Beyond Coping

Beyond Coping: A Comprehensive Approach to Breaking Poverty Barriers.

Students and adults living in poverty need more than help with an overdue assignment, a three day box of food, or assistance with getting their utilities turned back on to move out of poverty. The typical approach to helping students and adults living in poverty is to focus on the immediate need. At best, this model helps students and adults cope, but does not provide opportunity and hope for moving forward. This hands on session provides tools for addressing poverty with a comprehensive approach.Whether you are an educator, social service provider, health provider, or a professional in the justice system, this session will help you gain skills for being proactive in
increasing success of those who live in poverty. Participants will participate in a simulation that demonstrates the difference between the coping model and the comprehensive model for helping students and families move forward. Participants will develop a template for creating a custom community inventory and gain hands on practice for uncovering resources and assets to help in their efforts to educate and help people to move forward.

Learning Objectives:

• Obtain techniques for understanding the difference between coping models and comprehensive models
• Gain insights on how to frame moving forward help from the perspective of those living in poverty
• Understand how to gather resources necessary for providing a comprehensive approach
• Demonstrate ability to present resources in dignified respectful way.
• Discuss how the coping model perpetuates poverty
• Explain how the comprehensive model provides hope and opportunity for moving out of poverty