BOB EDWARDS
In transformative classrooms, teachers foster just communities in which children from a variety of backgrounds engage with each other as they take on diverse perspectives. Through stories we can expand our horizons as we illuminate differences and also unite through commonalities. Witnessing the wisdom ...
Many children in need in foster care both in Illinois and nationally did not receive mental health services, but the proportion was larger in Illinois than nationally. The largest difference was in the proportion of children in foster care who received services from a mental health center or ...
Another example is a boy named Victor who was discovered foraging for roots and acorns in the woods near Aveyron, France in 1799. He appeared to be about eleven or twelve years old, but he didn’t speak. He was taken to Paris, where he resembled a human only in appearance. Victor beha...
By integrating outdoor activities into children’s lives, we can help them develop resilience, improve their overall well-being, and foster a lifelong appreciation for nature. In a world that often feels fast-paced andstressful, the simple act of playing outside can be a powerful ...
The Home Office is no friend of child rights, and does not foster the societal values that break down discrimination and harm. It instead creates harms of its own making, and division by design. I’m going to quote Graham Smith, for I cannot word it better. “Harms to society, feature...
A Children's Theatre performed by kids, for kids is the credo of the Young Performers Theatre (YPT) that was founded to inspire a love of the performing arts in children "at the youngest possible age." Their Theatre Arts Academy welcomes children as young as three years old to learn the...
in foster care proceedings in the state of Maryland and DC. During which time I conducted hundreds of interviews of children for their legal proceedings. I then transitioned into a attorney for Kids in Need of Defense, which a nonprofit organization that works with child refugees and assists ...
The arrest came soon after Antonio Hopkins, who worked for Aunt Martha's through a third-party security firm, was also arrested and charged with abuse of a child. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services started investigating the case last August, but didn't stop sending kids ...
“This story came to me in a single moment while at the funeral of a former student…The characters here don’t represent any one person, but several people in my life who had stories to tell and didn’t know how to find someone to listen.” Schmitt lives in Oswego, Illinois, with ...