* Homes that are fostering a child with serious behavior problems, particularly if the behavior is violent or could be perceived as a danger to other members of the foster family. Improving children's experiences in foster care: foster parent ideas Twenty percent of families indicated that they ...
Each day, our students were inspired by the daily prompts, which ranged from simple shapes and objects to more age-appropriate imaginative themes. Using ink pens, markers, and other drawing tools, they brought these prompts to life in their...
The other course began with reconstruction, but I spent the first day of class giving the background information to the reconstruction era, so I got to read Lincoln’s address to them also. In fact three years ago, I was substituting in a second grade classroom. I had my copy of the ...
I’m in a place in my life where my 30th birthday is just a few months away, I’m done {almost} with graduate school, I’m done fostering for a very long time, and I’ve adopted the children we fought for for two years. I can care about myself again. I should have cared more...
This blog will share just a few ideas to help bridge the human-to-human gap and bring your team a bit closer together, even when it cannot yet be face-to-face.
(From the Drupal issue queue: Why "guys" isn't gender-neutral in our community") Other challenging word choices (e.g., "let's pow-wow," "he's crazy") are easily replaced by research, which then leads to more understanding about indigenous rights, mental health, physical abilities, ...
“I make an effort to check in on what’s merged in Gutenberg’s GitHub repository every other day,” Birgit explains. She also keeps a habit of immediately creating notes when future publication ideas pop up. For example, she always works on the weekly Weekend Edition articles since the pr...
and simply spreading the word about the dog to anyone who will listen. Prospective adopters will have the opportunity to come and meet the dog in a home setting. All adoptions take place at the shelter. (If you are placing dogs directly from your home, a kennel license may be required be...
Finally, in the realm of using language to foster inclusion and diversity, it is important to use language to explore and validate feelings.It is our job (as adults) to provide emotional support for children and to help them navigate their feelings, especially in relation to hearing a word/...
1Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Video Games...