WVDE Education Data

This is a new website developed by the WVDE where you can access some WV education data.  

http://wvde.state.wv.us/zoomwv/

From WV System of Care

Our website is West Virginia's source for evidence-based, "values-to-practice" Learning Tools!

Resources families, youth and professionals can use to help build their skills and make meaningful changes in key areas.

Find all the Toolkits Here (including "West Virginia's Alphabet Soup" acronym glossary, now available on our website!)

I put this on the blog because the article lists core social/emotional skills that students must have to be successful in school or employment.  It's a good check list of skills for us to review periodically with each student.

Kay

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vicki-zakrzewski-phd/how-to-integrate-socialem_b_4777457.html

How to Incorporate Social Emotional Learning into the Common Core

Linda

Linda Anderson, MPH

School Health Technical Assistance Center

Marshall University

304-544-3917

www.wvshtac.org

• A Guide to Inform Local Efforts to Support and Affirm LGBTQI2-S Children, Youth, and Families --  Are you a service provider, educator, community member, or other individual who wants to support the health and well-being of children and youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, and/or two-spirit (LGBTQI2-S) and their families? Then this webinar is for you! The presenters shared information, including tips from a just-released guide to promote full and affirming inclusion of LGBTQI2-S youth and families in system of care communities. Online you can  access this guide, which the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) has endorsed.

 Click here for webinar presentation (view with VLC; click here to download) 

The Team Response to Child Abuse
April 3-4, 2014
Lakeview Resort, Morgantown, WV 

Registration is now available for WVCAN's first statewide conference. Please see the attached brochure or visit our website to register. 

http://wvcan.org/event/wvcan-2014-conference-the-team-response-to-child-abuse/

Please feel free to share this information with interested colleagues. The registration deadline is March 18. Contact me with any questions. 

Thanks, 

Jessica Auxier

Training & Education Coordinator 

Phone- 304.414.4456

Fax- 304.414.4457

West Virginia Child Advocacy Network

   

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The February issue of The Scientific Mind magazine, states, "Childhood play is crucial for social, emotional and cognitive development...studies suggest that lack of opportunity for unstructured, imaginative play can keep children from growing into happy, well adjusted adults." Play is considered a form of communication and developmental growth.  Play Therapy is a therapeutic approach designed to use playto assist children to resolve social, emotional and behavioral problems as well as teach skill development. 

To learn more about Play Therapy please follow the link below and watch the video. For more info you may visit the following websites:

www.A4pt.org

www.wvapt.com   WV Association for Play Therapy

Introducing Andrew

Community Health Vote is excited to announce its new website –www.communityhealthvote.net.  Launched today, the site features a wealth of national and state resources designed for health centers to incorporate voter registration into their services, including ACA health insurance enrollment. The Community Health Vote Websitecontains a Health Center Voter Registration Toolkit that can be downloaded in as well as voter registration guides for all 50 states and answers to frequently asked questions about voter registration in the states. We have also worked with Rock the Vote to create a simple online voter registration platform that can be accessed by just a click from the ACA online marketplace or on any computer, tablet, or smartphone with a printer. On Wednesday, January 22nd at 2 PM Eastern, we will be hosting a national webinar to provide an introduction to the Community Health Vote website, its training resources and online voter registration platform. We invite you to attend this free webinar and learn how you and your health center can participate in Community Health Vote this year. Register here. As may know, Community Health Vote is a project begun in 2008 supported by the National Association of Community Health Centers, the Fair Elections Legal Network, and Nonprofit VOTE. The goal of Community Health Vote is to involve as many Federally Qualified Health Center organizations (FQHCs) as possible in integrating nonpartisan voter registration efforts and engaging their over 22 million patients. In 2012, over 180 health centers reported registering or updating registrations for over 25,000 people and collecting some 10,000 additional “pledge to vote” contacts. The results were dramatic, with those registered or contacted by health centers turning out to vote at a rate 6% higher than the general population. A result made even more significant given the fact that health center patient populations are among the least likely to vote. In addition to the health centers that have participated in nonpartisan voter registration activities as part of Community Health Vote in the past, many centers also offer ongoing voter registration assistance as part of their Medicaid and WIC application and renewal process to comply with the National Voter Registration Act.  As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) brings millions of Americans to health centers to enroll in health insurance, we have a unique opportunity to integrate voter registration into these and other health center services. Nonpartisan voter engagement can help health centers meet their organization’s mission and maximize effectiveness by educating and engaging the public. By fully and energetically working to engage staff, board, and patients, health centers can help ensure that the promise of our democracy is fully realized. The Community Health Vote program is conducted in a completely nonpartisan manner in compliance with the law governing their 501c3 status. In the meantime, if you have questions or want more information, contact Marc Wetherhorn at mwetherhorn@communityhealthvote.net or 540-942-3862. www.SaveOurCHCs.org www.communityhealthvote.net  www.facebook.com/cfahc                 www.twitter.com/cfahc     Sign up for health center advocacy text messages: text ADVOCATE to 69866 You are subscribed to Campaign For America's Health Centers, a project of the National Association of Community Health Centers, as krmit_1999@yahoo.com. Click here to unsubscribe

Save the Date!

2014 Spring CE Conference for Social Workers

April 30, May 1 & 2, 2014, Charleston (WV) Civic Center

Call for Proposals form download

WVCAN 2014 Conference: The Team Response to Child Abuse Save the Date!   April 3-4, 2014 Lakeview Resort   Morgantown, WV The West Virginia Child Advocacy Network's first statewide conference is coming this spring. This conference will be an opportunity for professionals working in the child abuse field to receive training and updates, as well as network with others.  CEUs will be requested for the following professions: Addiction and Prevention, Counseling, Domestic Violence, Education, Law Enforcement, Legal, Nursing, Physicians, Psychology, Social Work.  Be on the lookout!  Conference registration information will be distributed in the next month.   WVCAN is the state coalition of Children's Advocacy Centers. Click here to find a center in your area.  For more information:  jauxier@wvcan.org  304-414-4456 FOLLOW US ON: