this assigment? I haven't as I didn't even know what we had to do till today and it still is a little hazy... Can anyone clarify it for me in student talk? HA. Monique - 9/11/11 **


 * Aww no-one is talking to me :( we should get this started guys... 13/11/11 **


 * Hello, in our set text (picturing childhood) chapter 6 cry babies and damaged children, has lots of starting points we can use to explain and capture negative aspects of child images. It has heaps of information on poverty and neglect. There is a few pictures in their too! Some are used to make us feel depressed about what children are exposed to and going through. There is also one that has a baby about to inject itself with drugs (purposefully) which makes the viewer feel enraged and disgusted. **


 * I think we should all bring in some images which is distressing or depressing and we can start to make notes about each of them. **


 * Sarah 14/11/11 **

**Karli- Blue** **Hi Girls, sorry about the late reply I have read both of your ideas and agree with all of the above especially the one about needing to get started.... eeeekkkk! I was hoping maybe we can stay late this week Wed and Thurs to work on it as we are really running out of time does this suit and sound like an okay idea? I also need to re-read/ discuss with others the task to clarify my understandings of what exactly is required of us..... I like what you wrote Sarah about the information you found in the course text this does sound like a good starting point and that it will be really helpful. Well hopefully we can meet this week and maybe if we all read over the task sheet before Wed and bring in some images like you suggested Sarah we should be able to make a good start.**

**I hope you all had a lovely weekend, see you Wed.**

**Karli 14/11/11**

**Hey girls,** **I'm glad you guys finally replied, I was getting a little worried! HA. But yes Sarah thats a good start about the pictures... So if we all bring in some distressing pictures then it can give us a starting point.... Let''s just hope that Brie reads this before Wednesday... HA. Good idea Karli, I was going to suggest this to you guys when you replied about staying back and it sounds like a plan to me, even if its just for half an hour to an hour? What do you think Sarah and Brie? Even if you can just do one afternoon thats fine... Hope to hear from yous soon. Monique 14/11/11**


 * Ladies once you select an image of a child try to put a challenge with it - then you will be on your way to planning your presentation. So...if you think about the damaged child, would the challenge be providing a safe and supportive class environment or managing the child's challenging behaviour that may occur if the child is damaged? Just some thoughts.**
 * Kathy 14/11/11**

**Thanks for the ideas Kathy, we really needed a little base to start on and they're some great thoughts that we will definitely discuss on Wednesday! Monique 14/11/11**

**Hey guys, great catch up today! Realllllyyyy glad we did that as I'm not stressing so much anymore :) HA. I feel we made great progress :D I found a pretty good sight that talks about all the 'images' and gives a bit more info to the sheet we were looking at today..... Here's the link:** []
 * I'm still going so I'll write back if I find anything else :) **
 * Monique 16/11/11 **


 * Hi everyone, I really think we made good progress yesterday. Karli and I stayed after and found some good images and readings that I think will be useful. I also started looking at some policy documents and curriculum specifically looking at partnerships and behaviour. Here are the files- (Brie, 17.11.11) **



**Hey. Thanks heaps for that Brie. Me and Sarah have just had a quick scan of that article and it looks really good along with the curriculum documents :) the pictures are also great! Where on earth did you find them? They're perfect for what we're doing... We hope to see you guys this Arvo. Good job girls see you later. Monique 17/11/11**


 * Hi girls, yesterdays meeting was good :) check out the images Brie and I found and tell us what you think? Maybe we can use all of them but use one as our main image and enlarge it? I have been thinking about some presentation ideas and I think we should discuss ideas in the meeting this afternoon. I think once we decide how we will present it and the layout of the presentation things will flow. Monique I have read through that reading it is great and I have highlighted the main sections that I think are relevant so I have reposted it below- See you all this afternoon (Karli- 17.11.11) **


