National Poison Prevention Week, the third week in March each year, is a week nationally designated to highlight the dangers of poisonings and how to prevent them. However, every day people can and do prevent poisonings. We invite you to review the information compiled by the Poison Prevention Week Council and become actively involved in [...]
February 28 – March 6, 2010 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. If you are an individual living with an eating disorder (such as anorexia or bulima), a family member, or a friend looking to offer support to a loved one, or a treatment professional looking to help others, check out the National Eating Disorders [...]
September 25, 2009 – 5:38 am
Here is a helpful and informative parent handout that describes “Everyday Ways” parents can help their young children get ready for the school years.
September 22, 2009 – 5:33 am
ZERO TO THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, has a web-based, interactive learning tool designed to help parents and caregivers support their young children’s early learning. You’ll find age-based information on how children develop the four key skills–language and literacy skills, thinking skills, self-confidence and self-control–that are critical to later school success. Click [...]
As young people move into their teens, parents face seemingly endless challenges to ensure their adolescents’ health and safety – an increasingly difficult and stressful task as teens push for more independence. Parents want to ensure that their teens make the right choices, hang out with the “right” people, and live productive, alcohol- and drug-free [...]
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. CSEFEL is a national resource center funded by the Office of Head Start and Child Care Bureau for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early [...]
The Michigan Project Great Start is all about Michigan’s youngest children, ages birth to age three. On the left hand side of the site, you can click on Tools for Parents and find information and material to help give your child a great start. There is a place to order R.E.A.D.Y. kits for parents, family [...]
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