LAP 2, Pt. 1: Boundary Invasion Flashcards
The terms and questions are adapted from a Health quiz over LAP 2, Pt. 1 as well as several outside .pdf sources.
Who is the most important person in the world?
Yourself
What is considered appropriate touching?
Contact that is respectful, kind, and caring
What is considered an inappropriate touch?
Touching that is disrespectful, unkind, and not caring
What does it mean to trust your instinct?
Listening to a gut feeling
TRUE or FALSE. All scary and/or hurtful touches are inappropriate.
FALSE.
Why? Scary/hurtful touches could be like vaccinations or doctor examinations that are meant to keep you healthy.
TRUE or FALSE. Bribing, tricking, embarrassing, and forcing are different ways in which someone might try to pressure you into inappropriate touching.
TRUE.
What is the proper thing to do when someone inappropriately touches you?
Say no, get away, and tell an adult immediately.
TRUE or FALSE. You cannot tell whether a stranger is good or bad by looking at them.
TRUE.
What is your private space?
An invisible field (or circle) that can make you feel uncomfortable when someone invades it
What does a perpetrator look for in their victim(s)?
Low self-esteem, low self-confidence, and family issues
TRUE or FALSE. Most child molesters are strangers to the family.
FALSE.
Why? Most child molesters are NOT strangers to the family because being acquainted with the family and having a working relationship with them allows for false mutual trust. Also less suspicion will be placed on family friends and more opportunities will be available for the perpetrator(s).
What does it mean to desensitize touch?
Massaging your shoulders.
What are ways a perpetrator may isolate his or her victim(s)?
Private tutoring, private coaching, or offering an unsolicited car ride
TRUE or FALSE. Turning curiosity around and making victims think they will get in trouble is a way a perpetrator makes the victim feel responsible.
TRUE.
TRUE or FALSE. Using alcohol, drugs, or pornography is a way a perpetrator grooms a victim.
TRUE.
Which of the following is NOT an example of boundary invasion by an adult, particularly one that is affiliated with the school?
A. Taking an undue (immoderate), special interest in a particular student
B. Giving gifts or money to the student for noneducational purposes
C. Fairly punishing students for inappropriate behavior
D. Favoring certain students by giving them special privileges
E. Initiating or extending contact with students beyond the school day and school-approved activities
C. Fairly punishing students for inappropriate behavior.
Which of the following is NOT an example of boundary invasion by an adult, particularly one that is affiliated with the school?
A. Engaging in excessive peer-like behavior with students, i.e., taking drugs along with them
B. Touching students for no educational or health reasons, i.e., being overly “touchy”
C. Hugging, kissing, or other unwarranted physical contact with students
D. Having personal, nonprofessional secrets with a student
E. Taking students on outings, with properly-trained adults/chaperones, for educational purposes, i.e., a field trip
E. Taking students on outings, with properly-trained adults/chaperones, for educational purposes, i.e., a field trip
Which of the following is NOT an example of boundary invasion by an adult, particularly one that is affiliated with the school?
A. Visiting the student’s home without a supervisor’s and/or a parent’s approval
B. Inviting students to the adult’s personal home
C. Being alone with the student behind closed, locked doors at school
D. Discouraging sexual jokes/ innuendo/ banter in the classroom
E. Talking to the student about the adult’s personal problems, without any evident educational purpose
D. Discouraging sexual jokes/ innuendo/ banter in the classroom
Which of the following is NOT an example of boundary invasion by an adult, particularly one that is affiliated with the school?
A. Talking to the student about the student’s personal problems, even if initiated by the student, and not referring the student to a professional counselor who is trained to help the student; the adult becomes a confidant of the student despite the fact that it is not the adult’s job to do so
B. Talking with a student about sexual topics that are not related to a specific curriculum; showing pornography to the students
C. Utilizing e-mail or text-messaging as a form of professional and public communication to contact the students for educational notifications
D. Giving students rides in a staff member’s personal vehicle in a non-emergent situation
E. Invading the student’s privacy, i.e., walking in on a student in the bathroom and continuing to do so
C. Utilizing e-mail or text-messaging as a form of professional and public communication to contact the students for educational notifications
Which of the following is INDEED an example of boundary invasion by an adult, particularly one that is affiliated with the school?
A. Being with an individual student during class time in the view of others
B. Inviting or allowing individual students to visit the adult’s home
C. Social networking/communicating with students in a strictly professional and public manner for educational purposes
D. Displaying fair attention equally to ALL students
B. Inviting or allowing individual students to visit the adult’s home
Which of the following is NOT an example of boundary invasion by an adult, particularly one that is affiliated with the school?
A. Socializing where students are consuming alcohol, drugs. or tobacco, and encouraging the use of such
B. Encouraging students to confide their personal or family problems when the adult is NOT a guidance/counseling-approved staff; adults do not refer the student to the appropriate staff/people
C. Sending students on professional errands for an educational purpose
D. Disclosing personal, sexual, family concerns or other private matters to students without any clear educational purpose
E. Exchanging personal gifts, cards, or letters with an individual student
C. Sending students on professional errands for an educational purpose
Which of the following is NOT an example of boundary invasion by an adult, particularly one that is affiliated with the school?
A. Giving students a ride alone in a personal vehicle in a non-emergency situation
B. Unnecessarily invading a student’s privacy, particularly in the bathroom
C. Acting as helpers, without appropriate training, for serious student problems
D. Confusing a student by touching them inappropriately or in ways that may lead them to misinterpret the intent
E. Discouraging gender inequality and racism
E. Discouraging gender inequality and racism
Which of the following is NOT an example of boundary invasion by an adult, particularly one that is affiliated with the school?
A. Suitable and fitting writing of passes for students for excused tardiness to classes
B. Constantly favoring a student over another, signifying friendship beyond the adult-student relationship
C. Maintaining an unreasonable relationship with the student outside of school-sanctioned events
D. Repeatedly sending unsolicited personal notes to a student that has evidently notified the adult to cease such actions
E. Spending personal time along with a student and notifying the student to “just keep it our secret,” devoid of educational expectations
A. Suitable and fitting writing of passes for students for excused tardiness to classes
How can you tell if a touch is appropriate or inappropriate?
By the way the RECEIVER interprets your “touching”
