Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara County – The Rotary Club of Santa Barbara recognized teacher Jill Egar for her care and devotion to the special education preschool students she serves in the Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD). At the Rotary Club’s luncheon on April 15, 2022, […]
Program will estimate costs needed for Common Start legislation (H. 605 / P. 362) A UMass Boston-based interdisciplinary team of researchers has launched a new research project that will build a cost simulator to inform policy recommendations around universal child care. The simulator will model the amount of funding required by the Common Start legislation […]
By Laura Miller, Senior Director of Family Engagement at United Way of Greater Atlanta At United Way of Greater Atlanta, we are focused on the well-being of children, families and communities across Greater Atlanta. When you are able to say that children are doing well in the community, it’s a great indicator that those communities […]
Little lag: Autistic children with language regression begin speaking in phrases at about the same age as those without regression. Pixel Effect / iStock Autistic children who show language regression — a loss of language skills in early childhood — do not necessarily have communication problems later on, a new study finds. In fact, in […]
By Cathy Jameson I’ve stayed active watching vaccine bills locally and across the country for many years now, voicing my concerns when I can. I’m borrowing my own words that I shared 2 years ago: I never used to pay attention to politics when I was younger. I knew the basics and recognized who sat […]
Katrina Chen, provincial minister of state for child care, speaks with a Vancouver Island University early education student at a funding announcement. (Black Press Media file photo) More spots for early childhood education students coming to Camosun College Provincial funding allowing for 24 additional spaces Camosun College will be able to prepare more students to […]
Between 2018 and 2021, 13 public post-secondary institutions in BC added 1,003 early childhood student places. More than two-thirds of the additional places were earmarked for rural and remote communities to ensure early childhood education (ECE) students across the province had access to ECE training places. North: Northern Lights College: 74 additional ECE student placesCollege […]
Back in 2007, Shafali Jeste met with the mother of a boy she had seen when she was a pediatric neurologist at Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts. The boy had autism, along with atypical facial features and severe learning and movement problems. Testing had revealed a rare genetic variant, Jeste explained to the woman, but […]
SINGAPORE – Ms. Sulochanah Kanapathy’s student was four years old but couldn’t say a word. But Ms. Sulochanah, 47, was determined to help and taught the child with special needs to speak his first words. The teacher at Ramakrishna Mission Sarada Kindergarten went a step further by making home visits, providing the child with additional […]
After the House of Representatives passed the $ 1.75 trillion Build Back Better package of education, health care, workers and other social benefits and passed it on to the Senate, the US is ready to improve access to early childhood education on a sustainable basis. “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say this is […]
The board would consist of 13 government officials, including 12 from the private sector Montgomery County Council is due to enact law on Tuesday to establish a nonprofit organization dedicated to early childhood education. According to the bill, the company is tasked with making recommendations to district officials on how to expand access to “quality […]
Early diagnosis of autism is key to ensuring a good quality of life for a child on the spectrum. Research shows that there are cognitive, communicative, and behavioral benefits to having a child diagnosed at a young age and being able to use interventions. However, a new study notes that if you want to make […]
