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HEALTH GRADE 9
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INSIGHTS
When Ms. Tanaotanao asked us to do this performance task, I told
myself that I should be very creative since she demanded it. I am not
simple nor demanding person, I always choose what I am comfortable with
that is why I had chosen my articles according to which showed more
decent details or information. I am seriously planning to do this at sketch
book but since I had given mine with my little cousin, I thought of
something which would look more creative and lively. I were thinking of
using ring binds, colored papers and scented papers for this performance;
however, I really dont think I have to spend so much many for this since it
was creativity or I can use my materials that are abandoned on my house.
Another thing that I like about this performance task is that it all about
advocacy and encouragements. One of the things that I want to fulfil on my
college years is to fight and join the different organizations with advocacy
especially related to teenage intentional injuries since Im perfectly fit to
give advices and opinions regarding this topic. I also had fun picking for
those random encouragements messages from google to use in this task. I
eventually realized something while reading the encouragements
messages, and my urge to follow the path that I am looking forward to
(being a great politician) became stronger. Slowly, I am learning the things
that I dont know, and learning to accept what I have and dont have. I am
very happy that within a short period of time, I had fun doing this task in
MAPEH. I just hope that all preceding performance tasks would be as fun as
this or something that, we, teenagers, can really understand and absorb.
Luckily, there would be no classes tomorrow so Im planning to print this on
the store who offers lowest cost.
I NF O RM AT I O N
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Persuade the public and policy makers to
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DRUG OVERDOSE-What is it
and how to prevent it?
that, as siblings, we are supposed to love each other and especially where we are not clear what "love"
involves, it may have felt that this was part of that
special sibling bond. Therefore, it may have been that
it was only as you got older and learned about other
people's sibling relationships, and about the different
kinds of love, that the questioning begins.
I wanted it:
Many survivors of sibling sexual abuse look back and
feel a great deal of guilt about the fact that they
welcomed the sexual contact. Statistics show that
sibling sexual abuse is more likely (although not
exclusively!) in emotionally dysfunctional families who
are reluctant to show love or have overt displays of
affection. It is generally accepted that children have
four psychological needs, namely love and belonging,
power, freedom and fun (Glasser 1998), and so
especially in situations where the abuse was carried
out by an older sibling in a way which felt nurturing,
you may have welcomed or even sought out the sexual
contact as it was the only type of close physical
contact that you had from a family member - and it
made you feel loved, wanted, and accepted (Laviola,
1992). This may have made you feel like a coconspirator and you may have believed that what you
were doing was wrong, and disclosure would have
resulted in punishment from your parents.
The fact that you may have welcomed the sexual
contact from your older sibling does not make you
culpable. Children need affection - and will accept
affection from wherever and however it is offered if it is
not offered in the traditionally appropriate ways.
I enjoyed it:
Like many survivors of child abuse, children may get
physical pleasure from the abuse - including sexual
arousal and orgasm. When a sibling is responsible for
this arousal, the shame can feel enormous. Incest particularly sexual arousal during incest - is still very
much taboo in western society - and associated shame
may even stop adult survivors of sibling sexual abuse
from getting help. Please see: Sexual arousal and
sexual assault
I didn't want my sibling to get into trouble:
Despite the sexual abuse, even when forced sexual
assault takes place, children can feel a sense of loyalty
towards their abusive sibling and not want them to get
into trouble. You may still love your sibling, despite
what pain they have caused you, and reporting them
can feel very disloyal. You may have feared that your
sibling would have been ejected from the family home,
or sent to prison, or even killed - and therefore silence
felt like the only option.
As an adult survivor, you may still have fears over
disclosing the abuse because of sibling loyalty. In
particular if your family was dysfunctional or unhappy,
you may now be able to look back and even
understand what led your sibling to abuse. Please try
to appreciate that it is okay to love your sibling, but
still want them to take responsibility for the hurt they
have caused you, and for them to get treatment for
themselves.
I didn't want to upset my parents:
Many children of sibling abuse will not report it
because they believe that the knowledge will devastate
their parents. Therefore, the children stay silent in
order to protect their parents - and again this can carry
Teen deaths for any reason are tragic losses of life and
potential. According to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), one in five teenagers in the U.S.
seriously considers suicide annually, and approximately
1,700 die by suicide each year. Both the CDC and the
National Mental Health Association (NMHA) point out
that suicide rates for teens have tripled since 1960 -making it the third leading cause of adolescent death
and the second cause among college students. Yet,
according to the American Psychological Association,
teen suicide is preventable, and they identify possible
warning signs. They also note that more than 90
percent of suicide deaths are from mental illness and
substance-abuse disorders.
Not letting facts stand in their way, activist groups
continue to claim, based on a flawed 1989 study that
has been completely discredited, that 30 percent of all
teens who attempt suicide are homosexuals. Instead,
teen suicide reports from the major psychological and
pediatric associations either do not even mention
sexual identity or mention it near the bottom of a long
list of other risk factors associated with teen
suicide. Other teen suicide factors -- family breakup
through divorce, alcohol or drug abuse, and family
dysfunction -- are mentioned in all the major health
organization publications as main factors in teen
suicide.
Research from Columbia University Medical Center,
published in APAM, cites different reasons for girls' and
boys' suicides. The researchers collected data from
over 8,000 students in New York City high schools in
2005. For females, recent dating violence is a primary
cause of attempted suicide. For teen males, a lifetime
history of sexual assault is associated with suicide
attempts. Dr. Elyse Olshen, lead researcher for the
study, reported that girls who have been physically
abused by a boyfriend are 60 percent more likely to
attempt suicide than those who have not. For boys,
sexual abuse over an extended period of time is more
likely to be the determining factor for male teen
suicide.
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) identified
the strong risk factors for teen suicide as depression,
alcohol, or drug abuse and aggressive, disruptive
behaviors. They also mentioned family loss, instability,
and unplanned pregnancy. Suicidal teens, they
reported, feel alone, hopeless, and rejected and are
especially vulnerable when they have experienced a
loss, humiliation, or trauma, such as poor grades,
breakup with boyfriend or girlfriend, argument with
parents, parental discord, separation, or divorce. The
APA declared that 53 percent of young people who
commit suicide are substance abusers.
NMHA identifies feelings of anger and resentment and
the inability to see beyond a temporary situation as the
main factors in teen suicide
attempts. KidsHealth quotes Dr. David Sheslow, a
pediatric psychologist, who identifies drugs and alcohol
as leading causes of suicide in
teens. Further, KidsHealth reports, "A teen with an
adequate support network of friends, family, religious