Sentences with phrase «resources for families with children»

Centennial ECFE offers quality learning opportunities and resources for families with children from birth to kindergarten age, regardless of financial circumstances.

We offer a wide range of resources for families with children.

The reader - driven awards program, in its third year, recognizes the best parenting brands, products, and neighborhood services and resources for families with children ages 0 - 10.

Not exact matches

The Supplement was intended to provide working families at low - income levels with additional resources for child - rearing costs, including child care support.

Whatever it is, Warner and her colleagues claim that this obsession with perfection is sapping women of energy and resources that could be channeled into activism for family issues like health - care benefits, maternity leaves and child care.

Now this mother of two not only shares baby travel advice, trip reports, and helpful tips, tricks, and resources for traveling with small children, she is also a passionate advocate of the value these experiences can have for everyone in the family.

«The 606 will be a wonderful resource for families with small children.

Way back when, when I was researching online for our first family vacation with our daughter, I surprised at the lack of online resources available to parents hoping to travel with their children.

One of the best resources for how to parent for a secure attachment in the first few years of life is the new book Raising A Secure Child by Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell, all therapists who have worked with many different kinds of families for decades.

-LSB-...] Lotus Bloom A child and family resource center in Oakland with playgroups for kids 0 - 5.

• Better engagement with fathers and father - figures in families where children are at risk is likely to result in better risk assessment, reduced burden on mothers, enhanced resources for the care of children and better risk management, leading to reduction of harm (Zanoni et al, 2013).

Here at Little Hearts our readers have BIG hearts full of love for little people and have joined together to Give the Gift of Gentle Parenting and Give the Gift of Life, raising funds to donate gentle parenting books and resources in bulk to hospitals for new parent bags, to children's hospitals, and to crisis family centers and also to help with author L.R.Knost's medical expenses as she battles a rare neuroendocrine cancer.

Pediatricians play a crucial role in identifying children who are at - risk for food insecurity and connecting them and their families with federal nutrition programs and other community resources.

Help Me Grow Vermont is a system model for improving access to existing resources and services for expectant parents and families with young children through age eight.

Families who have experience with children and the proper resources and tools to rely on would be the best fit for Robert.

Easter Seals is well connected in communities and provides families with a number of resources for children and their caregivers.

That's where groups specifically devoted to providing you with support and resources for your child's particular challenges can be extremely beneficial to your entire family.

www.first5ventura.org Working with parents, schools, communities, business, social and healthcare agencies, First 5 Ventura County works to fill the gaps through its network of essential health, learning and family strengthening resources — a network that strengthens futures for children, families and communities.

«API provides grounded resources and inspiration for families seeking deep connections with their children.»

The Social Work Services Department at Floating Hospital for Children offers a range of services, support and resources for inpatients, outpatients and their families coping with physical or mental illness.

Lucas is a little young for this but I think it's a great resource for families with older children.

Foster Parents Speak: Crossing Bridges and Fostering Change: Discussion and Resource Guide (PDF - 78 KB) New York State Citizens» Coalition for Children (2009) Offers a companion guide for use with a video in which 10 foster parents relate challenges they have faced in developing shared parenting relationships with birth families and professionals to benefit the children in theChildren (2009) Offers a companion guide for use with a video in which 10 foster parents relate challenges they have faced in developing shared parenting relationships with birth families and professionals to benefit the children in thechildren in their care.

For example, in the Nurse Family Partnership model children born to mothers with low psychological resources had better academic achievement in math and reading in first through sixth grade compared to their control peers (i.e., mothers without the intervention with similar characteristics).30, 31

Family group decision - making Provides resources and information about a participatory approach to decision - making in which family members are brought together with a facilitator to make decisions about how to best care for their children and develop a plan for serFamily group decision - making Provides resources and information about a participatory approach to decision - making in which family members are brought together with a facilitator to make decisions about how to best care for their children and develop a plan for serfamily members are brought together with a facilitator to make decisions about how to best care for their children and develop a plan for services.

Whether newly diagnosed or managing food allergies for years, these resources are designed to help families keep their children with food allergies happy and safe.

Event Features Flat and scenic course Chip timed 5k / 10k Run / Walk Age division awards Prizes for top fundraisers and top teams Commemorative t - shirt Finisher Medal Family Festival with live entertainment and resource fair Kids Zone including face painting, arts & crafts and games Beer and Wine Tent (must be 21 and over on race day) 1 Mile Fun Run open to children and adults Quiet Zone Resource Fair / Race Festival / Vendors Join us for our post-race party which includes music, entertainment and 35 + awesome race resource fair Kids Zone including face painting, arts & crafts and games Beer and Wine Tent (must be 21 and over on race day) 1 Mile Fun Run open to children and adults Quiet Zone Resource Fair / Race Festival / Vendors Join us for our post-race party which includes music, entertainment and 35 + awesome race Resource Fair / Race Festival / Vendors Join us for our post-race party which includes music, entertainment and 35 + awesome race vendors.

