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(The AA member should be of the same sex, general age, and socio - educational group as the person, if possible.)

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There are countless other fringe benefits you can offer, such as achievement awards, adoption assistance, dependent care assistance, educational assistance, health savings accounts, group - term life insurance, retirement plans and moving expense reimbursements.

Collective use of the platform by schools and other educational groups means that, just as with third - party app developers, some organizations still require you to have a Facebook account in order to access information and services.

Hosted by the New England regional member groups of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), the ACA & Angel Resource Institute (ARI) educational workshops are focused on the specific needs of angel groups in New England and purposed to help existing and prospective angel investors improve their investment knowledge and expertise — and add value to their role as business angels — as members of an angel group or as individual investors.

Sara Sutton Fell led a competency workshop on «Mobilizing Your Remote Workforce» as well as a discussion group on Digital Changes in Society focused on Employment to an international group of leaders from corporate, nonprofit, NGO, and educational organizations.

We represents leading global corporations, growth and middle - market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals.

The plan calls upon churches to, among other things, «adopt» street gangs and allow troubled youths to use church properties as safe havens; intercede for youth in the juvenile court system; provide vocational training to inner - city residents; organize capital for micro-enterprises; develop educational curricula heralding the achievements of blacks and Latinos; initiate neighborhood crime watch groups; and establish counseling programs for battered women and the men who abuse them.

During this year's convention of the National Association of Evangelicals, Blair, an NAE member, launched a group called Evangelicals Concerned, which is described as «an educational task force for ministry with homosexuals and their families and churches.»

These features of group psychotherapy are combined with educational and / or inspirational elements within the frame - work of limited duration and specific goals such as increasing the individuals» adequacy in handling a particular relationship or problem.

Why is his process philosophy so important that a group would organize as we have here to explore the implications of the Whiteheadian orientation for educational evaluation?

Similarly, the capacity of the Nanjing Seminary faculty to take simultaneously a confessional and a critical approach to its educational task may explain the fact that this same group of professors doubles as the department of religion at Nanjing University.

Since the sharing group as we have described it centers on a sharing of feelings, the emphasis is more therapeutic than it is educational.

Other community groups, such as libraries, professional organizations, public health and safety agencies, the colleges and churches — all could contribute to helping local stations focus much more on their educational obligation to the community.

Informed opinion, however, agrees with Gunnar Myrdal in An American Dilemma that there is a vicious circle at this point.8 Denied the cultural, educational, and economic advantages held by others, underprivileged groups tend to remain in this status, as in America the restriction of Negroes to unskilled labor and meager educational facilities has prevented their advancement to positions of leadership comparable with the more privileged.

Founded in 2008, the council serves as a research and advocacy group, conducting and publishing studies on industry trends and offering educational tools and resources online.

In addition to providing assistance in forming Attachment Parenting support groups, API functions as a clearinghouse providing educational materials, research information, consultative, referral and speaker services to promote Attachment Parenting concepts.

She has served, as the educational chair for the Psychological Special Interest Group of the ASRM, is a member of the educational committee of ASRM.

Franke, like «S,» acknowledges that marriage constrains freedom; she, too, questions why the right to marry — versus issues like employment and educational opportunities or political participation — has been seen as the only way to gain equality and dignity for both groups.

We also offer post adoption counseling and therapy to adoptive families and individuals, as well as educational workshops and support groups for adoptive families.

At Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, we offer a multitude of fun and educational nature - based programs for students from Preschool to High School, as well as College and Community groups.

A REAP Food Group team member serves as the district's Farm to School Manager two days a week, and works with them to create educational and marketing materials to promote their program.

Her contributions to the field of babywearing education include founding an independent babywearing group and working with the educational development of new educators, establishing a Babywearing International Chapter where she worked to become a Master Babywearing Educator, the President of the Chapter as well as the Education Coordinator for her local chapter, and on a National level has held such titles as BWI Board of Directors; Treasurer, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee member and BWI Accreditation Coordinator.

A group known as The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine have published a 2007 school lunch report card, grading 22 elementary schools from the 100 largest educational districts in the United States.

As an inexpensive, simple, unique, educational, and meaningful service opportunity, our diapers are being sewn by families, sewing clubs, youth groups, Eagle Projects, Angel Mother grief support organizations, and churches of all religious denominations.

An evaluation of Hawaii's Healthy Start program found no differences between experimental and control groups in maternal life course (attainment of educational and life goals), substance abuse, partner violence, depressive symptoms, the home as a learning environment, parent - child interaction, parental stress, and child developmental and health measures.25 However, program participation was associated with a reduction in the number of child abuse cases.

