IN-CLASS WORKSHOP: CLUSTERING

NAME: ___María José Lacouture Rojas

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OBJECTIVE: you will be informed about your problem and carry out a pre-writing ‘clustering’
strategy to organize ideas and come up with tentative solutions

Your Problem:___Abusive
Parenting__________________________________________________________
Your Prompt: ____Physical or emotional abuse by parents seems to be an
archaic practice, but, is it really ‘a thing of the past’? Surprisingly, there have been reports and
statistics that still confirm this terrible
problem_________________________________________________________________
PRE-WRITING ACTIVITY 1: Reading
1. Surf the net and read valuable information about your problem; this will help you give
support to your own critical viewpoints. E.g. google “bullying in schools” and surf the next,
read the best information sources you can find (30 min).
2. Copy-paste the links where valuable information is found (at least 3 different sources)
-https://www.helpguide.org/articles/abuse/child-abuse-and-neglect.htm
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxMEE_SD2dQ
-https://kentuckycounselingcenter.com/what-does-parental-emotional-abuse-look-like-how-do-
i-handle-it/
-https://ideapod.com/how-to-tell-if-you-have-emotionally-abusive-parents-15-signs/
PRE-WRITING ACTIVITY 2: Clustering
1. Analyze the following clustering example about the problem ‘Bullying’. Use it as a guide to
complete yours:
Problem Why is the problem Tentative solutions
significant?
1: Anti-bullying What Federal funding (money) to invest
programs and ? in prevention
- Physical and campaign Who? The government to schools
emotional violence How? Training teachers and school
to harm others. directors
Bullying
- Causes self-esteem, 2: Actions What Supervision and intervention
 isolation, and even taken by ?
life-threatening teachers Who? Teacher to potential bullies and
actions also bullied students
How? In hallways, sports events,
lunchtime, etc; incorporation of
lessons; help by social worker.

2. Complete the Clustering chart based on your critical viewpoints about the problem you
chose. The information that you have read will also help you in this process.
Problem Why is the problem Tentative solutions
significant?
-The amount of 1: Seek support to What? Finding and individual or a
parents that not another family grupal therapy that help
even realize their member or a health your parents
being toxic to their professional. understanding what they
children and leaving are doing wrong if this
scars on them. doesn’t work with another
family member.
-The toxic household Who? With a therapist or an
and issues that this closer member to the
children live with family that knows your
every day. situation and supports
you.
-The problems that How? Getting in the topic of
they develop in their therapy by internet
mature life and how resources or a number of
this affects to social and psychological
everything. help in your town or
country if you don’t know
any who can support you.

2: Getting help for What? Sometimes the parent

your parents don’t realize the toxic
behaviors that they have
with their own children, so
it could be a solution that
the first step is the talk.
Who? The kids with their parents
or another family member
that supports the kid’s
idea.
How? Telling respectfully the
parents to change the
things that hurt them,
putting boundaries and
have strategies to work
 out on the relation.

PRE-WRITING ACTIVITY 3: Peer-review: Have a conversation with your classmate where you tell
your proposal, and you give and receive feedback. Suggestions are welcome. Refine your initial
proposal if needed.
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