Here are a few suggestions for engaging
children as active participants in the learning process.
The KidsMatter framework adopts a socio - ecological model, which views
children as active participants in their own development, both shaping and being shaped by their environment.
The fact that Gardner identifies
the child as an active participant in the PAS is sometimes overlooked.
Not exact matches
We empower parents to make their
child's treatment more effective by including them
as an
active participant in the treatment process.
Older
children and teens often can be a more
active participant in the treatment and designing of behavioral exposures,
as they are more able to think about their own experiences, rate how hard or easy things are (e.g. Ordering at a restaurant vs speaking in a small group).
The Parents
as Partners Association encourages families to be
active participants in their
children's education and to help build relationships within their community.
Ross has been
active in the past
as a member of the School Planning Council for his
children's school, and has been a regular
participant in the school's Parent Advisory Council proceedings and served
as its treasurer.
We are foolish if we disconnect ourselves from community because we don't serve the
children who we work with well by not helping them to understand that they are a part of a community because what we know is that that will last those
children for a very long time into the community and if they leave our early childhood services feeling that they are a connected person and that there are people in that community who can help them if they get in trouble, and they also know that their families are part of a community and that there are differences in that community which are beneficial and important and most importantly I think in the context of contemporary early childhood education we see it
as an opportunity for
children to feel that they can be
active participants whose voices are heard.
Limitations include small sample size, reliance on self - reported measures,
participants who were in the play therapy group received twice
as much time with counselors over
children in the
active control group, and lack of follow - up.
Eventually, in similar situations, some spouses give up even making an effort, relinquishing their role
as active parenting
participants and their connection with their
children suffers.
Family therapists working in healthcare settings must advance clinical efforts in a manner that recognizes and honors multi-level and multi-directional influences between family members (e.g., patients, spouses, parents,
children), between healthcare providers (e.g., behavioral, biomedical, pastoral), and between families and healthcare providers (
as active participants in team - based care).
«Today, federal and state policymakers recognize that dads are more than a paycheck or
child support payment and that supporting them
as active participants also supports the
children.»
The threat of loss that is often viscerally experienced,
as the dissolution of a marriage becomes reality, frequently spurs fathers who have hitherto been workaholics to suddenly become present,
active participants in the daily rhythm of caretaking
children.