If you have a local support group who would like to do educational work together, you might like to investigate this — perhaps as a supplement to what you do at home.

In the other group, researchers made visits and calls and sent monthly newsletters encouraging parents to replace violent TV with educational programming - including specific program schedules and recommended shows, such as Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer and Curious George.

School districts in some states, including all five surveyed, may have additional protection under «recreational use» statutes, which offer immunity from certain claims against landowners who open their property to the public for recreational use.10 In states with broad recreational use statutes, such as Indiana, opening school kitchen facilities could be considered a protected activity under the law, depending on the circumstances of the use and other factors.11 However, in Massachusetts, protection for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational, environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when districts allow for - profit groups to use school kitchens.

For instance, the study of Mattar et al. revealed a marginal increase in EB at six months after delivery among the group which received a prenatal educational intervention highlighting the benefits as well as the management of breastfeeding issues as the main content of the educational material (booklet), video, coaching session and counselling, compared to the group receiving only the booklet and the video, and the one recipient of only routine prenatal care, concluding that that educational material alone in the prenatal period is not enough and that specific prenatal education that addresses breastfeeding following a single meeting through counselling can significantly improve

The intervention group women (n = 250) were first sensitized through a short educational session (10 minutes) that included information delivered orally during the medical visit on the benefits of breastfeeding for women and their infants, mainly EB by shedding light on its definition, and the good practices of breastfeeding as well as the production of breast milk.

Chicago Children's Museum offers two - hour field trips to a variety of community - based organizations and educational institutions, such as public and private schools, daycares, preschools, day camps, community facilities, charitable organizations, and church / religious groups.

For some target groups (teen and young unmarried fathers) there will be additional goals related to fathers» role as breadwinner and related job training and educational goals for fathers.

A partnership of New York groups and a state agency said that it would invest about $ 500,000 to provide legal, mental health and educational support to children on Long Island who recently arrived as part of a surge in illegal migration from Central America.

Buffalo schools open in a month and a large group of clergy, activists, parents and school leaders turned out Monday night in Friendship Baptist Church for an emergency meeting to discuss what they see as an educational crisis.

In 1951 Henry Usborne set up the One World Trust as an independent educational Charity to provide secretarial support to the Group, promote and disseminate knowledge on world governance.

Lewis said he's excited by the possibility of opening access to the Hudson River above 79th Street for historic and educational vessels such as the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Tugboat Pegasus, Fireboat John J. Harvey, and other ships operated by non-profit groups.

Project 2061, AAAS» long - term initiative to help Americans become literate in science, mathematics, and technology, will see materials from its educational assessment website reach wider audiences as two new groups adapt, translate, and share the assessment items.

«It's not that these are some projections of some crazy green group; these are the utilities» own data,» said Malcolm Woolf, senior vice president of policy at Advanced Energy Economy, which runs AEEI as its educational affiliate.

Relative to the comparison group receiving the usual services, program participation was independently linked to higher educational attainment, income, socioeconomic status (SES), and health insurance coverage, as well as lower rates of justice - system involvement and substance abuse.

We do it because we enjoy it, but I have seen it used for educational purposes — I've been told a number of groups use it as an example when teaching logic — and I do find that gratifying.

They start out as purely educational, with group leaders informing members about the available smoking - cessation treatments (from drugs to nicotine - replacement gums and patches); the neurobiology of addiction; and the everyday situations that drive a smokers habit, whether its stress or drinking a cup of coffee.

This change in consciousness has come about as a result of the educational campaigns of key environmental groups such as SeaWeb and Mangrove Action Project, independent scientists, small fishers and the holistic medical community.

Mindfulness - Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an empirically - supported 8 - week psycho - educational group intervention that teaches mindfulness meditation as a health intervention.

She has also conducted several educational talks on naturopathic health approaches at various pediatric as well as psycho - therapist group practices and various other public forums in the state of Connecticut.

Marni's background gives her a distinct advantage because she uses familiar educational means such as workbooks and small - group interaction, to convey her message.

Not intended as an online dating community, this Illinois herpes support group is primarily focused on disseminating educational information on STD and herpes research, providing support, offering a place for those living with an STD to seek out advice guidance and friendship.

Most of the time we perform in schools, and most of our shows and workshops are educational as well as fun, with sessions for every age group from age 2 upwards.

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The UK's approach has resulted in minibuses being a common sight, used by a wide range of organisations such as charities, local authorities, community groups and, of course, educational establishments.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).