Sentences with phrase «focused on teaching parents»

The therapy that focused on teaching parents to help their children eat normally again was about half as expensive as the family - dynamics approach, mostly because patients spent less time in the hospital.

The dynamic teachers tailor the classes to the age of the students — with newborn classes focused on teaching parents lullabies, older babies getting in on the silly fun, and toddlers jamming out with tambourines and jingle bells.

In addition to her practice, Stephanie is an adult educator, focusing on teaching parents about the legal aspects of separation and divorce (including Alberta Justice's Parenting After Separation course).

U of A Workshop to Focus on Teaching Parents to Help Children Through Play Therapy (University of Arkansas)

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Stop searching for shortcuts and secrets; focus instead on the simple things your parents and grandparents taught you, such as not to spend more money than you make.

Raised by Chinese immigrant parents who taught her the art of simple, healthy, home - style Cantonese food, Sharon Wong, MEd, focuses her blog on «allergy aware Asian fare.»

Her follow - up best - selling book, Teach Your Children Well, focuses on expanding our current narrow and shortsighted view of success and providing concrete strategies for parents.

Parents can focus on teaching children: - How to recognize feelings in themselves and others.

Instead, focus on the fact that as a parent, you need to teach your child how to follow through on expectations and be accountable.

Authors John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman teach couples the skills needed to maintain healthy marriages, so partners can avoid the pitfalls of parenthood by: • Focusing on intimacy and romance • Replacing an atmosphere of criticism and irritability with one of appreciation • Preventing postpartum depression • Creating a home environment that nurtures physical, emotional, and mental health, as well as cognitive and behavioral development for your baby Complete with exercises that separate the «master» from the «disaster» couples, this book helps new parents positively manage the strain that comes along with their bundle of joy.

As a parent, you'll be more effective if you focus on teaching your child the skills to process anger appropriately, and avoiding power struggles rather than trying to make your child feel a certain way.

What my research showed was that when parents focus too intensely on nutrition it is easy to inadvertently teach poor eating habits.

And just because parents may be focused on teaching their kids appropriate behavior doesn't mean they should ignore the principles that drew them to AP in the first place.

The swim - lesson study, for instance, which focused on a small sample of parents teaching their kids to swim, found that «fathers tend to stand behind their children so the children face their social environment, whereas mothers tend to position themselves in front of their children, seeking to establish visual contact with the children.»

For 45 years, her research, practice, teaching and publications have focused on research in children's adjustment to divorce, custody and access issues, divorce and custody mediation, applications of child development research to custody and parenting plans, and Parenting Coorparenting plans, and Parenting CoorParenting Coordination.

Positive discipline, compassionate parenting, positive parenting and similar parenting philosophies emphasize the importance of focusing on what the child can to, as well as taking the opportunity to teach a lesson in these instances.

My guest for the latest Positive Discipline Radio podcast, Focusing on Solutions, was Aisha Pope, and LCSW from San Diego with Families Forward - East where she teaches Positive Discipline Parenting classes.

Rose asks parents to drop the emphasis on nutrition and instead focus on habits by teaching children three basic rules of healthy eating: proportion, variety and moderation.

Based on Dr. Reischer's popular parenting workshops taught at Habitot Children's Museum, University of California, and San Francisco Zen Center, the blog focuses on proven methods for navigating the everyday challenges of life with children.

The focus of the course is on teaching the art of infant massage, its proven benefits and how to hold classes for parents.

Before Heads Up Football, there was no national focus on teaching and training football coaches, parents and players on concussion recognition and response, heat preparedness and hydration, equipment fitting, sudden cardiac arrest, Heads Up Tackling and Heads Up Blocking.

When she's not working as a Doula she works one day a week at a non-profit agency teaching parenting classes and has a private counselling practice that focus» on perinatal mental health, birth trauma and loss.

When determining which parent has been the primary caretaker, courts focus on direct care - taking responsibilities, including grooming and dressing; meal planning and preparation; health and dental care arrangements; and teaching of reading, writing, and math skills.

Positive Discipline teaches parents how to focus on solutions.

The meetings attended by local humanists focussed on generating fear amongst parents about the contents of their child's SRE teaching, and informing them how to withdraw their children from SRE.

