Sentences with phrase «on engaging parents»

Pre-service training for professionals working with children includes mandatory modules on engaging parents.

In an effort to build and maintain connections with over 160 agencies in 21 states and countries trained on Be Strong Families Parent Cafes, resulting in almost 100,000 Be Strong Families Parent Cafes being held worldwide, BSF has organized a monthly webinar series providing opportunities for parents and program to share café success stories, discuss successful tips on engaging parents and strategies for growing local parent café teams.

A focus on engaging both parents in the future of their child, and on strengthening family resilience helps address to some degree the toxic stress that underlies many disparities in birth outcomes.

PTA UK and the National Association of School Business Management (NASBM) are delighted to announce the publication of new guidance for schools on engaging parents to improve their school.

Eleanor Macfarlane, associate director of the Family Literacy Center at Indiana University, offers advice on engaging these parents in «Reaching Reluctant Parents» (Education Digest, Vol.

Not exact matches

«Other kinds of work — be it exercise, a creative hobby, hands - on parenting, or volunteering — will do more to preserve your zest for Monday's challenges than complete vegetation,» she has written before recommending that, if you really want to feel jazzed up after a break, you should proactively schedule challenging or engaging activities rather than just planning to chill and take things the days as they come.

In fact, while loving parents usually avoid truly toxic behavior, they're actually more prone than less engaged parents to certain missteps that can lead their children to struggle later on.

On May 3, 2013, the lead plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint alleging that, during that same period, all of the defendants violated Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Exchange Act and SEC Rule 10b - 5 (b) by concealing material information and making false statements related to Parent's acquisition of Autonomy and that certain defendants violated SEC Rule 10b - 5 (a) and (c) by engaging in a «scheme» to defraud investors.

But he also has his rights in regard to married couples - which means that, in marrying, a man and a woman also take on special duties towards God: duties to marry so as to create a home, duties to accept generously the children God wishes to give them, 6 duties to maintain a united marriage and a united home that will both keep the spouses engaged in the task of learning to love, and help the children grow in the reflection of their parents» and of God's love.

I was tempted at first to give maybe a 10 point list of advice for parents going through deconstruction in front of their kids... things like let them see the books you read and answer their curiosities about them; teach your kids how to think, not how to believe; tell them everything you're going through and let them deal with what it means for them; ask them what they believe and listen objectively and engage in conversation about it; openly share your struggles with what you're going through with the church and let them process it themselves, and so on.

Sixty years ago their grand parents engaged Hitler's army on Normandy (at a much younger age..

Later in life Luther, with his wife, engaged in a good deal of gardening and small farming, and drew on the early experience, of his parents, his grandfather, and of his uncle who had inherited the old family farm.

By focusing on the day - to - day necessities of a healthy schedule; an engaging, personalized, and rigorous curriculum; and a caring climate, this book is an invaluable resource for school leaders, teachers, parents, and students to help them design learning communities where every student feels a sense of belonging, purpose, and motivation to learn the skills necessary to succeed now and in the future.

A parliamentary inquiry into parenting and social mobility has called on the next government to do more to encourage the UK's early years services to engage with men — and to fund a national reading campaign for dads and children.

Available free of charge on MomsTEAM's new SmartTeams concussion website, the #TeamUp4ConcussionSafetyTM program, developed by MomsTEAM Institute as part of its SmartTeams Play SafeTM initiative with a Mind Matters Educational Challenge Grant from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Department of Defense, is designed to do just that: to increase reporting by athletes of concussion symptoms by engaging coaches, athletes, parents, and health care providers in a season - long, indeed career - long program which emphasizes that immediate reporting of concussion symptoms - not just by athletes themselves but by their teammate «buddies» - not only reduces the risk the athlete will suffer a more serious brain injury - or, in rare cases, even death - but is actually helps the team's chances of winning, not just in that game, but, by giving athletes the best chance to return as quickly as possible from concussion, the rest of the season, and by teaching that honest reporting is a valued team behavior and a hallmark of a good teammate.

There is an emphasis throughout Supporting Families on supporting shared parenting, and it makes clear that from pregnancy onwards, all professionals should consider the needs and perspective of both parents — and should think about how better to engage fathers in all aspects of their child's development and decisions affecting their child.

One boy recently broke down in the office telling me his parents don't engage with him on the things they used to enjoy and talk about, like getting outside to play one - on - one basketball in the driveway or talk about a cool new video game.

A recent study showed that more than 75 percent of parents said they wished teachers would tell them more about the dangers of the «summer slide» and provide tips on how to keep their kids» minds engaged.

«We will however make available information on best practice and «what works» for improving the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and I am clear that a valuable use of the premium would be schools investing in ways to encourage parents, including of course fathers, to engage in the education of their children.»

Instead, teachers engage in detailed parent conferences and write extensive reports on each child's progress.

But being on the other side as a parent can be just as bad — getting the dreaded call from the school or another parent that your child is a bully (or, at least, engaging in bullying behavior.)

«BostonTechMom provides a carefully curated selection of events, programs, and activities in Boston and throughout MA that expose children to technology in a fun, engaging, and meaningful way,» Reitmeyer says, adding that parents can find everything from camps to after - school programs and one - off special events on the site.

Parents who focus on such unchangeable features tend to have kids who are less engaged in their schoolwork.

My kids are engaging in those midsummer clichés that drive parents crazy; jockeying for position to create a string of code, peppering me with factoids about cause and effect and playing quietly for hours on end with games of their own design.

