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Assists practitioners who work in a wide range of settings to understand the critical role of family acceptance and rejection in contributing to the health and well-being of adolescents who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. The intent of the resource is to help practitioners implement best practices in engaging and helping families and caregivers to support their LGBT children.
Describes the difficulties that first-generation college students face in applying to colleges and universities as well as finishing their higher education. The report covers financial challenges, racial disparities, and challenges with familial support.
Demonstrates the many ways Ontario’s universities, students, faculty and staff are improving their communities through partnerships that spark service learning or community-based opportunities that enrich the learning experience and also improve lives. This report also touches on the economic impact of universities – locally, provincially and nationally.
Offers a foundation for understanding child maltreatment and the roles and responsibilities of various practitioners in its prevention, identification, investigation, and treatment. Guide includes an overview of partnerships and how to build, sustain, and measure success.
Summarizes the points made in President Obama's 2014 State of the Union Address, in which he reinforced the message that education plays an important role in our country. Includes excerpts from the speech, education priorities, and details about educators and students present in the first lady's viewing area.
Informs educators about the impact of deployment on military families and to provide them with strategies of overcoming the challenges their students face. Describes phases of deployment, stress that may occur during deployment, and ways in which teachers can offer support.
Presents a comprehensive overview of issues facing LGBTQ students in higher education in the US and those seeking to ‘queer the academy’ through incorporating LGBTQ content into curricula. It highlights unanticipated problems such as a closeted gay man being harassed by those who are more ‘out’, and faculty and staff telling students not to list a certificate in LGBTQ studies on a resume.
Provides a unifying framework for schools, families, and communities to understand, select, and organize their learning supports (i.e., strategies, programs, and practices used to create conditions to enhance learning).
Summarizes what is currently known about the nation’s military children and families and presents ideas and proposals pertinent to the formulation of new programs and the policies that would create and sustain these initiatives. Findings suggest that such programs should build on the resilience of military children and families in order to best maintain and enhance their health and positive development.