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Dr. Sima Zalcberg, Miriam Cohen-Navot, Iman Awadyeh

Bringing Comprehensive Indicators of Risk into Work at Elementary Schools: Practical Instrument for Mapping Children’s Needs. Dr. Sima Zalcberg, Miriam Cohen-Navot, Iman Awadyeh. June 2007. The Engelberg Center for Children and Youth MYERS- JDC – Brookdale Institute.

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Dr. Sima Zalcberg, Miriam Cohen-Navot, Iman Awadyeh

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  1. Bringing Comprehensive Indicators of Risk into Work at Elementary Schools:Practical Instrument for Mapping Children’s Needs Dr. Sima Zalcberg, Miriam Cohen-Navot, Iman Awadyeh June 2007 The Engelberg Center for Children and Youth MYERS- JDC – Brookdale Institute

  2. At Risk Children and Youth • Children who exhibit severe or multiple problems in school, emotional, or social functioning • Children who live in situations that endanger them and impede their ability to exercise their rights: • To life, health, and physical development • To belong to a family • To learn and acquire skills • To wellbeing and emotional health • To social belonging and integration • To protection from other people and from their own dangerous behavior.

  3. Situation in Israel • Estimated 330,000 children and youth at risk in Israel • 15% of the population under 18 are at risk

  4. It is Essential to Gather Information on Children at Risk • To identify children at risk and monitor their progress in order to respond to their needs • To evaluate school programs to advance the children: • To examine to what extent implementation of the program responds to needs • To examine to what extent the program achieves its goals • To provide a foundation, on which to base decisions about development and dissemination of the program in the future

  5. The Need for a Class Mapping Tool Why? • To consider the students on an individual level and at the same time provide a picture of the class as a whole • To consider a broad range of meaningful aspects of the children's adjustment at school • It needs to be: User-friendly and quick to complete Inexpensive. Accordingly, the research staff at the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute and Dr. Flora Mor of Ashalim have together developed the Classroom Mapping Tool (CMT)

  6. CMT: Description of the Instrument • Designed to be completed by homeroom teacher • Data collected about every child in the following areas: • Family background • Performance at school (attendance and learning behavior) • Scholastic achievement • Social and emotional problems • Inputs provided to children • Frequency of personal talks with children • Frequency of discussions with children's parents • Consultations about the children • Referrals for diagnosis and treatment

  7. Utilization of the CMT in Evaluation of the ADAM Program • ADAM focused on training staff members to work more effectively with children at risk • Data gathered at five schools, twice a year, regarding all students • The evaluation of the program used the CMT: • To learn about implementation of the program and school activities • To learn about the children's needs and changes in their performance * Two schools in 2004/2005

  8. Risk Indicators among Children ( in %)

  9. Comprehensive Index of Risk (in %)The children were examined by various levels of "risk aspects" (%)

  10. Children with Appropriate School Functioningat End of Year – % from among those who started the year with inappropriate functioning Per classroom mapping tool N=583. Data for 2004/5

  11. Conclusions The CMT was found to be an effective tool in identifying and monitoring children at risk. • User-friendly, quick and easy to complete, and inexpensive • Provides information on individual level of every child and overall picture of all children in the class • Makes it possible to: • Identify children's needs • Examine how the inputs match the needs • Examine changes in the children’s functioning and problems over time

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