Support for Families (continued)
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: Learning Disabilities Overview, Early Intervention Services, Special Needs, Siblings with Special Needs
Federal programs make significant contributions to strengthening the ability of family members to improve the health and education of their children. Only the federal government has the financial and political leadership required to make children a national priority. In order to provide for the needs of youth, a new vision of community is needed. A community is a network of people working together toward common goals. This new vision would promote community organizations as extended families. Services such as youth clubs, athletic organizations, schools, mental health clinics, and family member resource centers can help family members and children. All of these ventures are woefully underfunded.
Although the country can't turn back the clock to the neighborhood school memories of James Corner, there are many paths to the goal of providing for the nation's children. WIC, CHIP, and EPSDT are based on the premise that children need to be healthy to learn. Head Start integrates health services, family member involvement, and education to help at-risk children succeed in school. Innovative programs and family member involvement provide a decision-making role for family members in schools, establish support for family members to assist children to learn at home, and enhance family member-teacher communication.
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