Sentences with phrase «included teachers and children»

The group had been one of the more visible pro-charter schools organizations in New York politics, backing rallies and lobby days that included teachers and children descending on the Capitol to bolster the issue with lawmakers.

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In fact, last year the government added one such credit — for teachers» classroom supplies — while dropping four as of Jan. 1 2017, including the children's fitness and arts credits, as well as the education and textbook credits for students.

Specifically, the NRA's extremism makes many reasonable Americans, including, importantly, NRA members, seem like gun nuts who don't give a damn about the mass slaughter of children, teachers, and parents.

If I am a teacher instructing children about how to read, and every child in the room has learned to read but one, should I just say «tough toenails, kid» or should I try different ways of instructing the child (that doesn't include punishing or killing them) so that the child understands?

Our Bible study group included the inevitable doctor — a medical student, actually — along with a veterinarian, a house painter, an attorney a secretary or two, a teacher, a dental student, a campus ministry staff person, an employee of the sewer department, and assorted mothers of young children.

Founded in 1989, Center Families programs include support groups for LGBT parents and prospective parents; trainings for teachers and school administrators; advocacy and activist efforts; support around alternative insemination and other biological parenthood options; forums on custody issues when LGBT parents separate; financial planning for alternative families; and recreational programs for children 8 and under (Halloween Parties, Holiday Parties, Play Days, etc.).

This year we're inviting celebrity dads, including TV presenter Tim Lovejoy and Coronation Street actor Charlie Condou, to read stories in «Celebrity Story Time», a year - round add - on to FSW, giving teachers and other practitioners useful material to download and play to children and their fathers at their «Fathers» Story Time» events.

Our teachers love children, and our parents love that we include things like celebrating the Jewish holidays and songs.

In addition to helping a child grow socially and emotionally, teachers have the freedom to create an individualized plan for supporting the growth of the whole child, including his or her educational advancement.

Our community includes Green Meadow Waldorf School (400 students, grades K - 12), the Pfeiffer Center (environmental education, biodynamic agriculture, and organic beekeeping), Eurythmy Spring Valley (movement art), Sunbridge Institute (Waldorf teacher education and adult anthroposophical studies), the Otto Specht School (Waldorf education for children with learning differences), the Fiber Craft Studio (healing senses and soul through work with plants and natural fibers), the Fellowship Community (home for the aged), and the Hungry Hollow Co-op Natural Foods Market.

Your child will thrive in school if you can create a «circle of support» that includes the three of you (your child, his teacher, and you), says Carpenter.

Also, it's important that you occasionally review how your child treats others, including other children, adults, teachers, and coaches.

Similarly, I once met a dynamic culinary arts teacher in my district, Kellie Karavias, who worked with the principal at her former school to completely integrate health and nutrition programs throughout the day, including the building of an in - school, instructional kitchen, «Five a Day Fridays» where children bought fresh fruit and vegetables from a cart each week, and an after - school program that offered counseling and exercise to obese children and their families.

Other works by this award - winning author include the children's picture books A Walk in the Clouds, Petey's Listening Ears, and the soon - to - be-released Grumpykins series for ages 2 to 6, which are humorous and engaging tools for parents, teachers, and caregivers to use in implementing gentle parenting techniques in their homes and schools.

In my experience, the best network includes different kinds of people from friends and family to medical practitioners and of course life changing child care providers and teachers.

Anthroposophy itself is not taught in Waldorf schools, but Waldorf teachers, including those educated at Sunbridge, use insights gained through their study of anthroposophy to understand and apply Steiner's insights into child development in a loving and lively way.

While many kids — including my own — are sad to see summer end, for too many of our of nation's children, back to school is more than new textbooks and teachers — it's about the relief of getting access to school meals again.

Educationally and socially stimulating, our Georgia accredited curriculum includes low teacher: student ratios pre-reading, math, music, art, outdoor play, Spanish instruction, nutritious meals and more in a whole child focus.

Thankfully through my blog I have worked on several charitable projects including child hunger, building playgrounds for communities in need, helping to end teacher - funded classrooms, Rwanda's Path To Peace project and more.

This can include your child's health care providers, teachers, and therapists.

Abby and Denise: Our community includes small business owners, educators, naturalists, an architect, a builder, alternative health care providers, farmers, physicians, artists, a software engineer, a Suzuki violin teacher, an HR professional, writers, nonprofit directors, retired professionals and children of all ages.

She has been growing children for 43 years, including 21 years as a teacher, and gardening for 40 years.

During the school week, your child will encounter any number of stressors, including bullies, mean teachers, annoying siblings, fickle friends, and homework.

Deciding factors may include how much time your child spends in the teacher's class, how directly the teacher works with your child, how much of a darn the teacher gives about special students, how pushy the case manager is, and whatever else is preoccupying the teacher that day.

To ensure that your child will continue receiving support even after he completes the intensive treatment program, Dr. Bubrick will also be in contact with any outside professionals who are involved in his treatment, including psychologists, psychiatrists and teachers.

