Sentences with phrase «parent support group leaders»

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If you have questions about applying the Eight Principles in your family, please contact an API Parent Support Group Leader near you or API Headquarters.

If you have questions about applying the Eight Principles in your family, please contact an API Parent Support Group Leader near you or API Headquarters.

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Nashville, TN — May, 2014 — Attachment Parenting International (API), a non-profit global network of parenting support groups with more than 70 locations around the world, announces its newest Board of Directors member, community leader and advocate for children and families, Margaret FeParenting International (API), a non-profit global network of parenting support groups with more than 70 locations around the world, announces its newest Board of Directors member, community leader and advocate for children and families, Margaret Feparenting support groups with more than 70 locations around the world, announces its newest Board of Directors member, community leader and advocate for children and families, Margaret Feierabend.

Washington • Kaleidoscope of Families, 430 Broadway E., Seattle, WA 98102, Michael Butler 206-461-4546, free childcare for ages 3 - 12 • South Puget Sound Lesbian & Gay Parents Support Group c / o Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC), PO Box 947, Tacoma, WA 98401, 253-752-6724 • Village Vida Centre DBA Gay Inside Out PO Box 28114 Bellingham, WA 98228 - 0114 http://www.villagevidacentre.org Contact Information General Email: [email protected] Public Contact: Dalia de Jesus, Chairperson Executive Director: Dalia de Jesus, Chairperson, ED Board Leader: Dalia de Jesus, Chairperson Main: 360-220-8400

If you have questions about these Principles or how to apply them to your family situation, please visit an API parent Support Group or contact an API leader, or post your comments and questions to API's Forum.

Joining a support group of like - minded parents can help reinforce what you read and learn about Attachment Parenting (AP), and the leader (s) and members can help you navigate through AP waters.

Through the Leadership process API promises to provide the information and support to each Leader so that they can offer it to the parents who attend support groups.

I first began volunteering with Attachment Parenting International as a new support group leader in 2004.

Attachment Parenting International (API) is directly involved in building resilience in communities across the nation and around the world through its local API Support Groups and accredited API Leaders by supporting secure parent - child attachments.

While API's local leaders and parent support groups are not specific to breastfeeding support, we provide a holistic look at breastfeeding and the mother - infant relationship.

Programs: API trains and accredits Leaders around the world, hosts regular support groups, online forums, and parent support, conducts advocacy, research, and outreach programs, publishes a magazine, The Attached Family, and several enewletters, as well as an annual Journal of research, teleseminars, book club, AP Month in October, and many other programs.

Attachment Parenting International (API) encourages all mothers to consider hiring a doula, to be in frequent contact with a breastfeeding specialist and to connect with their local API Leaders and API Support Groups.

It made so much sense to me that it inspired me to not only become an API Leader and create an API Support Group here in Brazil — API Rio — but also to write and speak about Attachment Parenting.

Contact your local API Support Group to speak with an API Leader, or if you're not located near a parenting group, submit your question through the API WarmGroup to speak with an API Leader, or if you're not located near a parenting group, submit your question through the API Warmgroup, submit your question through the API Warmline.

All parents are encouraged to seek out support from their local API Leader and API Supportsupport from their local API Leader and API SupportSupport Group.

When parents who are firm in Attachment Parenting have a question about whether a child - rearing practice leads to a secure parent - child attachment bond, they feel certain that they can turn to API resources, specifically API's Eight Principles of Parenting, the cofounders» book Attached at the Heart, or local API Support Groups and API Leaders.

These groups regularly serve a few to more than 100 families per month in their local communities at no cost to parents, through in - person meetings and classes, online support and one - on - one sessions with the group leader.

All API Support Groups are led by accredited API Leaders, trained by API in theory, research and application of Attachment Parenting as well as compassionate peer counseling techniques and Nonviolent Communication.

That's why API established the Reedy Hickey Scholarship Fund during API's 20th Anniversary Celebration — to support parent applicants dedicating themselves to voluntarily lead groups who can not afford to pay application fees, leader dues or support group dues.

* NOTE: While not required for becoming an API Parenting Educator, advantages of becoming an API Leader would be the ability to form and facilitate local support group meetings, network with API Leaders all over the world, share meeting ideas, receive continued support and information from API and the Leaders Forum.

