Sentences with phrase «importance of the whole child»

This year, Rhode Island's General Assembly similarly affirmed the importance of whole child education by passing a resolution that expresses the assembly's intent to model whole child concepts in its own work and to join with other stakeholders who support the whole child.

Watch an archived video of education experts debating global education policies and practices, including ASCD CEO and Executive Director Dr. Gene R. Carter, who explained why he supports rigorous standards in schools, how educators can maintain their positions as leaders during the era of high - stakes testing, and the importance of whole child education.

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It is therefore of the utmost importance that a child's language difficulties be taken seriously and that remedial measures be applied without delay, since his whole future as a person so largely depends on competence in the use of symbols.

To the best of our ability, their father and I raised our children to see both parents working in the home and without as normal, and when they grew up, our daughters, our only children, had no second thoughts about giving time to their careers, nor to the advantages of breastfeeding and the importance of providing healthy, whole foods to their families.

We believe in the importance of nurturing the whole child, celebrating their interests, and creating a warm and loving environment for all families.

The research provides some of the most conclusive evidence to date of fathers» importance to children's outcomes and reinforces the idea that early childhood programs such as Head Start should focus on the whole family, including mother and father alike.

«The importance of storytelling, of the natural rhythms of daily life, of the evolutionary changes in the child, of art as the necessary underpinning of learning, and of the aesthetic environment as a whole — all basic to Waldorf education for the past 70 years — are being «discovered» and verified by researchers unconnected to the Waldorf movement.»

The Ezzos are definitely not alone in recognizing the importance of a strong, supportive marriage to the stability of the whole family, encouraging parents to exercise authority and teaching children to be considerate of others.

Previous attachment research has demonstrated the importance of the mother - infant relationship to children's emotional development, but there is still relatively little research on the role of fathers, the marital relationship and the family as a whole.

We hear quite often of the importance of teaching the whole child.

What I liked best about this format for presenting information was the «360 degree» perspective it offered: Casey gave the issue a framework, with useful advice on how to persuade principals and administrators to implement in - classroom breakfast programs; Nora followed, sharing her personal story with using free / reduced programs when her children were young, and stressing the importance of taking care of «the whole child»; Rosario charmed the crowd with her experiences implementing in - classroom breakfast in her district, sharing a story about how excited her kids got about breakfast after a power outage — not how excited they were about the return of electricity, but about getting breakfast; Barry inspired the group by explaining how he took his successes as a school food director as a springboard to a new career as a consultant, replicating and spreading that success in other classrooms.

Just as I embrace the philosophy of «whole child», I also equally embrace the importance of looking at the «whole parent», integrating all aspects of you.

«In addition to INSIGHTS» focus on individual children's strengths and needs, our study illustrates the importance of understanding and supporting classrooms as a whole at the transition to formal schools,» said McClowry, professor of applied psychology at NYU Steinhardt and the study's senior author.

The research provides some of the most conclusive evidence to date of fathers» importance to children's outcomes and reinforces the idea that early childhood programs such as Head Start should focus on the whole family, including mother and father alike.

The results of a ten - year longitudinal study conducted at the University of Tampere highlight the importance of the whole family system in children's emotional development in addition to the early mother - child relationship.

She said the findings underscored the importance of sequencing the whole genome, not just the protein - coding regions — or exome — to identify the mutations driving cancer in children.

Popular blogger Ali Segersten and functional medicine expert Tom Malterre are a team devoted to teaching their five children — and readers — the importance of living a whole foods lifestyle.

Educators have long known the importance of educating the «whole child» — of teaching her not just literacy and numeracy skills, but also social - emotional competencies and executive function skills.

Additionally, you will learn to communicate with your colleagues and community in compelling ways, citing research about the importance of culturally responsive instruction as it pertains to the whole child.

After the breakfast club the whole of Harmondsworth Primary school took part in an assembly with Tanni Grey ‑ Thompson, who talked to the children about the importance of being active at a young age, why she believes keeping active is an important part of her life and the benefits it can have throughout everyone's lives.

Centrally, Henley recognised the importance of music in the overall education of children, sighting the cognitive, social and overall attainment characteristics that a music education brings to whole child development.

Learn from Anderson about the importance of healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged teachers who work to implement the whole child approach to education.

It reflects the values — such as the importance of educating the whole child — that so many Kentuckians told us were important.»

Here and now, with local control funding and increasing recognition of the importance of educating the «whole child», we have enormous opportunities to ensure every child comes to school ready and able to learn, with the whole range of supports and opportunities they need and deserve.

«ASCD asks educators to sign our petition today urging the Obama administration to create a President's Council that would help coordinate all of the existing programs that support children and focus national attention on the importance of serving the comprehensive needs of the whole child.»

Meanwhile, results from the Gallup Student Poll, which queried nearly 450,000 U.S. students in the 5th through 12th grades, affirms the importance of ASCD's Whole Child Initiative, which is committed to the development of children who are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

Educators speak to the «moral imperative,» the necessity of «teaching to the whole child,» the value of «foundational skills for school, college, career, and life,» and «the importance of just being SEL.»

We hear quite often of the importance of teaching the whole child.

Listen to the latest ASCD Whole Child Podcast on the importance of culturally responsive classrooms, and contribute your insights on Twitter using #ASCDForum.

As part of its Whole Child Initiative, ASCD emphasizes the importance of school safety.

Given their importance, Florida's child support laws need to be as thorough as possible, but unfortunately this also means that they come with a whole lot of information to sort through.

The whole community involved with children is being educated about the importance of mental health and wellbeing.

I knew basics of it just through personal experience but I was really happy to see it be more of a broader thing across all childcare centres and for something for the community and you know as a whole for everyone to be able to be educated about its importance and how important it is for children because I think in the past children have never been looked as far as their mental wellbeing and the impact that has on them not just you know short term but definitely long term as well.

The Senate has passed several bills and a budget amendment in the past year which have recognized the importance of ensuring that our schools educate the whole child.

This one - hour webinar will describe the relationship between developmental domains and the importance of assessing the «whole child.»

Although such research considers transactional pathways and mediating / moderating factors, the «dyadic» emphasis of most research on parents», and in particular mothers», individual influences on child anxiety ignores the potential importance of the family system as an organized whole in anxiety development.