Deck 15: Social Policy Issues

Question 1

Which statement best characterizes Head Start?

A) It is a quick catch-up summer school program for children entering kindergarten
B) It excludes low-income children
C) It provides comprehensive services that address a wide variety of family needs
D) It is a program that includes all children regardless of income

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which one of the following is not listed in the chapter as a risk factor for healthy development?

A) Increasing number of children living in poverty
B) Advancing technology
C) A high infant mortality rate
D) Substandard child care

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Using a preventive approach that would be less expensive and more desirable than dealing with children and families in crisis includes

A) Taking more children away from their families to be reared by people who know more about children than the average family
B) Making systemic reforms to help families have what they need to support and nurture their children and keep the family intact
C) Deciding as a society who should and shouldn't have babies
D) Putting every child in the nation in an early education program starting in infancy

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is not a result of Rob Reiner's 1998 Proposition 10 campaign?

A) A 50-cent tax on cigarettes
B) First Five programs in every county in California
C) Money to support healthy development of children under 5
D) Afterschool programs for elementary children

Question 5

Which of the following is not something that educators should provide to children and families?

A) An environment that acknowledges children's diverse backgrounds
B) Community support
C) Comfortable transition into the next instructional level
D) One-size-fits-all education policies

Question 6

Which of the following is not true about child care?

A) As a nation we have not come close to providing child care for all the families who need it
B) Children from low-income families frequently lack the opportunity to enroll in child care programs
C) Cuts to quality initiatives reflect how states are scaling back
D) In spite of the problems, the United States leads the world in percentage of children served and quality of service

Question 7

What is the goal of Geoffrey Canada and the Harlem's Children Zone?

A) To get children ready for kindergarten
B) To get schools ready for children
C) To get children ready for college
D) To supplement the cost of Head Start programs

Question 8

What are some creative alternatives in the workplace that would allow families a greater role in caring for their own children?

Question 9

Who is responsible for peacemaking within families?

A) Community
B) Church
C) Children
D) Parents

Question 10

Which of the following is not a common problem that results from the rescue approach?

A) Children placed in foster care must deal with the emotional effects of separation and are often left with lifelong scars
B) Create comprehensive services to strengthen families and give them the tools they need to support and nurture their children
C) The costs of taking children from their families are enormous
D) Children too often must be rescued from their own parents because they don't get adequate care

Question 11

One of the goal of the Head Start program is what?

A) To involve low-income families in the solutions to their own problems
B) To focus narrowly on preschool only
C) To use all of their resources on the development of the child, separate from the family
D) To be a transitional kindergarten program

Question 12

Children who have been exposed to violence often experience fear. What is one way that children try to work through their fears, and why is it not always supported by adults?

Question 13

What do the letters NAEYC stand for?

A) The National Alliance of Equity Youth Counselors
B) The Nurturing Assistance for Elementary Youngsters' Conciliation
C) The National Association for the Education of Young Children
D) The National Association of Equality of Young Children

Question 14

Violence can affect children in which of the following ways?

A) They may want to be left alone
B) They might stay away from peer group activities
C) They may develop post-traumatic stress syndrome
D) They are happy all the time

Question 15

How can people become an advocate for children and families?

Question 16

According to the Children's Defense Fund report of 2011, what differences are noticeable between low-income babies and higher-income babies by 9 months?

A) Differences in which kinds of car seats they had
B) Differences in the kind of formula they drank
C) Difference in development
D) Differences in how much they cried

Question 17

Which of the following statements about inclusion is false?

A) Children in inclusion programs reach higher levels of achievement
B) Children in inclusion programs develop a broader range of social skills
C) Children in inclusion programs gain exposure to the larger world they will live in as adults
D) Children in inclusion programs develop sensitivity issues being around other children