a framework for understanding poverty aha! process, inc., highlands, tx ruby k. payne, ph.d
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This is a workshop about economic diversity, not racial or cultural diversity.TRANSCRIPT
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A Framework for Understanding
Poverty
aha! Process, Inc., Highlands, TX
www.ahaprocess.com
Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.
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The mission of aha! Process, Inc. is to positively impact the education and lives of individuals in poverty around the world.
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This is a workshop about economic diversity, not racial or cultural diversity.
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Day One Objectives:
Participants will be able to …• Analyze the eight resources of a student.
• Explain language registers, discourse patterns, and story structure.
• Give examples of hidden rules among classes.
• Identify discipline interventions that are effective.
• Explain mediation and cognitive strategies.
• Explain how economic realities affect patterns of living.
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•Establish a mental framework for understanding economic realities.
Objective for Module 1:
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1. Poverty is relative.
Key Point
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2. Poverty occurs in all races.
Key Point
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$0
$20,000
$40,000
$60,000
$80,000
$100,000
$120,000
MaleFemale
U.S. Median Income for Persons Age 25 and Older, by Sex and Educational Attainment: 2003
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
Male Female Male FemaleOverall 89,558 97,319 $37,288 $25,499
Less Than Ninth Grade 5,804 5,943 $18,710 $12,978Grades 9-12 (no diploma) 7,766 8,233 $22,196 $13,695
HS Diploma (includes GED) 27,889 31,921 $31,411 $20,759Associate Degree 6,751 9,013 $40,454 $26,872
Bachelor's Degree 16,632 17,134 $51,507 $35,109Master's Degree 6,157 6,451 $62,495 $42,466
Professional Degree 1,925 1,027 $100,000 $56,143Doctorate 1,621 801 $77,525 $56,182
Numbers of Persons with Income
(in thousands)
Median Income in 2003 Dollars
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GROUP AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOMERANGES: 2003
LOWEST 20% $0–$17,984 SECOND 20% $17,985–$34,000 THIRD 20% $34,001–$54,440 FOURTH 20% $54,441–$86,860 HIGHEST 20% $86,861+ *TOP 5% (part of highest 20%)
$154,120+
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
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POVERTY STATISTICS
Extreme-poverty, poverty, and near-poverty rates for children under age 5 by living arrangement: 2003.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
2.8%9.7%
14.5%
32.3%
53.7%
62.4%
0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%40.0%50.0%60.0%70.0%
EXTREMEPOVERTY
POVERTY NEAR POVERTY
Rat
e (%
)
Living with married parents Living with single mother only
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• According the U.S. Census Bureau seven states- Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, SOUTH DAKOTA, Texas and Virginia- showed increases in their poverty rates based on two-year averages (2001-2002 and 2002-2003).
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3. Generational and situational poverty are different.
Key Point
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4. This work is based on patterns. All patterns have exceptions.
Key Point
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5. Schools operate from middle-class norms and values.
Key Point
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Survival
Relationships
Entertainment
Work
Achievement
Material security
Political, financial, social connections
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6. Individuals bring with them the hidden rules of the class in which they were raised.
Key Point
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7. There are cultural differences in poverty. This study is cross-cultural and focuses on economics.
Key Point
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8. We must neither excuse them nor scold them. We must teach them.
Key Point
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9. We must teach them that there are two sets of rules.
Key Point
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10. To move from poverty to middle class, one must give up (for a period of time) relationships for achievement.
Key Point
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11. Two things that help one move out of poverty are:
• education• relationships
Key Point
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12. Four reasons one leaves poverty are:
• too painful to stay• vision or goal• key relationship• special talent/skill
Key Point
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"No significantlearning occurs
without asignificant
relationship."
–Dr. James Comer
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• Will be in control• Will be smarter• Will win more often• Won’t be cheated• Will be safe when you are old
Also:• Life is like a card game—you get bad hands• The mind is tool or weapon that no one can
take away
You need to learn this, or do this, so that you: