Administration for Children and Families

significant role in their daily activity. More than 90 percent of the Spanish-speaking people are Roman Catholics. In recent years there has been a significant growth in other faith denominations within the U.S. Hispanic community. The church guides the family life as well as the community affairs by according spiritual meaning to the Hispanic culture. Each local community holds celebrations in favor of their patron saint 's day with greater significance and formality than what individuals do…

creativity within the classroom, it could also hinder the ability for some to receive the full education necessary to prepare them to succeed at university level learning. This initiative would transform schools into machines focused on creating children who are only taught skills necessary to pass a certain test. Dickinson, G., Kimmel, S., & Doll, C. (2015). Common core and common good: Educational standards and the future of libraries.…

to her children, and would shortly lose her life to it in 1994 (Lucas, S. & Medhurst, M., 2009). Elizabeth, who during her speech, referred to herself as the “strange spokesperson” for such a group – was a well-to-do white woman. After all, Americans during this time persisted in stigmatizing it as an affliction of non-whites, drug addicts, low socio-economic status peoples and/or gay men (Lucas, S. & Medhurst, M., 2009). Elizabeth started out just a mom, fighting for the life of her children…

is known as the pioneer of consumer activism. He was the first at the Food and Drug Administration, where he became known as the "Father of the Pure Food and Drugs Act". Wiley was born in 1844 on a frontier farm in Indiana. He spent his adolescence years planting and harvesting crops. His father was a humble school teacher who believed that all children should have basic education. He was one of the few in his family to go to college. He excelled in medicine and received a medical degree from…

safe and protect children from being neglected and abused. Children live in foster care homes for a few days or few years before getting adopting by a family. Every child who enters the foster care system does not have a mental disorder. Every foster child has his or her issues, but does not mean they have problems. Children enter the foster care system are prescribes with powerful drugs called Psychotropic medications. In the article “Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Children in Foster…

weeks before Christmas of 1979, over the plight of the American hostages, the media which was already giving daily reports on the government’s release attempts, hostage updates or the effects on the families of the hostages was now playing on the emotional stat of America by televising reports of children sending the hostages Christmas cards and of President Carter suspending the lighting of the national Christmas tree (Skow, 1981). These insights…

I am seeking admission to the Region One Integrated Leadership Program because I am now pursuing a leadership role in administration to better help our educators better serve our children. I have been working as a 5th grade teacher for 7 years now and at the end of each school year I reflect on my growth as their educator and my student’s growth and their learning. As a future administrator I strongly believe that in order to achieve results one must be able to analyze student data base on…

national income fell 50%, and economic challenges led to an increased rate of divorce and separation rates. In addition, fewer families had children and a more liberal attitude toward birth control was developed (1). Unemployment was a…

assessment, planning and patient care plan administration within an inter-professional setting P RISCILLA ANTWI OSEI…

better. FLOTUS, Michelle Obama is striving to create a better country by promoting healthy families and eating habits along with better access to education. Michelle Obama is influential because of her position. She is the First Lady and her husband Barack Obama is the President of the United States. There are so many things that she have done within her position and she has chosen to help children and families. She focuses on…