 * What do you mean we are at Uni? :) See you both this afternoon. **


 * Yeah all those photos are great and we will prioritize them this Arvo. The link you just gave us was the pictures one not the reading I found with the highlighted info so I think you posted the wrong one? But that's okay, we'll look at it all this arvo. And you may be at uni but you're deffs not in class which is what I said :) HA. Sarah can't stay long this Arvo she will have to leave at about 3:30ish so yeah we will have to be productive :) and by the way, you and Brie both seem to think that it is 2012? HA. Where you date your writing you put '12 instead of '11! HA. Monique 17/11/11 **
 * P.s I thought we said the challenge was gaining back the authority and control to the adult from the child? **

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 * Hey girls, another good session today :D **
 * Here's quite a long reading i found.... it's mostly about having a father in the 21st centrury and what it means for a childhood..... pages 129-130 are about how parents influence childhood so yeahhh :) Here's the link: **
 * Let me know what you guys are finding :) **
 * Monique 17/11/11 **

**Hi girls! I have been reading through our articles we have found and made some notes. My notes are aimed at the cause of snowballing. Feel free to add or change any information...**

**Changing images of childhood** **Reesa Sorin**

**The child is in control, temper tantrums and getting its own way.** **Family structures : Single or working families are exhausted after long days at work and give in to child's demands. Used as a method of maintaining peace.** **Children are expected to take care of themselves ad in a way the child feels unwanted. The parent/s feels guilt and make it up by giving materials goods.** **The child if often dissatisfied and constantly wants more. Self centered and anti social behaviour.**

**Making choices...** **Katherine Green et al**

**If these problems or isssues are not delta with in the correct manner, these children will be at risk of future peer rejectment adverse effects on families and communities and poor academic results. Services for emotional and or behavioral disorder may be needed as the child progresses.**

**Fatherhood in thhe 21st century** **Cabrera, N. et al**

**Fathers are important players in the development of the children'semotionall regulation and control. Paternal involvement is assoicated with greater academic achievement and enjoyment of school.** **Not just participation but contact with child in its life. Active involvement. This reduces emotional stress.** **Paternal accessibility gives the child a sense of security and emotional support.**

**Patterns of competence and adjustments...** **Steinburg et al**

**Parental behavior- warmth, acceptance, involvement, parent control, strictness.** **There are two types of parents who have low control over their child\ren** **a) foundations in trust, democracy and indulgence** **b) disengagement from responsibilities of child rearing**

**basically its indulgence vs. neglectance** **although the are very different they appear to have the same outcomes.**

**Monique, please add any additional information :)**

**Sarah 18/11/11**

**Hey girls, Sarah, sorry I haven't got back to you sooner, had a busy weekend.... Read through your info and it all looks very good, I'll have a look for some more readings but I think we pretty much have it covered now, if I find anything else I'll post it here otherwise I will see you all tomorrow at 2pm and we'll discuss everything then :D** **I'll bring the cardboard and glitter tomorrow tooo :)** **Monique 20/11/11**

** Hey ladies, have found some good readings that support and contribute to the solutions/strategies we need as educators to overcome our challenge. I will upload readings but I am in the process of highlighting the important parts so just have a quick browse if you want. Through my research it seems like our image of the child links closely to a disorder children can get called Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)....(So this could be were our image of the child could be heading from early childhood) .....i have a few readings on it which pretty much sounds exactly like our image....but will see what you guys think about it. I think our job here is to make sure we prepare our students to be long-term learners and citizens therefore need to do everything we can to make sure they don't take these behavioral problems into their adulthood..... i have created two layouts for our presentation (one animated and one with more detail) which shows the snowballing child -pretty much what we did the other day but i changed it a bit-->it's just a guide and there are some things on it i wanna discuss cause i think it should be changed. Will discuss this tomorrow in our group meeting. I have all my readings in a word document with the link so just follow the link if you want to have a re ** ad.** Sorry for semi late reply....weekend was extremely busy. ** (Brie 21/11/11)

ummmmm not sure why but i cant upload a file?

