Mental Health Disorders in Children and Youth Mental health in childhood means reaching developmental and emotional milestones, and learning healthy social skills and how to cope when there are problems. The good news is that early diagnosis and treatment lead to better outcomes for children later in life. Mental disorders among children are described as serious changes in the way children typically learn, behave, or handle their emotions, which cause distress and problems getting through … [Read more...]
Children’s Mental Health Matters
January 6, 2022 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: CHILDCARE, CONTRIBUTORS, WOMENS HEALTH ISSUES Tagged With: a Path to Mental Health, children, kids learning, mental health
Children’s Literacy: Raising the Bar – October 2 at Princeton U
September 29, 2012 by Team Celebration
Good jobs in the nation's 21st century economy require advanced literacy skills such as categorizing, evaluating, and drawing conclusions from written texts. The adoption of the Common Core State Standards by nearly all states, combined with tough literacy assessments that are now under development, will demonstrate that the literacy skills of average students fall below international standards and that the gap in literacy skills between students from advantaged and disadvantaged families is … [Read more...]
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