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Factors Which Place Children "At Risk"
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The Michigan State Board of Education adopted a report Children at Risk: Examination of Causes and Exploration of Alternatives at its April 5, 1988 meeting. This report highlighted factors which place children "at risk" of becoming educationally disadvantaged and who may have extraordinary need of special assistance. This list is by no means exhaustive, but is offered to assist in defining, identifying and selecting eligible participants for the Michigan Department of Education, Office of School Excellence/Early Childhood and Parenting Programs for four-year-olds. The list of "risk" factors includes:
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Risk Factors
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- Low Birth Weight
- Developmentally Immature*
- Physical and/or Sexual Abuse and Neglect
- Nutritionally Deficient
- Long-Term or Chronic Illness
- Diagnosed Handicapping Condition (main streamed)
- Lack of a Stable Support System of Residence
- Substance Abuse or Addiction
- Language Deficiency or Immaturity
- Non-English or Limited English Speaking Household
- Family History of Low School Achievement or Dropout
- Family History of Delinquency
- Family History of Diagnosed Family Problems
- Low Parent/Sibling Educational Attainment or Illiteracy
- Single Parent
- Unemployed Parent/Parents
- Low Family Income
- Family Density
- Parental/Sibling Loss by Death or Parental Loss by Divorce
- Teenage Parent
- Chronically Ill Parent/Sibling (physical, mental or emotional)
- Incarcerated Parent
- Housing in Rural or Segregated Area
- Other - A child may be eligible for services in the MSRP Program with documentation of one risk factor and the informed clinical opinion of a multi-disciplinary team of professionals and parent(s)/primary caregiver(s) that the child has a factor placing him or her at risk of school failure not included in the "Children At Risk" report. This can only apply to 10 percent of the enrolled children.
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Income Eligibility Guidelines
* This risk factor must be used in conjunction with another factor if a standardized test score is being used as the sole factor in meeting Risk Factor #2.
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