Today begins Social Work Month around the 2013 theme, “Weaving Threads of Resilience and Advocacy: The Power of Social Work.” As the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) explains, social work is the profession of hope—fueled by resilience and advocacy. Social Workers matter because they help millions of struggling people every day dream differently. My leadership as [...]
Traumatic stress on children is an important issue in child welfare, yet it is still oftentimes overlooked or misunderstood. While traumas are events involving threat or danger, they do not actually have to be violent. In fact, the perception that something terrible could happen can cause an event to be traumatic and makes diagnosis more [...]
Some of the most prominent, world-changing inventors have had some of the biggest imaginations. Take Henry Ford, for instance. Had Henry Ford thought about transportation like everyone else, he likely would have focused on creating faster horses rather than revolutionizing the transportation industry. Higher education could take a lesson from Ford. The higher education landscape [...]
Preschool classrooms often have students who differ in age and developmental level. Some kids have already mastered all the preschool skills and competencies we believe will help them in kindergarten. Every year, unfortunately, more than 1.3 million children enter kindergarten behind on Day 1. More than one-third of America’s young children enter kindergarten lacking the [...]
Today begins the celebration of Black History Month in February. Our goal is to highlight the importance of Black American lives through a series of Read-in events. February 2013 marks the 24th National African American Read-in sponsored by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Also known as the African [...]
Posted Fri Mar 1, 2013 by Jean K. Quam in Build Family Resilience