Among teenagers, secure attachments to both parents provide «additional protections» (Duchesne & Ratelle, 2013; Al - Yagon, 2011), while — by contrast — getting on badly with even one parent doubles the risk of a young person's engaging in anti-social behaviour (Blanden, 2006).

These include, most importantly, a duty on maternity staff and registrars to engage with both parents on the subject of the father's birth registration — and are likely to draw all fathers (not only unmarried fathers) into ante-natal services on a formal basis (at the moment, no - one has to speak to the father or speak about him, or record his name).

We critically assess, and highlight gaps in, the evidence behind the most common parenting courses; pull together the latest research on how best to deliver services that work for mothers, fathers and children; and provide tips and strategies on how parenting services could better recruit and engage with fathers.

On this call, API founders Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson talk with Lu about how: — our «flaws» are actually pathways to raising resilient, secure, connected kids; — without an awareness of how our story drives our fears, our kids re-enact it; — without self - understanding and empathy, parents then tend to manage rather than engage, control rather than connect, in a chronic practice of «defensive parenting»; — we can turn our old wounds to new wisdom and free our kids from repeating our stories; — the gift of our anger, fear, doubt, chaos, anxiety, struggles, and conflicts is that they can shed compassionate light on our old wounds and we can use this light to «heal» our inner conflicts, and pave our path for ourselves and our kids; and — doing this paving work «keeps our light on»... and our children's light on, and teaches them the power of forgiveness, humility, and humanitOn this call, API founders Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson talk with Lu about how: — our «flaws» are actually pathways to raising resilient, secure, connected kids; — without an awareness of how our story drives our fears, our kids re-enact it; — without self - understanding and empathy, parents then tend to manage rather than engage, control rather than connect, in a chronic practice of «defensive parenting»; — we can turn our old wounds to new wisdom and free our kids from repeating our stories; — the gift of our anger, fear, doubt, chaos, anxiety, struggles, and conflicts is that they can shed compassionate light on our old wounds and we can use this light to «heal» our inner conflicts, and pave our path for ourselves and our kids; and — doing this paving work «keeps our light on»... and our children's light on, and teaches them the power of forgiveness, humility, and humaniton our old wounds and we can use this light to «heal» our inner conflicts, and pave our path for ourselves and our kids; and — doing this paving work «keeps our light on»... and our children's light on, and teaches them the power of forgiveness, humility, and humaniton»... and our children's light on, and teaches them the power of forgiveness, humility, and humaniton, and teaches them the power of forgiveness, humility, and humanity.

She's back home living in North America, and is blogging about French school lunches as a way to engage parents, educators, culinary professionals and francophiles on the subject.

Over the course of the month, nearly 4,000 parents engaged with us on Facebook alone about important things to keep in mind when it comes to bath safety for newborns, babies and toddlers.

In reflecting on her midwifery experiences and her training in Mindfulness - Based Stress Reduction, Nancy wondered if mindfulness, the practice of living fully in each moment, could be helpful for expectant parents and those engaged in the work of raising children.

This is time in which the parent engages in positive physical contact with the child (such as a pat on the head, a hug or a high - five).

This stroller addresses this need with the brake system which is automatically engaged the moment a parent's hands are on the handlebar.

The sadness and lack of motivation associated with postpartum depression can result in a less engaged parent and now that dads are as involved as moms, it is important to focus on the needs of both parents.

I can hear your editorial management staff claiming something noble like: «Let's start a powerful conversation on parenting that engages people across the country!»

The Winter Olympics going on in PyeongChang, South Korea, are a great opportunity for parents to engage in sports - related discussions with their young athlete.

Guided by an expert instructor, our lecture - free classes focus on helping expectant parents engage with the practical information they need and have fun practicing labor positions, comfort measures and massage techniques for birth.

This is a fact for every parent on this earth, and it is why I spend so much time engaging with my boys.

Her family is her joy, and she loves to engage with other moms and dads on matters of parenting.

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In this two - hour webinar, licensed clinical social worker, parenting coach, expert, speaker, and author, Mercedes Samudio, LCSW, will be focusing on what it means to work effectively with challenging parents so that you can create a collaborative team and keep them engaged during the healing journey.

For nearly seven years we have worked hard to set the stage for a healthier next generation of kids by engaging stakeholders on all levels - parents, child care providers, schools, chefs, local elected officials, faith - based leaders, museums, and more.

On some occasions a child may be engaged in more than one ongoing communication, and a parent may be required to «opt - out» of each communication individually.

has resources to help educate parents on the full range of child development and engage families in monitoring developmental milestones from 2 months to 5 years.

He urged families engaged in split - shift parenting to do all they can to find time to spend together, perhaps on weekends.

Meta - analyses of this expanded research base confirm the model's impacts on a range of risk and protective factors associated with child maltreatment.7, 8,9 In addition, all of the major home visitation models in the U.S. are currently engaged in a variety of research activities, many of which are resulting in better defined models and more rigorous attention to the key issue of participant enrolment and retention, staff training and quality assurance standards.10 For example, recent findings emerging from the initial two - year follow - up of the Early Head Start National Demonstration Project confirm the efficacy of home visitation programs with new parents.

In those pages, I experience a connection to a community of parents that I don't get to engage with nearly enough on a face - to - face basis.

11.30 — 12.30 Fran Burns — Engaging Fragility: When the infant is weak and / or developmentally challenged, what impact can this have on the parent infant relationship and the baby's development?

those in which the parent is actively engaged and frequently checking on their child, and able to recognise any changes

Had I spent their toddler years forcing foods on them and engaging in coercive or punitive mealtime parenting, the damage to our relationship, not to mention their health, could have been disastrous.