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Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity & Nutrition

September 18, 2009 by Lisa Rice

We Can!™ stands for Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity & Nutrition. We Can! is a national education program designed for parents and caregivers to help children 8-13 years old stay at a healthy weight.

Parents and caregivers are the primary influencers for this age group. We Can! offers parents and families tips and fun activities to encourage healthy eating, increase physical activity and reduce sedentary or screen time.

It also offers community groups and health professionals resources to implement programs and fun activities for parents and youth in communities around the country.

Four of the National Institutes of Health have come together to bring you We Can! The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in collaboration with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Cancer Institute have combined their unique resources and activities as part of We Can!

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/whats-we-can/index.htm

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Quest for Excellence Award Nominations

September 17, 2009 by Lisa Rice

The School-Age Notes Foundation is seeking nominations for the Quest for Excellence Award to be presented at the 2010 NAA conference in Washington, D.C. This award is exclusively for front line staff members who work directly with children daily in an after-school program.

Nominees must have been employed in the program for at least two years and work a minimum of 10 hours a week for a school-age care program that meets five days a week. The nominee must be available to attend the award ceremony at the conference.

The application must be submitted by a supervisor, parent, board member or fellow teacher.

To down load a nomination form, go to:

http://www.schoolagenotesfoundation.org/

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Thinkfinity – Resources for Afterschool Educators

September 17, 2009 by Lisa Rice

Thinkfinity.org is a free comprehensive digital learning platform that provides high-quality, standards-based educational resources for K-12 educators, students, parents, and after school providers. Thinkfinity is a collaborative project between several national and international educational institutions and the Verizon Foundation. There are two major aspects to this project: a free Web site that provides educational materials and a free training program that is implemented locally by state-based partners.

http://www.thinkfinity.org/AfterSchoolHome.aspx

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Time Out Fuels Classroom Performance

September 17, 2009 by Lisa Rice

Good resource for Afterschool too!
Time Out Fuels Classroom Performance (they do not mean sitting in time out!)

This is a great resource from the National Wildlife Federation.

Time Out Fuels Classroom Performance

Logo_smallFor kids these days, back to school sometimes means back indoors. In fact, the opposite should be the case—National Wildlife Federation WF has compiled vast research connecting the dots between classroom performance and time outdoors. 

The new parent and teacher guide, called TIME OUT: Using the Outdoors to Enhance Classroom Performance shares the science behind developmental gaps, nutrition and physical activity implications, and offers solutions to connect the indoor generation back to nature.

The guide is available through NWF’s Be Out There campaign.
The report also features Green Hour’s Top 10 ways to Be Out There — even after school starts!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

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Do you know a Tucson woman who could use $2,000 to further her education?

September 17, 2009 by Lisa Rice

Each year women who have primary financial responsibility for their families struggle to find decent paying jobs that might cover their expenses.  Many of these women are motivated to increase their education or training but do not have the resources to do so.  Maybe they have money for tuition, but that doesn’t cover childcare, transportation or books.

The Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Awards are designed to help these women.  The Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Awards are cash awards given to women who are seeking to improve their economic status by gaining additional skills, training or education.  These awards are not scholarships, but rather cash awards to offset any costs associated with their efforts to attain higher education, including tuition, books, supplies, childcare or transportation costs.  The program starts on a local level with a cash award of $2,000.  It then goes on to regional and international competitions where the award money reaches $15,000.

The Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Award is the major service project of Soroptimist International of the Americas.  Soroptimist International of Desert Tucson is one of 1,500 clubs that make up Soroptimist International of the Americas, a volunteer organization for business and professional women committed to improving the lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world.

for more information visit their website at http://www.sideserttucson.org/

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Fixing Arizona’s Broken Budget Lecture by CAA President and CEO

September 17, 2009 by Lisa Rice

Join Children’s Action Alliance President and CEO Dana Wolfe Naimark Tuesday, September 29th at 5:00 p.m. for Fixing Arizona’s Broken Budget hosted by ASU’s School of Social Transformation.

Location: ASU Tempe Campus, Memorial Union, Pima Room 230.

Please see flyer for more details.

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What Is the Relationship Between ADHD and Self-Control?

September 15, 2009 by Lisa Rice

Why do kids with ADHD space out on some things and hyperfocus on others? How come they are able to sustain attention on activities they enjoy? Dr. Sam Goldstein explains that ADHD is more a problem of self-control than attention.
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From a great resource: LD Online, the world’s leading website on learning disabilities and ADHD.

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Take a Child Outside Week

September 15, 2009 by Lisa Rice

Take a Child Outside Week

September 24—September 30, 2009

Take A Child Outside Week is a program designed to help break down obstacles that keep children from discovering the natural world. By arming parents, teachers and other caregivers with resources on outdoor activities, our goal is to help children across the country develop a better understanding and appreciation of the environment in which they live, and a burgeoning enthusiasm for its exploration.

Going outside:

  • connects children to the natural world
  • helps kids focus in school
  • reduces chances of obesity

So take a child outside!

You can:

Come, be a part of this national movement!

http://takeachildoutside.org/

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Making the Case: 2009 Fact Sheet on Children and Youth in Out-of-School Time

September 9, 2009 by Lisa Rice

The National Institute on Out-of-School Time publishes an annual fact sheet to assist advocates in making the case for increased investments in out-of-school time programming.

http://www.niost.org/pdf/factsheet2009.pdf

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Raising the Bar: Quality Improvement Systems for Youth Programs

September 9, 2009 by Lisa Rice

Out-of-school programs can help children improve their academic and social skills, but only if managers improve staff “point of service” interactions with children and youth. This Forum for Youth Investment commentary draws lessons from successful programs in Michigan and Chicago.

http://www.forumfyi.org/files/OSTPC15.pdf

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