Sentences with phrase «as child advocates»

5 Child welfare caseworkers are referred to as child advocates in Broward County.

Back 2 Child welfare caseworkers are referred to as child advocates in Broward County.

The Defender Association is an independent, non-profit corporation, with over 200 full time Assistant Defenders who represent clients in adult and juvenile state courts, at civil and criminal mental health hearings, and as child advocates for dependent and neglected children.

Nick is caught between his father (Dabney Coleman), the founder of Pittsburgh's legendary law firm Fallin & Associates, and Alvin Masterson (Alan Rosenberg), who runs the firm where Nick follows his passion as a child advocate lawyer.

She serves in numerous leadership roles including serving on the board of the Council for Exceptional Education Teacher Education Division where she was selected by the Council for Exceptional Children as the Child Advocate Network (CAN) coordinator of the year.

He has also acted as a child advocate, representing children in high conflict custody cases, and he is a member of the B.C. Hear the Child Society whose members produce Views of the Child Reports in custody cases.

As a child advocate and attorney, Jeff Killino is at the forefront of medical malpractice issues and has experience and compassion in handling twin pregnancy cases.

As a child advocate, you will be in constant touch with external agencies that provide services such as child care, safe housing, substance abuse assistance and parental training.

Since then, I have been actively looking for an opportunity to provide my services as a child advocate to the organization, only now actually obtaining the chance.

Karla M. Somers has worked as a child advocate and family mediator for divorce and custody cases in the state of New York.

The Child Specialist is the only member of the team who functions as a child advocate, and the voice of the children.

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C - level executives must advocate internally for benefits such as generous parental leave, considerations for same - sex couples who can not have biological children and student - loan repayment programs.

Hillary Clinton, as well as major companies like Nike, Etsy, and Netflix, advocate for paid time off for both parents, regardless of gender, after the birth or adoption of a child.

I also worked as a singer / songwriter and music producer and as an education advocate, especially for children.

Cendy is one of millions of immigrants who were brought illegally to the U.S. as children — a group known as «DREAMers» by advocates of the Dream Act, a federal bill first introduced in the Senate in 2001 to allow them a pathway to permanent residency.

As a former city councilor, Selina advocated for the rights of taxpayers, fought to protect the health of children and families by introducing a local ban on cosmetic pesticides and worked to improve access for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory CommitteAs a former city councilor, Selina advocated for the rights of taxpayers, fought to protect the health of children and families by introducing a local ban on cosmetic pesticides and worked to improve access for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory Committeas chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory Committee.

Advocates for victims saw the posts as a sign of favour for Law by church officials unrepentant about abused children.

Certainly the lives of women are as important as those of unborn children, but no one in America or abroad advocates the slaughter of thousands of women annually, while many do defend murder of the unborn.

Although it proved a harrowing experience - she fled with her family, she says, once the cult began advocating child - adult sexual relations - as the setting at first «was really idyllic,» remembers the actress, 38, who rose to fame on TV's Charmed and now stars in Conan the Barbarian 3D.

I also like that he advocates donations to the FEED THE CHILDREN organization that helps many poverty stricken families in the U. S. as well as abroad.

So, in honor of the new addition to Team Evans, I'm joining Melinda Gates, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Kay Warren, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and host of other Christian advocates in their support of an organization called Hope Through Healing Hands, and in particular the Faith Based Coalition for Healthy Mothers and Children Worldwide, which seeks to galvanize faith - based leaders and their constituencies around the issues of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) as well as healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies (HTSP) to improve maternal health and reduce child mortality around the world.

And I'm not actually advocating this as a resolution to childhood obesity, I'm just pointing out how parents don't want to take responsibility for their children's dietary habits, but want private businesses to pay the toll.

A passionate animal rights advocate, he's already given huge portions of his fortune to PETA and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as well as Save the Children and his own vegan food relief organization, the Sam Simon Foundation.

What is confusing about gerald's arguments and those of catholic engineer is that they're advocating precisely the same thing as what China has done with its one - child policy.

Pro-life advocates see themselves as acting on behalf of unborn children, who can not protect themselves.

1) Churches need to be a voice for economic justice for lower - income families by, for instance, advocating for more generous child and earned - income tax credits, as well as for the elimination of the marriage penalties embedded in many of our public policies directed towards lower - income families.