Josh Kross, one of the parent leaders behind the anti-nursing home group Protect P.S. 163, encouraged ralliers to call councilmembers to get them to pledge support for the measure.

He even gets the gumption to go in a support group for parents but can't bare to fully open up to its leader, played by Naomie Harris (Moonlight).

The Scope of this project is to: - Provide seed funding and support pilot implementation of ideas resulting from the June 2014 design workshop on improving outcomes for babies in foster care; - Launch pilots of co-designed strategies for working collaboratively with parents in creating daily, regularized family routines in four sites and evaluate executive function skills, child development, child literacy and parental stress levels of participants pre -, during, and post-intervention; - Build a core group of leaders to help set the strategic direction for Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for parts of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels of adversity and produce summary report in the fall of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generatgroup of leaders to help set the strategic direction for Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for parts of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels of adversity and produce summary report in the fall of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generatGroup to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels of adversity and produce summary report in the fall of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generations.

The plan was created by a committed group of parents, staff, business leaders and community members in support of a clear mission for the Lansing School District.

A Principal has to be someone who can effective support a group of Educators, scholars, parents and communities as the leader of their community school.

But teacher union leaders and critics like the Chicago - based advocacy group Parents Across America blast «Won't Back Down» as propaganda and they question whether people throwing their support behind parent trigger laws understand the ramifications of the complex policy.

This component must include all stakeholder groups, such as parents or guardians, business leaders, religious organizations, local governmental agencies, local libraries, civic clubs, etc., to collectively establish and support strategies that create and ignite enthusiasm for reading.

Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) was formed in 1981 and includes a website which provides a wealth of gifted education recommendations and resources for parents that include names of speakers and workshop leaders, books and research articles, contact information for active parent groups, a list of mental health professionals that work with gifted students, and how to get a child tested for gifted.

These standards were designed by a diverse group of educators, business leaders, and advocacy and policy stakeholders and have garnered support from state and national parent organizations.

It only takes a minute to join our coalition and be counted as part of our growing list of parents, teachers, education advocates, community leaders, groups and individuals across the state who support a YES vote on Initiative 1240.

The League connects charter schools to practical tools, trainings, and individualized technical support opportunities that are open to a diverse group of charter school stakeholders school leaders, staff members (student services, wellness coordinators, special education providers, physical education teachers and athletic coaches, and others), board members and parents.

We are very grateful to all the parents and children that kindly participated in this study; and to our project team (group leaders, evaluators and advisers) for their involvement and constant support.

* NOTE: While not required for becoming an API Parenting Educator, advantages of becoming an API Leader would be the ability to form and facilitate local support group meetings, network with API Leaders all over the world, share meeting ideas, receive continued support and information from API and the Leaders Forum.

A trial from Norway25 and a meta - analytic review24 suggest that parenting support programmes appear to be more effective when they are tailored to the specific challenges and needs of immigrant parents (ie, delivered to participants in their own language and by group leaders of a similar background).

-- Jennifer, adoptive parent and support group leader

As a national leader in the development of language support resources for families, to date our suite of products and services have included dictionaries, interactive self - paced learning tools, DVD ROMs, home based tuition, family communication retreats and group language workshops for parents.

These leaders reached 1600 adoptive parents through one - on - one parent support, in - person support groups, fun family networking meetups, trainings and educational events in 2015.

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Join a committed team of leaders facilitating parenting education programs for families, support groups for parents, and playgroups for children at risk of child abuse.

We provide support and resources to parent and youth group leaders and share information with adoptive, foster, and kinship families about groups in their communities.

API Support Group Leaders are making progress with community outreach activities that educate parents and professionals who are not familiar with Attachment Parenting (AP).

Ongoing monthly group meetings for 2 years of continued booster sessions to support the family and community relationships, practice the one - to - one responsive play, and support parents as the primary prevention agents for their children in the community; growing local parent leaders

Circle of Parents is a national network of statewide non-profit organizations and parent leaders that are dedicated to using the mutual self - help support group model as a means of preventing child abuse and neglect and strengthening families.

Through this accreditation program, volunteer API Leaders are designated and supported to conduct free, regular parent support groups in their areas providing face - to - face support and outreach.

Circles are ongoing support groups that are co-facilitated by a parent leader and a trained facilitator.

Having a trained group facilitator and parent leader facilitate the support groups of 10 - 12 participants