Our Four Topics and Groups!
Hello
everyone! We decided our top four topics; suicide prevention, early childhood
development, sex education, and human trafficking. We have presented each of
the topics to the class and are in the process of deciding our top choice!
Check out all the information on each group’s topic!
One
of our possible topic of choice is suicide prevention. Suicide prevention is a
topic that comes up after the tragedy has already occurred. For so long,
America has been reactive to suicide awareness and prevention. With so many
individuals taking their own lives it is time that we, as a society, need to
make suicide prevention a proactive intervention. We want to make Public
education sessions more available to address suicide awareness and prevention
so it can show individuals where they can go in a time of need and it can teach
individuals how to detect suicidal behavior. Holding public information
sessions can build and bolster the relationships people need when suffering
from suicidal thoughts.
Early
childhood development is another area that our class may choose to focus on.
Early childhood is defined as birth to age five. 90 percent of
brain development takes place within this period. The experiences that
children have during this time in their lives is significant. The
environment that children grow up in has an undeniable impact on who they
become. In the Green Bay area there is a lack of educational and physical
development in children ages birth to five in low income families.
Children who grow up in poverty face challenges that can cause their
development to be delayed. With this topic, our goal would be to focus on
programs that increase early childhood development opportunities for children in
low income families.
Sex
education has been both a controversial topic as well as an important topic to
teach our children. The rate of teen pregnancy in Brown County is much higher
than one would think. In 2016, 18 out of 1,000 teenage girls between the ages
of 15-19 gave birth. Brown County has the second highest rate of teen
pregnancy, with Milwaukee County being number one with 31 out of 1,000 teenage
girls and Brown County tied with Racine County at 18 out of 1,000 teenage
girls. These rates can change through proper sex education that teaches the
responsibilities of being sexually active such as pregnancy, financial burden,
risks of sexual assault, sex trafficking, emotional instability, limited
education opportunities, STI/HIV/AIDS, physical compromise, and lifetime health
issues. Our immediate goal is to increase the number of teenagers who
understand and act accordingly to the ramifications of being sexually active.
Ultimately, our goal is to decrease the number of detrimental outcomes that are
a result of unprepared sexual participants.
One
group in our classroom felt very strongly about the topic of human trafficking.
Twenty one million people are affected by human trafficking globally. However
this group’s presentation made it very clear that human trafficking is a
problem in the state of Wisconsin and our own town. The group presented a local
news clip on the subject, which can be seen on the link attached below this
post. There is not enough awareness of human trafficking in our area. Therefore
if this turns out to be our class’s topic, we will seek proposals from the
community that raise awareness of human trafficking.
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