Sentences with phrase «build knowledge of child development»

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Grantees implement programs which teach parents and early education providers about ways to strengthen families and build protective factors (such as parenting skills and resilience in times of stress; building social connections and a support network; and knowledge of child development) in an effort to prevent child abuse and neglect before it begins.

By studying campers» experiences and camp's impact on the lives of young people, ACA provides parents with the knowledge to make good decisions, to thoughtfully guide their children, and to offer opportunities for powerful lessons in community, character building, skill development, and healthy living.

Respectively based at the Université de Montréal and Université Laval (Quebec, Canada), these two organizations have built over the years a solid network of international experts who gather, synthesize and comment, in their respective domain of expertise, the most up - to - date scientific knowledge available on the development of young children, from conception to age five.

When we focus on building protective factors in families, such as nurturing, knowledge of child development and age - appropriate expectations, parental resilience and concrete family supports, we can reduce or eliminate the risk of maltreatment.

The Scope of this project is to: - Provide seed funding and support pilot implementation of ideas resulting from the June 2014 design workshop on improving outcomes for babies in foster care; - Launch pilots of co-designed strategies for working collaboratively with parents in creating daily, regularized family routines in four sites and evaluate executive function skills, child development, child literacy and parental stress levels of participants pre -, during, and post-intervention; - Build a core group of leaders to help set the strategic direction for Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for parts of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels of adversity and produce summary report in the fall of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generations.

The overall goal of this extension of our existing work in partnership with TFF and Achievement First Bridgeport Academy (AFBA) is to continue and expand our work in Bridgeport focusing in several keys areas: (1) building knowledge about (a) children's emerging skills and areas of challenge in the social - emotional domain and why these skills are critical to school success, and (b) the ways in which adult stress and skills in the social - emotional domain can impede or foster children's social - emotional skill development; (2) identifying, deploying, and evaluating strategies to build adult and child skills in social - emotional learning with an emphasis on the Tauck Family Foundation's (TFF) five essential SEL skills; and (3) developing and testing a performance management system for SEL that (a) guides the identification of strategies, (b) provides a mechanism for ongoing progress monitoring, feedback, and changes to practice, and (c) serves as an anchor point for ongoing coaching and support in using SEL strategies.

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The curriculum includes common core standards, child development and learning, building family and community relations, cultural diversity, assessment to support young children and families, strong content knowledge to build developmentally appropriate and meaningful curriculum and experiences, and professionalism and ethics of educators.

Under this umbrella, researchers are investigating children's development in the context of their learning experiences and environments; equipping early educators with knowledge, tactics, and networks to enhance their work; and building a pipeline of leaders ready to drive transformation in the field of Early Education.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council's (NRC) 2015 report, Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth to Eight, offers recommendations for building a high quality early childhood workforce with the knowledge, competencies, education, and support to promote children's development and lChildren Birth to Eight, offers recommendations for building a high quality early childhood workforce with the knowledge, competencies, education, and support to promote children's development and lchildren's development and learning.

It brings together the knowledge and opinions of 40 contributors — scientists, development workers, and experts in health, nutrition and children's rights — in an attempt to build up a clear picture of what climate change means for the children of today and tomorrow.

• Comprehensive knowledge of childhood education, with special focus on providing physical and cognitive stimulation • Physically able to handle a high demanding job involving young children, with intense motivation to provide them with education to nurture their individual personalities • Able to develop and implement age - appropriate activities, designed to help children with school work • Adept at disciplining children in accordance to the methods meted out specifically by parents • Skilled at preparing nutritionally beneficial food items for children, according to their ages and specific nutritional needs • Functional ability to handle children with special needs, with great insight into managing adverse situations and emergencies • Dynamic approach to managing children of different ages, background and cultures, with special focus on developing their personalities for social integration • Able to assist in the mental and physical development of children by teaching basic social and cognitive skills • Track record of building a safe, caring, nurturing and stimulating environment for children, designed to assist them in developing and thriving physically and emotionally

Within a group setting, parents participate in a facilitated learning process which enhances their knowledge and understanding of their child's behaviour and development, builds upon their skills, and provides them with practical parenting information.

Specialist communication skills for building strong relationships, knowledge about parenting skills and child development, as well as the needs of victims of abuse, and workplace health and safety requirements

Providing parenting information and support can enhance relationships, build parent and carers» confidence and increase their knowledge of child development.

Key site personnel participated in 3 annual training sessions, stressing knowledge in child development, parenting, and practical clinical strategies; emphasizing the importance of relationships; promoting multidisciplinary team building; and helping practices implement Healthy Steps.16 Each site also received program and training manuals and technical assistance through biweekly teleconferences.

Thrive will work in five key areas: helping to eliminate the opportunity gap with the state Early Learning Plan; deepening parent and caregiver knowledge of child development and school readiness; developing a high - quality home visiting system to serve at - risk families; providing grants that advance our programmatic work and mission; and building and mobilizing state, regional and local partnerships.

The service projects, which include the delivery of at least 95 Be Strong Families Parent Cafes across the city in July and August, seek to reduce violence in communities by building the Strengthening Families ™ Protective Factors (Social Connections, Parental Resilience, Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development, Concrete Support in Times of Need, and Social and Emotional Competence of Children) in families» homes and communities and promoting vitality across Chicago - land.

Moving forward, Thrive will work in five key areas: helping to eliminate the opportunity gap with the state Early Learning Plan; deepening parent and caregiver knowledge of child development and school readiness; developing a high - quality home visiting system to serve at - risk families; providing grants that advance our programmatic work and mission; and building and mobilizing state, regional and local partnerships.

McDonough is a data manager who has worked on several projects at MDRC: Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) is an evaluation of marriage education programs targeting low - income, racially and ethnically diverse married couples; Head Start CARES (Classroom - based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion) is a national evaluation of three evidence - based strategies to improve the social and emotional development of children in Head Start; the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) aims to build knowledge about the effectiveness of the new federally funded Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home - Visiting Program (MIECHV) in improving outcomes for at - risk children and families.

This approach, which is being used in a number of early childhood quality systems, helps child welfare, early education and other programs work with families to build the following protective factors: resilience, social connections, concrete support in times of need, knowledge of parenting and child development, and social and emotional competence of children.

Cross-sector professional development (e.g., training mental health consultants and PCPs together) helps build partnerships across systems as well as a common core of knowledge among providers who work with young children and their families.

Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions.

The parent coaching supports mothers in developing growth - producing relationships with their children by increasing their knowledge of child development and of effective parenting practices, identifying and building on parent, child and family strengths, and focusing on parent - child healthy interactions.

build parenting capacity and early childhood development skills and knowledge, specifically in understanding the importance of relationships for children