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High Risk Children
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What is High Risk?
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High Risk/At Risk: Personal characteristics or environmental circumstances that increase the probability of negative outcomes for children.
High Risk Children: Defined Includes but is not limited to… -
Socioeconomically disadvantaged/Poverty (Socioeconomic status) -
Culturally/Linguistically diverse/Race/Ethnicity (cultural alienation—cultural differences curriculum) -
Minority/Other category (Appalachian) (dialect, culture, education, economic status) -
Household organization (Single-parent, incarceration) -
Abusive homes (drug/physical)/Maltreatment -
Uneducated homes/Illiterate -
Transitional homes -
Illness/Psychiatric distress -
Social Insularity/Detachment/Isolation (Family supports- natural/non-paid/generic/specialized) -
Learning disabilities (Cognitive ability factors)
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Other terms you may need to know:
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Resilience: The ability to recover from adverse effects of early experience or persevere in the face of stress. Resilience encompassing many different variables including personal characteristics, coping processes the development of other associated constructs such as hardiness and sense of coherence, and risk and protective factors. Resilience has become an umbrella term to cover many aspects of overcoming adversity and adapting to one's environment.
Potential: A latent excellence or ability that may or may not be developed; Capable of being or becoming; expressing possibility
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The following links provide more information
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Methods
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How do we respond to high risk children’s needs?
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