**Thanks for the info Brie :) All sounds very relevant and I would love to read the stuff you've found... I just had a look at the file link at the top of the page and it doesn't look like I'd be able to work it out either??? Maybe just save it onto a usb if you can't work it out and we'll look over it tomorrow :)**
 * Monique 21/11/11 **

**Here are the readings. Can't figur e out why i cant upload it**

** Readings for Group assignment (solutions) **

1. STRATEGIES FOR HELPING EARLY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN WITH OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT AND CONDUCT DISORDERS: THE IMPORTANCE OF HOME-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS

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2. Beyond Behaviour — The Importance of Communication and Connection in Parenting ‘Defiant’ Children: Pilot Study and Program

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3. Decreasing Child Defiance: Is Inquiry Indispensable? Jane Blakely Keat

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4. Understanding and Addressing Oppositional and Defiant Classroom Behaviors.
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5. Strategies for Dealing with Defiant, Rude & Oppositional Students

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6. How to Teach Oppositional Defiant Children

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// 7. School-Wide Strategies for Managing... // DEFIANCE / NON-COMPLIANCE

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(Brie 21/11/11)


 * WOW! HA, thanks Brie :) Will have a quick look over them... I found this article.... the link is: **

**[|http://ehis.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.cqu.edu.au/eds/detail?sid=d0e33839-c62a-4563-b4f7-42fb6d83595a%40sessionmgr115&vid=1&hid=121&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#db=f5h&AN=9708221384]** **and I think it would be useful but I dont know how to read it?? Because all your readings are off the same site and you seem to be able to open all yours? :| please help :)** **Monique 21/11/11**

**Yeah Monique reading wont open because our uni doesnt have rights to it : ( Brie 22/11/11**

**Hey girls, I know we're meeting soon but I just came across this reading while being bored in class and it is quite relevant to mine and Sarah's part of finding the causes of this effect. Its about how young children need a good relationship with their parents as it effects their development and their inner being later in life... Which we have said is one of our causes - parents not being there enough for their children therefore they don't have a good relationship with them and cause the child to act out and make the parent feel guilty thereforfe getting what they want and creating 'the snowballing child' Here's the link:** **[]** **Pay particular attention to page 3 - 7 as it also talks about curricula etc....** **Monique 23/11/11**

**Me again, bored 5 mins later and found another good reading again on the causes.... This time on how working parents who are tired and stressed etc. have a big impact on children. This reading has alotttttt of statistics and research that is very relevant on how working mothers/fathers or both impact a child's life.... LINK:** **[]** **Monique 23/11/11**

sweet yeah these are good readings......also thanks for sending through the snowballing presentation layout. Brie and I are still at uni trying to figure things out so hopefully we feel like we have achieved tomorrow : ) see you then (Karli 23/11/11)

**Okay well, I hope you guys feel like you achieved something :) and yous aren't here so you're probs sleeping? :D HA. Yeah I thought our little computer layout was pretty spectacular :) HA. See yous this arvo I guess.... Monique 24/11/11**

**We are at uni, we have been in the computer room since 9 this morning continuing on with group assignment. We got to bed at 2....it was awesome lol**

**oh my goddddd! HA. Nice pink writing by the way??? HA. what the eff are yous doing??? you must have the whole assignment done by now! HA. AND the essay..... see you soon Monique 24/11/11**

**[] - school challenges support** **[] - Environment challenges support Monique 25/11/11**


 * Really good links and articles to support your presentation and group rationale ladies. You have been communicating well and contributing to each others work. Your presentation will be interesting and relevant to the audience. I look forward to viewing it.**
 * Kathy 25/11/11**

**So glad this has all finally come together and it will soon be over.... well done girls, we did it :) HA Monique 29/11/11**
 * // Ladies your comments have shown your engagement with the content. Sarah's comments are not as regular as others. Please ensure that you are contributing equally as this will be evident in the presentation. Monique, please remember that this space is for public viewing so all language should be of a professional nature. //**
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