revisiting the eal classroom in 2009 our successes and challenges in the last year
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Revisiting the EAL classroom in 2009
Our successes and challenges in the last year
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Successes
ESL changed to EAL A beginner class An intermediate class A sheltered Grade 10 English class A numeracy class
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Challenges
16 – 22 year old students Low first-language education Beyond intermediate Not ready for English 10 Low math skills
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We are concerned because...
Risk accumulates
Garbarino & Kostelny, 1996
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Social needs
“Home, school and community environments influence the wellbeing and success of immigrant children and youth” (Van Ngo & Schleifer, 2005).
Rather than individual counselling, promote interventions in the community & avoid institutionalizing children. (Machel, 2001)
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Successes
SSWIS:Makes contact with parents, translatorsTakes youth to appointmentsHelps obtain subsidized bus and leisure passes
Soccer Clinic grant from City of SaskatoonYouth learn to be soccer coaches
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Challenges
SSWIS needed at least ½ time
Barriers to youth being involved in sport: How & when to registerCostTransportation to events
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Emotional needs
The New Canadian Children and Youth Study2005
“Assuming that all refugee children have been exposed to horror, why are the rates of PTSD
always less than 100%?”
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Symptoms of Traumain
3 Main Categories
Hyperarousal: go into permanent alertIntrusive thoughts: nightmares, flashbacksNumbing: detachment, suspension of initiative & critical judgement
Judith Lewis Herman, 2001
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Challenges
Trauma affects youth's behaviour in school:Run to EAL class when fearfulConstantly plan where to sit & walkUnable to concentrateSleepy in classHigh absenteeism Show no emotionInvolved in high risk behaviour
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Challenges
Behaviours misunderstood & students thought to be:UncooperativeUnmotivatedDisrespectfulUngrateful for opportunity
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Successes
Growing interest in EAL students:SODS chosen for WMCI annual fund-raisingIWS & WMCI multicultural drumming group7 undergraduate volunteersA graduate student's computer-assisted projectMicrosoft Canada providing MP3s1st STF summer short course for EALSK TEAL growing 3rd Moving Forward Conference: June 2010
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Samite Mulondo: Musicians for World Harmony
We are often encouraged to feed and house those who have been affected by
war and disease.
But we often neglect healing the soul.
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Opportunities
Risk accumulates; opportunity ameliorates.
Garbarino & Kostelny, 1996