Drug and Alcohol Families

This video explains how meth users affect children.  Meth users can be very dangerous around children.  Meth users a lot of the time leave the trash and other materials behind which can actually hurt the children, or sometimes meth users act out in different ways.  Children that have or are around meth users a lot of the time have both social and emotional problems.  They try to hide these emotions in different ways from people.  In the classroom they feel safe, so some children will let out their emotions in art and other forms.  As a teacher, you need to look for these signs and signals.  The children are trying to talk to you in a way without speaking.  In this sense they look up to you and feel safe in your presence.  This will affect you and your classroom environment and you may need to deal with this kind of situation.