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CLA 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Districts And Llgs Of Papua New Guinea, Real Change

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Classical Studies
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CLA 1101
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David Sacks

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April 6, 2018
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Child Protection
About Us
- Children safety is our top priority
- FCSLLG is a non profit organization that protects children so they can grow up safe from
abuse, including physical, emotional and sexual abuse as well as neglect
- We are commonly referred to as a child welfare agency or a children’s aid society
- Do not have last say, must make case to a judge
- Provincially structured
Our Role Under the Law
- We support families when they need it and when required, take the necessary steps to
make sure children are protected
- We carry out our work under the Ontario Child and Family Services act, which required
us to investigate possible abuse or neglect of children and ensure the safety of those
who need protection
- Do a lot of community work to service populations in a respectful matter
Mission
- Our mission is to contribute to the well being of children, youth and families by:
- Protecting children and youth from abuse and neglect supporting families
- Providing a consistent, supportive environment for children and youth
- Actively engaging with our community to achieve positive outcomes
Vision
- Every child, youth and family shall live in a safe environment, be values and have
opportunity to develop to their fullest potential
- Want to find ideally place children within the family and people that they know
- Foster care is last option
Services
- We seek and support community-based solutions
- Educate parents - sometimes they do not understand that the parenting evokes a
reaction in the child
- Together we:
- Support positive parenting
- Educate about child development
- Offer child protective services (Intake and Ongoing)
- Promoted foster care and permanent care (adoption)
- Don’t want them to grow up in the system
Service Stats
- About 1000 calls a year
- Teachers, parents themselves sometimes are asking for help
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Fcsllg is a non profit organization that protects children so they can grow up safe from abuse, including physical, emotional and sexual abuse as well as neglect. We are commonly referred to as a child welfare agency or a children"s aid society. Do not have last say, must make case to a judge. We support families when they need it and when required, take the necessary steps to make sure children are protected. We carry out our work under the ontario child and family services act, which required us to investigate possible abuse or neglect of children and ensure the safety of those who need protection. Do a lot of community work to service populations in a respectful matter. Our mission is to contribute to the well being of children, youth and families by: Protecting children and youth from abuse and neglect supporting families. Providing a consistent, supportive environment for children and youth.

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PREVENT ACCIDENTS

© John W Travis MD, MPH

Commonsense safety is easily overlooked as an integral part of a personal wellness program. A person may exercise extreme caution about diet, yet be quite lax in attending to accident prevention.

Most accidents — both in the home and on the road — are easily preventable. No training is needed to put on a seat belt in the car or to buckle up young children in a car seat, but these simple gestures can save lives and dramatically decrease the chances of severe injury. It only takes a minute to ask your doctor or pharmacist to check your prescription and over-the-counter medications for possible adverse drug interactions. Over half of all prescriptions dispensed annually are taken incorrectly, and drug errors account for increasing numbers of deaths in hospitals and nursing homes. You already know many ways to prevent accidents, since most of it is basic good sense. Yet the complications and pressures of modern life may cause you to put these safety precautions low on your list of priorities. The memory jogger below encourages you to take action where you need it.

A Safety Survey
Jot down what you already know about each of the items listed below, or go over this list with your spouse, your children, or a friend, and use it as a basis for discussion.

What I know about safety and wellness with regard to:

icy sidewalks and steps

the use and maintenance of stairs and handrails

slippery floors and movable area rugs

wet, slippery surfaces, especially bathtubs

children’s access to prescription or over-the-counter drugs

out-of-date prescriptions or over-the-counter drugs

seat belts and air bags

automobile tires, wiper blades, and antilock brakes

car seats for children

the speed limit

driving or operating machinery while under the influence of alcohol or drugs

escape plans in case of fire either at home or away

overloaded, improperly fused electrical outlets

poorly protected electrical wires

the use of electrical equipment near water

space heaters

storing cleaning products, medicines, and poisons in homes where children live or visit

using household cleaning products and pesticides that contain toxic substances

emergency phone numbers

the accessibility of first-aid supplies

first-aid skills for choking, burns, shock, and so on

protection from high sound and noise levels

safe disposal of paints, paint thinners, gasoline, and oil

children’s toys

This list is not comprehensive. It is a place to start. We suggest that you add to it by taking a slow walk through and around your home, looking for safety hazards. Make notes about what needs to be done to make your home safe. Check off items that need attention soon. Prioritize your checked items. Take a calendar and assign, in order of priority, one or more items to this week and one or more items to each week thereafter, until all obvious potential hazards have been handled.

If you need more information about any of the items on your list, your public library is an excellent resource. Consult the front pages of your phone book, which should have a survival guide and a list of emergency phone numbers. Call your local Red Cross for information about safety training.

Reprinted with permission, from Simply Well by John W. Travis, MD, & Regina Sara Ryan. Copyright 2001. Celestial Arts, Berkeley, CA.

