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NWAESC(2095)---What's Poverty Got to do With It: Children and Families in Crisis



Arkansas’s poverty rate of 17.2% is the seventh highest in the US, only surpassed by Louisiana and Mississippi in the South. Kids Count data indicate that 24% of children in Arkansas live in poverty. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened this issue, with many more children and families in the crisis of poverty than ever before. Schools see the impact of poverty on student health, firsthand. It affects students in a variety of ways. It can be seen via health issues stemming from food insecurity, poor housing, homelessness, or limited access to medical care for illnesses. Students who are living in the crisis of poverty have higher rates of hospital admissions, disability days, and death rates. Content to be provided but not limited to: The differences between generational poverty, working class poverty, immigrant poverty, situational poverty, and depression era poverty How poverty in internalized as a personal deficiency Barriers perceived by people in poverty when dealing with those not in poverty Poverty as a social determinant of health Techniques for understanding and valuing oral and print culture communications styles Ways to motivate and provide meaningful incentives to people fighting poverty

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LUNCH PROVIDED

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Session ID:
520109
Credits Available:
(6) Hours
Seats Filled:
17 / 0
Fee:
$20.00
Contact Person:
Missy Hixson
Instructor(s):
Kelli Butcher
Lana Boggs
Audiences: 
PreK-12, Administrators, Counselors, ParaProfessionals, Special Ed, School Nurse
 
Date Time Location
6/28/2024 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Northwest Education Service Cooperative - Northwest ESC Administration - NWAESC 16


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