| A Place Where Children Can Thrive - traumatic experience | Screening Children's Vision | Super Lice |
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What are signs of traumatic experiences?
Behaviors that destroy property or harm others, outbursts that are unpredictable, lack of remorse or guilt, internal rage or anger, unable to calm down.
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What is convergence?
Both eyes focus on the word, image, or shapes at a reading distance.
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What is super lice?
Genetically mutated to be resistant against the active ingredient in lice treatment products.
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What is trauma?
A powerful and dangerous stimuli that overwhelm a child's capacity to regulate emotion.
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What is the most impacting sense on a child and adult?
80% of humans take in their environment from their vision.
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What are symptoms of head lice?
Rash on back of neck, nits on scalp, itchy scalp.
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What are strategies you can use?
Contact local domestic violence agencies, have regular staff meetings, invite domestic violence programs to hold a conference.
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What are the three states as of 2017 that conduct a convergence exam along with Snellen chart?
Kentucky, Illinois, and California.
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What is how lice is spread?
Static build up, jump from head to head, sharing clothing.
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What is signs of trauma by disassociation?
Appear numb and passive, unable to problem solve, have trouble ensuring their own safety.
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What is a test for convergence?
A person focuses with both eyes on a pencil with a blob on the end while someone moves the pencil closer to their nose.
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What is the number of cases reported each year in the United States?
6 to 12 million
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What is isolating a child with traumatic experiences?
Using punishment reinforces the notion that the child is bad,accelerates problematic behavior, does little help for the child to gain emotional control.
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What are signs the eyes are not converging?
Words jumping on paper while reading, blurry letters, eyes wondering while focusing.
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What is how long lice can live on an adult scalp?
30 days
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