The online version of Dr. Travis' Wellness Inventory may be accessed at (www.WellPeople.com). The Wellness Inventory may also be licensed by coaches, health and wellness professionals and organizations.

Case Study #3

TO WAL-MART OR NOT TO WAL-MART?

Wal-Mart is a $250-billion-a-year retailer. Eighty two percent of U.S. households made a

Wal-Mart purchase in 2002. It is the largest company in the world with a global

workforce of 1.4 million. Where Wal-Mart competes the average grocery prices are 14%

lower. In the past it was General Motors, IBM and other companies that were considered

to be the leaders in industry and the ones to watch. Now it is Wal-Mart that is being

studied in universities around the world.

At Wal-Mart, cost is king. Costs are kept low and this translates into goods being sold

for less. The entire organization is focused on reducing costs and passing those savings

on to the consumer. This allows poor people to buy food and other necessities that they

otherwise might not be able to afford. In the U.S. it dominates sales in a number of

categories : 32% of disposable diapers, 30% of hair products, 26% of toothpaste, 20% of

pet food and 13% of textiles.

Wal-Mart simply has developed the most efficient methods for operating their business.

Their inventory management, through a network of scanners, computers, and at-the-ready

suppliers, makes it the leader in successful turnover of inventory. How can we blame

Wal-Mart for being the efficient cost conscious giant that it is?

The Wal-Mart phenomenon has occurred at the same time that high-paying skilled jobs

are being lost in the manufacturing sector. When these jobs are lost, the alternative often

means being employed at Wal-Mart at a much lower pay scale with reduced benefits

such as medical insurance. Its labor costs are twenty percent less than those at

unionized supermarkets, and sales clerks make less, on average, than the federal poverty

level ($8.50 an hour).

Barbara Ehrenreich* has described the problems faced by the under class, such

as waitresses and Wal-Mart employees. They barely survive on a day-to-day basis, living

from hand to mouth, with no reserves, no safety net, no medical insurance and almost no

prospect of improving their positions in life.

The loss of manufacturing jobs has affected the lifestyles of many people. What they see

is the reality of reduced opportunity with a permanent reduction in wages and standards

of living. They are trapped in a new marketplace, with diminishing expectations and few

alternatives to shopping at Wal-Mart. This is a change in our American culture--the

dreams have now been down-sized.

Is Wal-Mart the hero or the culprit? After all, low prices, competition, and growth have

all been mantras that Americans have been chanting all of our lives. We were

told that if you built a better mouse trap, everyone would come to you. Well, Wal-Mart

has built a better mouse trap. Is there any logic in our looking at Wal-Mart as a

contributor to the loss of some our middle class or is it just jealousy and sour grapes?

For one thing, its hard line on costs has forced many factories to move overseas.

Wal-Mart imported most of the items it sells. Environmental standards

are lower in these countries where these goods are manufactured than they are in the

U.S. This probably results in increased health issues and costs. In addition, shipment of

goods many thousands of miles to their ultimate destinations, involve utilizing the

world’s limited oil resources. When you add up all this, the cost of the goods may be

greater than if they were produced in this country.

Another issue is that Wal-Mart is a non-union employer paying wages that are below the

poverty level, with minimal health insurance coverage. As many employees cannot

afford the co-payment required for doctors office visits, when a medical crisis occurs they

are forced to use the emergency room facilities of local hospitals. The result is that the

community bears the direct cost of their medical treatment and the indirect, as well as

ancillary costs such as diminished work capacity, child care, etc.

There are other economic ramifications to the Wal-Mart explosion. When Wal-Mart

arrives in a town, “main street” erodes. Neighborhood stores that used to provide goods,

services and paid their workers well, are eliminated, uprooting families and ways of life

in the process. The Wal-Mart decision to saturate Oklahoma City, resulted in the closure

of 30 supermarkets.

If Americans shop with price being the only factor that determines where they

purchase their goods, doesn’t this mean the permanent down-sizing of our standard of

living? How can the local retail establishment survive when they can’t compete with a

Wal-Mart? Look at what has happened to the local supermarket, bookstore, hardware

and clothing store. The demise of these small business constitutes the loss of a middle

class of society in a community. We need to think: As consumers are we better off

paying a little more to enable the local merchants and their families to survive in order to

preserve the character of our communities and society or should we concern ourselves

with price only?

HERE IS YOUR DILEMMA:

You are the mayor of a small city in the West. You can’t worry about the 4,700 workers

at IBM and the other workers at technology companies who lost their jobs. Your problem

is a more local one.

A Wal-Mart representative has approached you about the possibility of building a super-

store within your city limits. The store would serve communities within a twenty-five mile

radius. The land that they intend to build upon would require new zoning. Wal-Mart

would expect a certain amount of property tax and other relief. If your city does not

want a super-store, you are certain that one of the other towns close-by would be happy

to accommodate their needs.

What studies would you require before deciding which way to vote? What ramifications

do you foresee with this new super-store? What would you ask of Wal-Mart before

agreeing to their request? How much input would you seek from the residents of your

city