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Kicked Out of Preschool Update
October 8, 2008
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
-Winston Churchill
-Winston Churchill
Our ExchangeEveryDay for July 17, "Kicked Out of Preschool," generated more comments than nearly any other issue. Now we can report on this topic with a positive spin. According to the Yale Child Study Center, Delaware has the fourth highest rate for preschool expulsions — 13 children for every 1,000 enrolled in child care, reports the Delaware News Journal.
That could change, however, as a result of a $9 million grant from the Center for Mental Health Services in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The money will be used to teach parents how to bond with their emotionally disturbed children through parent-child interaction therapy. This therapy is said to improve relationships, increase children's pro-social behavior, and improve parenting skills.
About 60 families annually will receive in-home treatment and about 85 families will be served as outpatients at a therapist's office. The effort will focus on troubled children, typically 2 to 5 years old, who often act out in aggressive ways, such as by hitting other children, pulling other children's hair, or throwing things across the room.
Are you stressed out by children with challenging behavior? What about long work hours or chronic complainers? This week's Exchange Insta-Poll gives you an opportunity to tell the world what is bugging you. Vote in the Insta-Poll and then check out what's stressing out your peers.
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Wow! Hope it works. That's over
$62,000 per family of Delaware's taxpayers dollars per family!
Aurora, On, Canada
I thought it interesting that a grant (read one-time funding) was going to be applied to help with bonding between parents and emotionally disturbed 2-5 year old children. Hello U.S.! How about a paid maternity leave for longer than a couple of weeks! How about prevention! How about family resource centres! Just a suggestion.
precious tots daycare
diamond bar, ca, United States
well i had to expell a 3 yr old from my facility so i can understand why if some one else has to do the same. I didn't just try to communicate to the parents for months about their child , i also tried to change their child and bend my rules at my own home. The childs language was horrible towards me and the other children in my care. The parents were in denial, they just couldn't believe their child was throwing toys and chairs over infants and toddlers heads. For just being upset. The parents said no not my child. when i would be interviewing new parents this child would go and hit another and child and i would kindley say, no, not okay and the child would yell out " NO SHUT-UP" and all the grown ups would say oh my god. This went on to long. Then i finally said to the parents, you know what , i tried and it's not working out, and here's your two weeks notice. They ended up mad at me.
Hawaii, United States
Young children who exhibit challenging behaviors significantly influence the abilities of all children to learn, teachers’ capacities to teach, schools’ readiness for children, and families’ capacities to fully participate in their communities. Young children with challenging behaviors need more opportunities to be included in early typical childhood settings. The inability of many early childhood programs to respond to the needs of young children with challenging behaviors, coupled with the severe shortage of early childhood professionals with mental health expertise, are urgent problems. Mental Health consultation and technical assistance, or “coaching” in early childhood programs are a comparatively low cost, yet yield high returns by reducing expenses associated with later mental health and the social and emotional health problems. The focus of mental health service provision must rest squarely on prevention in the earliest years, where past experiences and common sense tell us it belongs.
United States
The figures you provided in this article would suggest that the Fed. gov't would be spending $62,069/family ($9 million divided by 145 families) on the children from Delaware mentioned in the article. As a native of the area, I am aware that this figure is more than double the median income in the area. As a former President/CEO of a large non-profit preschool that served low-income working families I would have loved to receive such a lavish subsidy. Can you explain?
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