National Service Training Notes

National Service Training

Virtual Classroom Rules

  • Be on time
  • Dress appropriately
  • Choose a study space
  • Mute yourself except when you have the floor
  • Raise your hand virtually to speak
  • Keep your video on for attendance
  • Avoid distracting backgrounds or actions

Grading System

  • Virtual Class: 35%
  • LMS: 35%
  • Major/Activities: 30%
  • Total Virtual Class: 100%

Recitation Points System

  • Points: 100, 250, 350, 500, 600
  • Grades:
    • 100-250 → 80
    • 251-350 → 83
    • 351-500 → 86
    • 501-600 → 89
    • 601-850 → 92
    • 851-950 → 95
    • 951-1200/1201-1500 → 98-100

Child Abuse and Neglect

  • Definition: Acts by a caregiver resulting in harm or threat to a child.
Types of Abuse:
  • Commission: Deliberate actions causing harm (e.g., physical, sexual, psychological abuse).
  • Omission: Failure to meet a child's basic needs (e.g., neglect).
Forms of Child Abuse
  1. Physical Abuse: Willful injury, like punching or shaking.
  2. Psychological/Emotional Abuse: Hardest to define; includes ridicule and excessive criticism.
  3. Sexual Abuse: Adult exploitation for sexual stimulation.
  4. Neglect: Failing to provide adequate food, emotional care, or education.
Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse
  • Ensure child safety, provide counseling, address substance abuse, and perform law-enforcement evaluations.
Prevention Measures:
  1. Support groups for parenting skills.
  2. Home visits by nurses or social workers.
  3. Education on "good touch-bad touch".
  4. Awareness programs about child abuse.
Effects of Child Abuse
  1. Isolation from peers.
  2. Feeling responsible for the abuse.
  3. Helplessness.
  4. Medical problems (headaches, ulcers).
  5. Emotional and behavioral issues, leading to future relationship difficulties.
Generalization Topics
  • Definition of child abuse and neglect.
  • Distinction between acts of commission and omission.
  • Types of child abuse.
  • Effects of child abuse.