As much as we can instill cultural competency training within teachers and school staff, implicit bias exists within the classroom1. As much as we work through it, it naturally exists among humans. If the teacher is the first person to recommend a child for the gifted program, but their ...
Johnson’s medical studies and training took her from Virginia to California to Oregon, where she eventually became one of the founding physicians of Oregon’s Breast Health Center. She recently served as the president of the American Society of Breast Surgeons and is currently the medical director...
As part of our collaborative actions with international ME advocacy organizations along withour participationin the global day for health equality for ME/CFS#MillionsMissing, Japan ME Association has co-signed an open letter to the WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from the Interna...
View Advocacy Posts Work With Me Today, Ryan Goodman is working with members of the agriculture community as afreelance consultant.Please reach outif you have any need for a virtual keynote speaker, training workshop facilitator, panel moderator, or one-on-one consulting for advocacy, communicatio...
It’s been a long training day, with two more ahead of us. I’m looking forward to more discussions with industry friends and other fellow mechanics. More to come…
Many outdoor spaces have seen increased tourist traffic in recent years, threatening delicate ecosystems and straining available resources. Education is key to promoting best practices outdoors. © George Rose / Lonely Planet What is the Outdoor Advocacy Project?
Myth 6: Sleep training studies can inform us about long-term effects on child wellbeing. Most sleep training research studies whether an intervention is effective at shutting down the baby so parents get more sleep. These studies typically do not study effects on baby development and wellbein...
By Cathy Jameson Parents of special needs children play many roles. Some roles come naturally to them while others take time to learn. One role is being an advocate. The more involved a parent becomes in their child’s education, in...
This tall tale, often told by Teach for America types go something like this. After five weeks of training, this natural born teacher who just graduated from Harvard comes to work in a high needs school and immediately he is able to motivate every student in his 7th grade class located in...
This bears repeating. And I think its a challenge in communication that people who have been through PhD training often have (myself included). Part of the professionalization of being a scholar is the move from [advocate to analyst] (even in soft/social sciences that often have an advocacy...