Sentences with phrase «program options for your child»

Use this checklist when reviewing summer program options for your child, or when developing your own summer learning curriculum.

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Private schools, charter schools, voucher programs and other school choice options have been championed by reform - minded conservatives such as Jeb Bush for years now, partly because of their success for countless children of color living in poor communities with even poorer - performing public schools.

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.).

There are so many options and programs for children of all ages, with different likes and personalities.

The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act will expand the number of children in school lunch programs by 115,000, increase the reimbursement rate to school districts for meals by six cents and replace the junk food available outside the cafeteria, such as in vending machines, with more healthful options.

The National Restaurant Association has launched a new «Kids LiveWell» program, designed to encourage healthier dining options for children.

YMCA's with a HUMAN Healthy Vending program will gain: 1) Healthier food and beverage options for children and families 2) Energy savings compared to traditional vending equipment 3) Wellness grants for every machine placed inside of their locations

Programs & Activities for kids: You have the option to place your children in the supervised Play Village for kids in their appropriate age group.

Ys with a HUMAN Healthy Vending program will gain: 1) Healthier food and beverage options for children and families 2) Energy savings compared to traditional vending equipment 3) Wellness grants for every machine placed inside of their locations

Around May 2018 Family Equality Council will share drop - off morning children programming options for youth ages three to seven.

How this bill will help: The Access to Nutritious Meals for Young Children Act will strengthen the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) by adding meal or snack options for children who need them, helping cover the cost of more meals for children who are in care for longer hours, and making more child care providers eligible for assChildren Act will strengthen the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) by adding meal or snack options for children who need them, helping cover the cost of more meals for children who are in care for longer hours, and making more child care providers eligible for assistChild and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) by adding meal or snack options for children who need them, helping cover the cost of more meals for children who are in care for longer hours, and making more child care providers eligible for asschildren who need them, helping cover the cost of more meals for children who are in care for longer hours, and making more child care providers eligible for asschildren who are in care for longer hours, and making more child care providers eligible for assistchild care providers eligible for assistance.

If you do decide that speech therapy is the best option for you and your child, you'll want to talk to your pediatrician, who can help you find the early intervention program in your area.

The primary goal of parent support programs is to provide support and information in ways that help parents become more capable and competent.2, 3 Research now indicates that to reach this goal, it is necessary that staff use practices that are family - centered as opposed to professionally - centered, and capacity - building as opposed to dependency forming.4, 5,6,7 The key characteristics of family - centered practices include: treating families with dignity and respect; providing individual, flexible and responsive support; sharing information so families can make informed decisions; ensuring family choice regarding intervention options; and providing the necessary resources and supports for parents to care for their children in ways that produce optimal parent and child outcomes.8, 9,10,11

The Tethered Spinal Cord and Spina Bifida Surgery Program at Floating Hospital for Children offers surgical options to treat these conditions in our downtown Boston pediatric hospital.

The District participates in the USDA Seamless Summer Option, which offers the free meals during the summer for children 18 years of age or younger; off - campus sites served by CCSD through the program include: G. Cecil Pruett Community Center Family YMCA in Canton, Cherokee Outdoor Family YMCA in Woodstock and East Gate Mobile Home Park and Hidden Falls Mobile Home Park in southwest Cherokee.

Two options for buying recycled furniture are the Rainforest Alliance Smartwood Rediscovered Wood Program, which encourages the use of existing wood, and a small company in Idaho that offers eco-friendly, children's furniture.

Sylvan offers a variety of tutoring options for kids, from homework help to after - school STEM courses, there is a program that fits every child's needs!

«With these programs, we have transformed the educational opportunities for our youngest learners — providing them a strong foundation for academic and social development — and I encourage everyone to thoroughly review the options available for their children.»

At 12:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on Social Services will meet to discuss a number of amendments to social services law - including an act in relation to additional options for local social services districts to implement effective welfare - to - work programs and an act in relation to directing the office of children and family services to establish workload standards for child protective services worker.

Expanding School Choice School choice programs give parents and their children options in education, which should be a common goal for all of us.

It is important to choose a program experienced with not just one or two surgical repair techniques, but with the full range of treatment options to ensure your child has access to the appropriate therapies and repair methods for his or her needs.

Indeed, for millions of children and adults covered by subsidized dental programs (including military family dental care and Native American services), amalgam is still virtually the only option for dental restorations.

For parents, being given the option of a specialized school that is better equipped to serve their child's unique needs is very different than being forced into a specialized program.

Butcher highlights the growing variety of recently enacted programs that expand parents» options for their children's education.

Not only will the program continue for another five years, but the budget also calls for an expansion of funding and increases for scholarship amounts for students, both of which provide even more families with access to options for their children's education.

Furious after realizing the horror that a program increasing options for children trapped in failing schools had passed, the AEA sued.