«It's time the government stopped blaming parents and accepted the case we've been making for a new focus on teaching reading using tried and tested methods, with a test after two years in primary school to ensure our children are being taught properly.»

Intervention programs for moms at - risk, therefore, should focus on bolstering mothers» self - confidence — not just teach parenting skills, the researchers said.

«There are a lot of initiatives in existence that focus on building parent capacity, parent universities, or workshops thinking that if we can only teach parents how to better respond that everything will be fine.

They focus a lot on parents and engagement and also creating the right environment within the school and then they start to improve teaching, but that comes later on.

Instead, focus your time and energy on teaching skills, professional development, behavioral management, teacher motivation, parent communication, and community awareness.

Instrumental teaching Respected music teacher and author Paul Harris ran a packed - out session on how to get pupils to practice regularly, successfully and in a focused way, while also highlighting the important role for parents in encouraging pupils to work between lessons.

Parents worried that the drive to increase performance on state tests came at the cost of an ever - narrowing curriculum and that the focus on getting the «bubble kids» from slightly below proficient to slightly above proficient came at the cost of teaching kids who were way behind or ahead.

«We need to stop focusing on test scores, blaming teachers and parents, and start teaching kids how to love and care for each other.»

By contrast, the researchers found that Aboriginal students tended to focus on more concrete teaching methods, as opposed to the historical and cultural knowledge their parents wanted teachers to know.

Kindness Tops List of What Parents Hope to Teach Kids, Forum Poll Finds Toronto Star, 1/1/16» «If you focus on kids being kind and tuning into other people, and less on kids» day to day moods and how they're feeling, they're more likely to have better relationships,» [Senior Lecturer Richard Weissbourd] said.

We kept sharpening our focus on each individual student in every classroom in order to tailor teaching and learning to be responsive to individual needs for a number of years, then the opportunity arose to consider a Montessori education program to provide choice for parents.

Parents want their children to go to school in a place where they will be safe, and where the environment is focused on teaching and learning.

Testing a whole - school improvement programme, focused on improving leadership, teaching and engagement with parents

Sarah Shad Johnson, a parent of children in Charleston County Schools and co-founder of Community Voice, says, «The timing of Secretary Duncan's visit comes at a critical time when our state legislators are discussing whether or not to support the adversarial Common Core State Standards, as well as bills regarding school choice, charter school expansion, and tax credits for private schools; our State Superintendent of Education seems to be embracing a controversial stand on the teaching profession; and the focus here in Charleston County appears to be only on experimental, questionable, and expensive initiatives, as opposed to goals of increased learning opportunities.»

What hiring a Director of School Operations will do is to clarify roles and responsibilities for students, staff, and parents; increase opportunities for direct coaching and management to support staff; allow Principals and Assistant Principals to focus on teaching and learning, all of which create a healthy school culture, and ultimately drive student achievement.

To raise the quality of teaching in Newark, we must focus on teacher quality over seniority,» said Tanisha Garner, a plaintiff and Newark Public Schools parent.

The inservice activities for instructional personnel shall focus on analysis of student achievement data, ongoing formal and informal assessments of student achievement, identification and use of enhanced and differentiated instructional strategies that emphasize rigor, relevance, and reading in the content areas, enhancement of subject content expertise, integrated use of classroom technology that enhances teaching and learning, classroom management, parent involvement, and school safety.

Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent / teacher conferences Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

In this way, Vega moves away from the traditional academic approach of focusing solely on a final grade, and instead teaches parents and students alike to talk about the many varied learning experiences and opportunities that shape a young mind.

Charter schools, both in California and across the nation, offer choices that empower parents and students, and give educators the freedom to truly focus on teaching.

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We will focus on the workflow of teaching and learning, classroom management, and relationships with parents, students, and teachers.

After her corps experience, Alison used community based theatre techniques to teach middle school youth at a summer camp in Ramallah, before becoming a Leadership for Educational Equity Community Organizing Fellow at Parent Revolution, where she focused on the Parent Power Network and Parent Trigger Campaigns.

«All of our strategies; which included early interventions, collaborative teaching teams, updated curricular resources, focused professional development, and more productive parent involvement hinged on our ability to derive better data from better benchmarking.

District - wide implementations let teachers focus on teaching When teachers choose their own solutions, they often face the headache of entering student and parent data, keeping it up to date, and answering student and parent questions about technology.