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​​Here are a few of my favorite websites, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do:
University of Phoenix - I'm currently upgrading some courses online with the University of Phoenix, it is a fully accredited university offering on-campus and online college degree programs. http://www.phoenix.edu/
Newseum - "The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised." http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
RubiStar - "Want to make exemplary rubrics in a short amount of time? Try RubiStar out! Registered users can save and edit rubrics online. You can access them from home, school, or on the road. Registration and use of this tool is free, so click the Register link in the login area to the right to get started now." http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Wordle - "Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends." http://www.wordle.net/
Greencastle Antrim School District - this is a link to the school district I guest teach in, it's a wonderful school - http://www.greencastle.k12.pa.us/Home.aspx
Edline - This is the link I use to view my children's academic progress https://www.edline.net/Index.page
Odyssey - this is the website my school uses for students to work online, please take some time and go on the tour, if you haven't seen it I think you will be very impressed: http://compass.iu12.org/childu/index.html
Subfinder - This is my bread and butter, I log onto this sight several times a day to serach for available substitute teaching positions, I love being able to log on anytime I want to. https://greencastle.subfinderonline.com/login/login.asp

One of the last courses I taught was Grade 12 Family Studies to mature students enrolled in an adult education program with Winnipeg Technical College. One of the lessons I taught was on Relationship Violence. Some of the terms that the students learned about included Child Abuse. Child Abuse Includes:
Physical Abuse
Characterized by physical injury, such as bruises and fractures. Although an injury resulting from physical abuse is not accidental, the parent or caregiver may not have intended to hurt the child. The injury may have resulted from severe discipline, including injurious spanking, or physical punishment that is inappropriate to the child's age or condition. The injury may be the result of a single episode or repeated episodes and can range in severity from minor marks and bruising to death.
Emotional Abuse
Psychological maltreatment, a repeated pattern of caregiver behavior or extreme incident(s) that convey to children that they are worthless, flawed, unloved, unwanted, endangered, or only of value in meeting another's needs.
Sexual Abuse
Child sexual abuse generally refers to sexual acts, sexually motivated behaviors, or sexual exploitation involving children.Sexual abuse includes both touching offenses (fondling or sexual intercourse) and nontouching offenses (exposing a child to pornographic materials) and can involve varying degrees of violence and emotional trauma. The most commonly reported cases involve incest, or sexual abuse occurring among family members, including those in biological families, adoptive families, and stepfamilies. Incest most often occurs within a father-daughter relationship; however, mother-son, father-son, and sibling-sibling incest also occurs. Sexual abuse is also sometimes committed by other relatives or caretakers.
Child neglect
Characterized by omissions in care resulting in significant harm or risk of significant harm. Neglect is frequently defined in terms of a failure to provide for the child's basic needs, such as of adequate food, clothing, shelter, supervision, or medical care.
The first laws were passed in 1880s.
Children are no longer the property of their parents.
Parents no longer have the right to beat or physically punish children under their care.
Most provinces have child abuse registries (only a fraction of the cases that exist).
The federal government has not established a central child abuse registry.
Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy:
Where a parent causes a child to become ill and rushes the child to the hospital or convinces doctors that the child is sick. It’s a way for the parent to gain attention and sympathy, and its dangers to the child constitute child abuse.(DoSomething.org: Terms you should know about Child Abuse) Added by Renee House-Wyatt

Welcome to Sarah's New Wiki Page.
I primarily taught English Language Arts, but also had the pleasure of teaching Grade 12 Family Studies. I've included some terms, an instructional product and a PowerPoint Presentation I used to teach the class. Please include any comments or feedback you'd like to share. Thanks for visiting!
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I created a Wordle using a web-based tool found on wordle.com. Due to the subject matter, it was very appropriate in showing all the signs to look out for in dating violence. I though it was very effective and met the needs of my adult learners, many who had suffered from relationship violence.
Feel free to view the Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation I created for this lesson.
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Welcome to Sarah's New Wiki Page.
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Child Neglect
I found what you wrote interesting about child neglect. I include child development in my 6th grade curriculum. As a class we talk about the role of the parent and their duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. We speak about neglect within this unit. In 8th grade we talk about nutrion and healthy eating. We also speak of neglect in the case of food and nutrion in the home. As educators we have to keep our eyes open and I try to tell my students about it because I am training them for babysitting. They need to be aware as well.

Favorite Websites
Looks great...nice touch!