In order to be fully responsive to the importance of credentialing professionals entering schools and communities to provide counseling services for children and adolescents, Risk and Prevention sought and received program approval from the Massachusetts Department of Education for this new licensure - based training option.

States should address this issue by adopting universal education - choice options for all families (and many state - based programs are already geared specifically to low - income children by virtue of means testing).

While some families still may be able to afford a private preschool program or would find ways for their children to engage in the enriching, stimulating activities that preschools offer, other families find their options limited to home - based care.

Publicly funded school choice has increased considerably in recent years, helped by a variety of initiatives, including public charter schools, transfer options for students under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), inter-district enrollment programs, and a variety of policies to subsidize private - school tuition.

Finally, Adam Peshek proposes a way to tackle some of the obstacles to charter - school growth through the Opportunity Zone program (part of the 2017 tax reform package)-- and hopefully create more high - quality public school options for children along the way.

The whole idea of creating a parental choice program however is to provide parents with the broadest possible array of meaningfully varying options so that they can choose a great fit for the needs of their child.

The program fails to empower low - income families to access education options that meet their children's unique learning needs, and as a result, is failing to achieve President Johnson's intention in establishing Title I — providing a quality education for every child «no matter where he lives.»

The results of such an analysis allow us to reality - test the broad cautions voiced by the Friedman Foundation, the Cato Institute, and others — in particular their warning that holding schools to account for student achievement (especially via conventional state testing programs) will surely cause them to turn their backs on such programs and thus leave needy children without good educational options at all.

A «one option» approach can not work for children with diverse needs; a variety of service delivery options must exist so that programs can be written to meet the needs of each child.

First, to give parents more schooling options for their children, the government introduced a number of changes to its national voucher program, instituting a weighted voucher (more than 50 percent over the base voucher) to compensate for the higher costs of educating disadvantaged students and to provide schools with financial incentives to enroll low - income students.

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The fact that organizations like Stand for Children and Democrats for Education Reform prefer to stand with the teachers» unions rather than standing with the 3.5 million children in charter schools and private choice programs, and the millions more who desperately want access to better options, speaks Children and Democrats for Education Reform prefer to stand with the teachers» unions rather than standing with the 3.5 million children in charter schools and private choice programs, and the millions more who desperately want access to better options, speaks children in charter schools and private choice programs, and the millions more who desperately want access to better options, speaks volumes.

Public school parents understand that the Louisiana Scholarship Program gives them the option to walk away from an underperforming public school,» said Ann Duplessis, president of the Louisiana Federation for Children.

It has a home - school hybrid program and offers an option for parents who want to take a more involved role in their children's schooling.

We strive to expand awareness of our program and schools so that as many families as possible know that KIPP is an available educational option for their children.

How can NAACP leaders advocate for magnet schools — which are programs in public schools that operate similar to charter schools — and deny children and families charter school options?

This legislation (HB 394) would create a pilot program providing parents of students with special needs the option of withdrawing their child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with funds to help pay for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.

The administration would devote $ 1 billion in Title I dollars meant for poor children to a new grant program (called Furthering Options for Children to Unlock Success, or FOCUS) for school districts that agree to allow students to choose which public school they attend — and take their federal, state and local dollars wichildren to a new grant program (called Furthering Options for Children to Unlock Success, or FOCUS) for school districts that agree to allow students to choose which public school they attend — and take their federal, state and local dollars wiChildren to Unlock Success, or FOCUS) for school districts that agree to allow students to choose which public school they attend — and take their federal, state and local dollars with them.

The bill, first introduced last week by Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), would set up education savings accounts for parents in the armed forces who could divert a portion of funds that would have been sent to a public school on their child's behalf under the federal Impact Aid program to different schooling options.

Walker and Republicans have been supportive of expanding Milwaukee's voucher program, arguing it gives parents unhappy with public schools another option for educating their children.

Homeschooling for highly gifted children is sometimes an option when nothing else works out — when the school cuts the gifted program, eliminates any ability grouping, refuses to allow acceleration, or is genuinely rigid in its stance.

26 Accountability Measures In The Special Needs Bill March 3, 2015 by Grant Callen and Brett Kittredge Senate Bill 2695, The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, creates a pilot program to give parents the option of withdrawing their child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with $ 6,500 to help pay for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.

All of the «options» Florida is offering have the same issues as public education: they are only as good as the quality of programs & people - administrators, teachers, evaluators, etc. implementing them - and more importantly, in the voucher plan there are two huge issues: 1) poor and uneducated parents rarely are aware of the range of quality and number of schools available (which I am sure the politicians are counting on) 2) Even if every parent were saavy in the needs of their child and the kind of school they should look for, there aren't enough of those schools available...

The annual scholarship report from the Louisiana Department of Education found that the Scholarship Program continues to successfully empower parents to choose educational options best suited for their child, scholarships children are making academic gains, and accountability standards are working — ensuring children attend high - quality schools.