Two Community Hubs were established in under - resourced communities in Baltimore to provide and coordinate services for families with children birth to five.

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

Particularly in the process embraced by Open Adoption & Family Services, each parent, expectant and adoptive, has had an honest and authentic opportunity to reflect on their choice to parent or not, and to be supported through this process with dignity, resources and ultimately respect for their chosen role in a child's life.

[1] For a fantastic resource on mindfulness applied to parenting, check out Carla Naumburg's Ready, Set, Breathe: Practicing Mindfulness with Your Children for Fewer Meltdowns and a More Peaceful FamiFor a fantastic resource on mindfulness applied to parenting, check out Carla Naumburg's Ready, Set, Breathe: Practicing Mindfulness with Your Children for Fewer Meltdowns and a More Peaceful Famifor Fewer Meltdowns and a More Peaceful Family.

The resources below provide information on supports for foster parents, the fundamentals of parenting children in foster care, working together with birth families, and adopting a child from foster child.

The LaChris Connection Recognizing how critical respite care has been for them, Louise and her husband Mike created The LaChris Connection (named in memory of two of her children, Laura and Chris), which is dedicated to «relieving families of the time - consuming searches for the resources needed by families of children with disabilities.»

We help adoptive families with educational resources, provide a community of adoptees for our children and young adults; an online and offline adoptive family support structure stretching across the United States and around the world, in regional chapters, on down to local Parent Organized Districts and one - on - one family support.

While it is an important blog for any parent with a special needs child, it is also an important central resource that allows everyone to learn more about some extraordinary kids and families.

Checking in with a psychologist is also a great way for parents to find out about support groups and other local resources available to families of gifted children.

Earlier this year, we saw that Belly Armor — the definitive resource for expecting mothers and families to protect their children against the harmful effects of everyday radiation — launched a new line of infant hats with radiation shielding fabric.

A trusted resource for families everywhere, WebMD is working with the Child Mind Institute to provide its users with actionable information on childhood mental health and learning disorders.

At 12:10 p.m., US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will volunteer at the Commission on Economic Opportunity's Family Resource Center to help make holiday cards with children for service members stationed at Fort Drum and across the country, 2245 Old Sixth Ave., Troy.

List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI - Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC • Center for Independence of the Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement

The PPMD community resource center is meant to be a one - stop resource for every child, adult, and family living with Duchenne.

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and the Pediatric Weight Management Clinic team is committed to providing your family with the treatment, education, support and resources needed for your child to achieve and maintain a healthy weight.

We have a refrigerator stocked full of healthy options, but with the demands of raising a family and children's activities, sometimes we just don't have the time to prepare a meal with them and instead opt for a quick fix from a not so healthy resource.

Austin Texas About Blog Cerebral Palsy Family Network is a non profit organization, whose mission is to provide medical and legal resources for families and their children with cerebral palsy.

While the association between poverty and slower development is well known, the study, «Change in Family Income - to - Needs Matters More for Children with Less,» published in the November / December issue of Child Development, is the first to examine changes in economic resources within...

While the association between poverty and slower development is well known, the study, «Change in Family Income - to - Needs Matters More for Children with Less,» published in the November / December issue of Child Development, is the first to examine changes in economic resources within families as opposed to measuring the difference between families.

Yet we should also concede that intact families, communities with strong social capital, and households with plentiful resources for good health care, healthy meals, enrichment programs, and the like give affluent children an advantage that most of their poor peers will never be able to overcome.

Specifically to: 1) collaborate with Crittenton Women's Union (CWU) to create video resources that demonstrate its family skill - building model as a means of building adult capabilities to improve child outcomes; 2) create an initial set of materials for practitioners and leaders of family service - provision systems to be used with caregivers to improve serve - and - return interaction as well as self - regulation and executive function skills; and 3) test these materials as part of a qualitative needs assessment of practitioners who wish to build the capabilities of adults who care for children birth - to - five, with an emphasis on birth - to - three.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

The NEA marks National Autism Awareness Month by publicizing its ASD resources for teachers and families, including The Puzzle of Autism, a guide to assist educators, inform parents, offer ways to help identify the typical characteristics of ASDs, and provide ideas for ways to work successfully with children who have the disability.

For example, some sites may already have available resources for implementing a particular intervention, or they may allow a duration and frequency of contact with children and families that can make intervention more effectiFor example, some sites may already have available resources for implementing a particular intervention, or they may allow a duration and frequency of contact with children and families that can make intervention more effectifor implementing a particular intervention, or they may allow a duration and frequency of contact with children and families that can make intervention more effective.