DREAMers, undocumented immigrants who were brought here as children, and their allies had been protesting and advocating for a bill to protect them before the government shut down pending a spending bill.

Since Roe v Wade, pro-life advocates have argued that an unborn child is unarguably human, and therefore deserves of the same constitutional right as you and I enjoy — namely, the right to live.

We need to recognize the signs of abuse and to be willing, as concerned Christians and parents, to become advocates for children who are hurting.

For Megyn Kelly to argue that either Jesus, as embraced by Christians as the Son of God, or Santa, as the infinitely generous being who lives at the North Pole and delivers presents to every well - behaved child on the planet on Christmas Eve (What other possible understanding could she be advocating?)

But the storm really broke when The Advocate, a newspaper by and for homosexuals, quoted Rooney as saying that blacks have «watered down their genes because the less intelligent ones are the ones that have the most children.»

The Pearls advocate using switches on babies and young as six months, and spanking older children with belts and plumbing tubes.

«That said, if the churches do not take the opportunity now to «advocate» and «teach» why same - sex marriage is wrong for everyone (i.e., harmful to children, to the couple, and undermining of a culture of marriage), religious people should not expect to find a lot of sympathy for their right to exercise their religious freedom to dissent from same - sex marriage,» Esbeck told CT. «In other words, church leaders no longer enjoy the luxury of not teaching biblical marriage, as much as large numbers of the laity don't want to hear it.

As the mother of a gay child, I am appalled that this person who claims to follow Jesus would advocate beating a child.

We also advocate for this type of everyday activity (breastfeeding a child in public) to be so utterly normal as to never raise a single eyebrow!

This raises a delicate issue for pro-family advocates, who have taken on as a solemn responsibility trends in abortion, divorce, child abuse, and drug use.

No Kid Hungry aims to build partnerships that enlist influential individuals to act as catalysts to advocate the policy changes needed to achieve its end goal of engaging the public to make ending child hunger a national priority.

Feminism is an evil that does not advocate equality but superiority in which men are disenfranchised from their property and children as a first line of course.

People who are being referred to as CIO advocates are loving caring parents who have usually read lots of books and tried a myriad of things before allowing a child to cry.

Touted as the first of their kind, the guidelines, however, largely mirror best practice recommendations that MomsTEAM Institute has long advocated that independent sports programs adopt as part of a holistic approach to safety using a process spelled out in the International Safeguards for Children of Sports, which MTI played a part in developing as part of a 38 - member global coalition of sports safety NGO's, and that is embodied in its SmartTeams program.

She regularly uses her blog as a platform to create awareness and to advocate for change, calling out the government, corporations, media and sometimes other bloggers for positions, policies and actions that threaten the rights and well - being of parents and their children.

We knew, therefore, that parenting programmes that foster paternal responsiveness and involvement — and interventions in maternal and child health settings, schools etc where men are viewed as allies and advocates for their children's (and their children's mothers») welfare — ought to be beneficial.

In her capacity as educational activist, she has given several keynote speeches to organizations such as the World Economic Forum as well as organizations that advocate specifically for children, such as Parents as Teachers.

Gordon is recognized internationally as an award - winning social entrepreneur, educator, author, child advocate and parenting expert who has created programs informed by the power of empathy.

About the Author: Cinda Chatfield has worked for over 15 years as a Child Development Specialist, Parent & Family Educator and Advocate.

Cinda has worked for over 20 years as a Child Development Specialist, Parent & Family Educator and Advocate.

As a registered nurse and midwife, homebirthed mother of three, breastfeeding advocate, In making decisions about how to raise my children I read widely, asked advice from a range of professionals, some being medical doctors some being highly trained, skilled midwives.

Many think it's due to the changing views of prominent experts and pediatricians — who now advocate a gentler, more «child - centered» approach to potty training — as well as the invention of disposable diapers.

Pediatricians, in their traditional role as advocate for the child and family, are ideally situated to positively influence the breastfeeding experiences of the mother and young infant.

In the meantime, we see ourselves as open adoption advocates and are spending time writing about our journey, educating people about adoption, listening to others tell us about their journeys, and using all forms of media to help us find our future children.