The most effective programs include parent training, teacher / classroom strategies, and social - skills training for children.

To normalize your child's feelings, remind them that everyone, including other students and even their teacher, feels a little nervous on their first day - or even throughout their first week - of school.

Photos might include a picture of the child waking up in the morning, getting dressed, eating breakfast with his family, the car / bus he takes to day care, child care teachers, activities at child care and the last photo should be a picture of you hugging him when you pick him up to take him home.

The nine national models that met the HHS evidence requirements as of October 2011 include Child FIRST, Early Head Start — Home Visiting (EHS — HV), Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers (EIP), Family Check - Up, Healthy Families America (HFA), Healthy Steps, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), Nurse - Family Partnership (NFP), and Parents as Teachers (PAT).

Low family income during the early childhood has been linked to comparatively less secure attachment, 4 higher levels of negative moods and inattention, 5 as well as lower levels of prosocial behaviour in children.2 The link between low family income and young children's problem behaviour has been replicated across several datasets with different outcome measures, including parental reports of externalizing and internalizing behaviours,1 - 3, 7 -9,11-12 teacher reports of preschool behavioural problems, 10 and assessments of children based on clinical diagnostic interviews.7

Those models include: Child FIRST, Early Head Start - Home Visiting, Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers (EIP), Early Start (New Zealand), Family Check - Up, Healthy Families America (HFA), Healthy Steps, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), Oklahoma's Community - Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) Program, Parents as Teachers (PAT), Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) Infant6, and SafeCare Augmented.

Examples of programs in Canada and the United Sates include Parent as Teachers, Nurse Family Partnerships, Early Head Start, and Healthy Steps, whereas Educate Your Child, 1 The Roving Caregivers, 2 and Madres Guías3 are examples of programs found in Latin America and in the Caribbean.

Over the period from 8 to 18 years, sample members were assessed on a range of measures of cognitive and academic outcomes including measures of child intelligence quotient; teacher ratings of school performance; standardized tests of reading comprehension, mathematics, and scholastic ability; pass rates in school leaving examinations; and leaving school without qualifications.

Although begun primarily as a parenting intervention, the scope of the program has expanded to include a teacher - based classroom management component and a child - based component to improve regulation strategies and school readiness.

EBISA Grades 1 - 8 Recommendation Form: Please print out and submit this form to your child's teachers at their current school, include a stamped envelope addressed to: Berkeley Rose Waldorf School, 1442A Walnut St., # 395, Berkeley, CA 94709

It includes a conversation between the parents and the teacher, as well as a short period of time for the teacher to engage with the child.

EBISA Kindergarten Recommendation Form: Please print out and submit this form to a teacher or director of the preschool your child currently attends, include a stamped envelope addressed to: Berkeley Rose Waldorf School, 1442A Walnut St., # 395, Berkeley, CA 94709

Waldorf teacher education at Sunbridge Institute includes a deep exploration of child and human development; development of a teacher's contemplative capacities; exploration of pedagogical approaches and skills; studies in the arts; courses that develop abilities for working in a group of colleagues; and practical learning or mentored teaching in the classroom with experienced teachers.

You could participate at a class, and see whether the teacher is trying to include your child as well in the activities.

Other factors contributing to children's adjustment include postdivorce economic stability and social support from peers and other adults, such as teachers.

Both of Evanston's school boards acknowledged the potential pitfalls of creating such a job — nearly 10,000 children attend the city's two districts, which include a total of 17 schools — and teachers at the high school publicly voiced their overwhelming opposition to it.

Based on the best selling Positive Discipline books by Dr. Jane Nelsen and co-authors Lynn Lott, Cheryl Erwin, Kate Ortolano, Mary Hughes, Mike Brock, Lisa Larson and others, it teaches important social and life skills in a manner that is deeply respectful and encouraging for both children and adults (including parents, teachers, childcare providers, youth workers, and others).

Washington also developed an online training program as part of its professional development requirements for early childhood teachers that includes an explanation of the brain's executive function and describes the effects of trauma on child development.

PANDA includes materials and guidelines for involving families, teachers, administrators and other segments of the child's community.

If you want to add a dash of fancy, include that child's school picture and the name of the teacher on each grade year folder.

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She has been teaching Infant Massage to child - focused groups for over a decade including Parents As Teachers, Children's Hope International, La Leche League, foster parent agencies and more.

Jones, Claudia PARENTS ARE TEACHERS, TOO: Enriching Your Child's First Six Years Williamson, 1988 Includes hundreds of specific ideas and problem - solving techniques that can be used to encourage your children to achieve their full potential by turning everyday events into spontaneous learning experiences.

She was a regular parenting expert on Great Day St. Louis for years and has presented on attachment to both national and international organizations including Parents As Teachers National Convention, Children's Hope International, First Steps Program and Youth in Need.

Play Therapy for traumatized children in rural schools can be amplified through a systems approach that includes consultation with teachers and school systems and by expanding our view of «systems» to include nature, a readily available and under - utilized resource in play therapy.