Sentences with phrase «strong cultural foundation»

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The program seeks to deliver its curriculum through a dynamic, interactive, and collaborative learning environment and provides learners with a strong theoretical foundation in the field of mental health counseling and knowledge and skills in associated areas of wellness theory and research, relationship building, assessment and treatment, cultural competence, and ethical practice.

Children's development of the cognitive and social skills needed for later success in school may be best supported by a parenting style known as responsive parenting.1 Responsiveness is an aspect of supportive parenting described across different theories and research frameworks (e.g. attachment, socio - cultural) as playing an important role in providing a strong foundation for children to develop optimally.2 - 4 Parenting that provides positive affection and high levels of warmth and is responsive in ways that are contingently linked to a young child's signals («contingent responsiveness») are the affective - emotional aspects of a responsive style.5 These aspects, in combination with behaviours that are cognitively responsive to the child's needs, including the provision of rich verbal input and maintaining and expanding on the child's interests, provide the range of support necessary for multiple aspects of a child's learning.6

That downtown foundation consists of a strong economy, a tight office market and a growing residential base coupled with plenty of historical, cultural and entertainment attractions.