Introduction

I researched active shooter policies from Texas Woman's University, University of North Texas, and The University of Oregon.  They all had the same policy for responding which was "Run.Hide.Fight".  Meaning you run away first, if you can get away, find any exit and keep running and don't stop until your positive that you are away and safe from the threat.  The second option was to hide, if you cannot run, then finding a place to hide and to remember that you want cover over concealment.  The best places are ones without windows and lockable doors, also making sure to make it appear as if no one is in the room with lights off.  The third and final thing you can do is to fight.  The best way to go about it is via surprise, and to do something that will disarm and obstruct their vision.  Upon exiting any building or places the track took place it's helpful to remember always having your hands up and not making any sudden movements.  It was very easy ...

I believe there are many things that can be done to make schools a safer, more inclusive space for children of parents in the LGBTQ community, as well as students who identify as LGBTQ.  First and foremost I think education of staff is a necessary foundation.  So much of the discrimination comes from fear and ignorance, both of which can be eliminated through education. There needs to be educational programs geared towards educational staff on the challenges and stressors that children of LGBTQ parents face within the social context.  According to one study published in Sage Journals , " Supportive classroom teachers can make a difference in improving school climate for marginalized LGBTQ students."  This is so important for children to know in the face of adversity, someone has their back and will support them, often it's these connections with others that have the biggest impact in their lives.  It's especially important for the school environment to be a safe...

Economic stress and low wages has greatly impacted myself and my family.  I'm a full time student, a yoga teacher, and a mother.  My husband is the main "bread winner" in our family and situations like what has currently happened with my student loan being picked to be audited- thus either preventing me from going to school in the summer or having to pay out of pocket for my tuition, greatly impact our family wellbeing.  I ultimately decided to go to school, which meant we had to pay out of pocket and being a mainly one income family, has created a lot of financial stress.  All the while, this happened right as our family car's engine gave out-rendering the vehicle useless, and then a week later my husband was hit in a car wreck and our only car was totaled.  These events in such a short period might not have had as much impact as they did had my husbands and my wages been high enough to allow for a lot of saving to be more prepared for these events.  But t...

One of the major problems of social policy for immigrant families is eligibility for many public policies now have a waiting period of 3 to 5 years.  So this means families who come here with nothing, are then denied the assistance they need to help get on their feet.  By the time these families are eligible for it, they may not need it, or don't want it due to the bitter taste of it left in their mouth union arrival and initial denial of it.  The law also says that immigrants cannot use the SNAP program, or supplemental nutrition assistance.  The government also monitors these programs closely and if an immigrant applies before eligible, they will risk deportation.  So not only are these families under great stress with adaptation and assimilation, they are worried about being sent back to often bad conditions they fled from.  Refugee families fair better than immigrant families in that they are eligible for and have access to many more social public poli...

Family adaptation is an essential process for families who are immigrating to a new place.  It's a long process of learning new culture, customs, languages, and navigating a new society in order to have "goodness of fit" in their new enviornment.  A families cultural values, can assist as a buffer to adaptation in that it will create cohesion within the family and allow "togetherness".  Families who can maintain their values while in the midst of change and new environment will have a better coping environment than those who don't.  How the family perceives the barriers to adaptation will be key in their wellbeing.  For instance, the way a family views their children learning english in school could either be seen as helpful and important to the rest of the family also learning or it could be perceived as a threat to losing their own language. Some helpful policies to help immigrant families to adapt are TANF (Temporary assistance for needy families), publ...

  The movie I chose was called "The Switch", it's about a woman who is looking to have a child, on her own, via a donor.  Her best friend accidentally spills the donors sperm at an insemination party, and in a panic, he donates his own into the cup, but forgets about it.  This is the major "crisis" or "stress" perceived in this plot, and as I apply it to the ABC-X model it looks like this: A(Stressor): Wally switches his sperm for the donors after he spills it down the sink, and it's then used to inseminate Kassie getting her pregnant. B(Existing Resources): Wally uses his own sperm to replace it.(which he actually does) b2. Wally could have told the donor he accidentally spilled it, having the donor create more sperm. b3. Wally could have told Kassie, allowing her to handle the issue b4. Wally could of done nothing and walked away leaving the cup empty b5. Kassie could of gone back to the sperm bank if the cup was left empty and chosen anot...

The first webpage article I'll be reviewing is called "Stress management for parents and it's by "The Child Development Institute". URL: https://childdevelopmentinfo.com/how-to-be-a-parent/angry_child/stress/#.XQK6jC3MzVo This article has complied a very nice, lengthy list of stress coping techniques and management activities that parents can do at any time, anywhere.  It also does a nice job of explaining what stress is and why our bodies react to it the way they do. The second webpage article is called "4 Tips for Managing Parenting Stress".  It's written by Erlanger A. Turner Ph.D., and comes to use from Psychology Today. URL: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-race-good-health/201306/4-tips-managing-parenting-stress This article explains the groups of people most affected by parenting stress, and 4 tips for helping them alleviate some of the burden in order to better their parent-child relationship. The last webpage article ...

Normative vs. Nonnormative stressors   Everyday hassles, also known as normative stressors affect every individual, both women and men,  and families in general.  Everyday hassles are things such as taking out the trash, doing the dishes, picking up and taking children to school etc.  They are activities that need to be done daily or even weekly and monthly.  It's important to understand these normative every day hassles so we can differentiate them from the non normative stressors and because they happen more frequently they are better able to tell us the level of family stress a family is experiencing.  Non normative stressors would be things such as a diagnosis, or off-time developments.  Non normative stressors are things that happen on occasion that are usually unanticipated.   Some examples of normative stressors include, laundry, a baby teething, a teen learning to drive, picking up children from school, and finding parking at school. ...

Hi everyone!  My name is Crystal!  I'm majoring in Child Development and then continuing on to get my masters in marriage and family therapy to one day become an LMFT.  I have a soft spot for children and families, especially foster care and hope to work with this demographic someday.  I also enjoy working with adolescents and hope to work in a group setting with them while I work towards my masters.  I'm a wife and mother of four beautiful children.  I have an 11 year old named Gabriel, a 9 year old named Lorelei, a 7 year old named Colton and a 4 year old named Aster Rose.  When I'm not busy with school or my family I'm a yoga teacher at The Yoga Project on the river near down town Fort Worth.  I've been practicing yoga for just over a year now and only teaching for a year this month.  Yoga in conjunction with therapy has been such a beautiful healing resource for me.  I love to travel, any chance I get I like to take trips, especially...