Education/Employment

Risk Factor Definition
Missing School - chronic absenteeism has unexcused absences from school without parental
knowledge, that exceed the commonly acceptable norm for
school absenteeism
Missing School - truancy has unexcused absences from school without parental
knowledge
Unemployment - person chronically
unemployed
persistently without paid work
Unemployment - person temporarily
unemployed
without paid work for the time being

Emotional Violence

Risk Factor Definition
Emotional Violence - emotional
violence in the home
resides with a person who exhibits controlling behaviour, name-
calling, yelling, belittling, bullying, intentional ignoring, etc.
Emotional Violence - person affected by
emotional violence
has been affected by others falling victim to controlling
behaviour, name-calling, yelling, belittling, bullying, intentional
ignoring, etc.
Emotional Violence - person
perpetrator of emotional violence
has emotionally harmed others by controlling their behaviour,
name-calling, yelling, belittling, bullying, intentionally ignoring
them, etc.
Emotional Violence - person victim of
emotional violence
has been emotionally harmed by others who have controlled
their behaviour, name-called, yelled, belittled, bullied,
intentionally ignored them, etc.

Family Circumstances

Risk Factor Definition
Parenting - parent-child conflict ongoing disagreement and argument between guardian and
child that affects the functionality of their relationship and
communication between the two parties
Parenting - person not providing proper
parenting
is not providing a stable, nurturing home environment that
includes positive role models and concern for the total
development of the child
Parenting - person not receiving proper
parenting
is not receiving a stable, nurturing home environment that
includes positive role models and concern for the total
development of the child
Physical Violence - physical violence in
the home
lives with threatened or real physical violence in the home (i.e.,
between others)
Sexual Violence - sexual violence in the
home
resides in a home where sexual harassment, humiliation,
exploitation, touching, or forced sexual acts occur