Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id NAA14190; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:51:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:51:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <NCBBKFFJEKBIIPDOPFOGGEGEDAAA.nsledd@famlit.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Nancy Sledd" <nsledd@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:2851] Excerpts from Connect For Kids Weekly - April 10, 2000 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 5444 Lines: 127 ********************************************** Connect for Kids Weekly--April 10, 2000 ********************************************** **Parenting from Behind the Walls by Julee Newberger Through a family literacy program, books become links between incarcerated parents and children. And learning together becomes a part of families' everyday lives. http://www.connectforkids.org **Invention Can Be a Kids Game by Julee Newberger Inventor Ronald Riley created a Web site to bolster kids' natural creativity, and to encourage kids who feel like they don't belong. http://www.connectforkids.org **Get What You Pay For -- Lobby for Kids Remember -- one constituent voice can help tip the scales in favor of ordinary families. A handwritten letter to your Congressional office is the most effective citizen lobbying tool, but you can find instant letter-writing help on education issues from the National PTA. <http://www.pta.org/programs/BeAdvocate.htm> You may also try a new instant e-mail system to voice your opinion on education, health care or gun control issues. http://www.lobbyforme.com/default.asp **Sharpen Your Advocacy Skills The Children's Defense Fund offers the 2000 Congressional Workbook, a primer about how a bill becomes a law and how you can work the process for kids. Cost: $8.00, plus S&H. Contact Amy Judge (202-662-3576 or ajudge@childrensdefense.org). ******************************************** EDUCATION - WHAT DO TEACHERS, PARENTS AND VOTERS WANT? **What Teachers Say According to the latest Phi Delta Kappa poll, teachers want parents to be more involved with their kids' learning, including reading to their toddlers, while parents want teachers to do a better job at discipline in school. An analysis <http://www.pdkintl.org/edres/resbul26.htm> and a summary <http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/klan0004.htm> are both online. Find more resources on the health of our nation's children and families by looking up "Health" in Connect for Kids' Topics A-Z. http://www.connectforkids.org/homepage1543/index.htm **Take a Stand The "Family Opportunity Act," designed to help parents of children with severe disabilities and special health needs through Medicaid expansion, was introduced in the Senate March 22. Contact the National Parent Network on Disabilities (202-463-2299) for details. NPND also has information on a recent Government Accounting Office report on Medicaid reimbursements for school-based services, which includes testimony about the importance of maintaining Medicaid support for such services for kids with special needs. http://www.npnd.org FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES **Funding for Rural Community Schools Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota and Texas are the lucky pilot states for the Rural Community Schools Rebuilding Initiative, encouraging lenders to offer interest-free loans for school repairs, new equipment, development of course materials and teacher training in Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities. Call your USDA Rural Development State office (in the blue pages of your phone book) for more information. **Grants for Mental Health Programs The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Youth Violence Prevention Grant Program funds programs to promote healthy development, enhance resilience, and prevent violence and substance abuse. Scroll down to item SM-00-005. http://www.samhsa.gov/GRANT/0100titles.htm REPORTS IN BRIEF **Partners in Transition: Adolescents and Managed Care Children Now identifies ways that health plans can address teen concerns about confidentiality, embarrassment and other barriers to better health care. http://www.childrennow.org/health/partners/index.html **Vocational Education in the U.S.: Toward the Year 2000 The National Center for Education Statistics reports on the status of vocational education in the new millennium. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000029 **What has Welfare Reform Accomplished? This paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research evaluates the effectiveness of recent welfare reforms, investigating the effects of both state-specific waivers in the early 1990s and the 1996 federal reform legislation. http://papers.nber.org/papers/W7627 ** Community Health Centers Must Adapt to Changing Health Care Environment Community health centers may be the only clinics in some areas with underserved populations, but the shifting health care environment is putting them at risk. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/he00039.pdf **Long-Lasting Effects from Iron Deficiency in Infancy This Pediatrics article documents poorer behavioral and developmental outcomes for kids more than 10 years after treatment for iron deficiency in infancy. http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/abstract/105/4/e51 **Anxiety Disorders Understudied With all the attention to attention deficit disorders, the equally troubling and prevalent childhood anxiety disorders lack clear definition and research. http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v283n13/full/jmn0405-2.html If you're a community builder, you'll find helpful manuals on how to implement successful community-level programs on the Connect for Kids "Community Building" topic page. http://www.connectforkids.org/homepage1543/index.htm Nancy Sledd Training Specialist National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main Street, Suite #200 Waterfront Plaza Louisville, KY 40202-4251 (502) 584-1133 ext.142 (502) 584-0172 fax
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