Discuss the current status of suicide among children and youth. What gender, ethnic group, and high-risk groups are most affected?
What will be an ideal response?
The increase in individual and multiple suicides is alarming, with suicide cited as the third leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 24. Data reveal that boys are four times as likely to complete suicide, while girls are nine times more likely to attempt it. Latino students are about two times more likely than White students to attempt suicide. Students in grade 9 are four times more likely than those in grade 12 to make a suicide attempt that requires medical attention. Also, lesbian and gay youth are two to three times more likely to attempt suicide than are their heterosexual peers, and they account for up to 30% of all completed suicides among youth.
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a. preschool children. b. children with severe and profound disabilities. c. children with autism. d. children with physical disabilities.
In _______________ learning, isolated topics are incorporated into the real world and connected
a. strategic b. authentic c. classroom d. factual
A science teacher wants to provide students with practice in the skill of measuring volume. What would be the most appropriate activity?
a. Provide a rectangular block of wood and ask students to measure the length of each side. b. Provide a small rock and ask students to drop the rock into a graduated cylinder that has been partially filled with water, recording the volume before and after the rock was dropped. c. Provide a 1000-ml cylinder and a cup measure and ask students to determine how many cups it takes to fill the cylinder. d. Provide three containers with different shapes, all of which hold the same volume, and ask students which holds the most. e. All of the above f. None of the above
Which of the following is true regarding gender differences in brain development that affect young children's ability to control emotions?
a. Preschool girls are better at regulating their external emotions but are less successful with regulating their internal emotions. b. Preschool boys are better regulating their external emotions but are less successful at regulating their internal emotions. c. Preschool girls are better at regulating both external and internal emotions than preschool boys. d. There are no gender differences in young children's ability to regulate internal and external emotions.