What a great weekend, hot hot hot!

The weather has been really good, so on Saturday we decided to pack up the car with a picnic, blankets, scooters, bikes, nappies, football and (eventually) jump in the car and drive to the park. It is fair to say that the ‘park’ at Rickmansworth ‘Aquadrome’ is a park with…

What is an afterschool club?

What is an afterschool club? Most parents work full time and will need somewhere for their child to go after school if they are between the age of 4 and 14 years old (16 if your child has special needs). You can either chose to have your child picked up…

kids learning now

Lewis Hamilton once claimed it was too short, Piers Morgan has said he will donate £1,000 to Great Ormond Street childrens hospital for every victorious British athlete who sings God Save the Queen during their medal ceremony, should they sing it? Why dont they sing it? Many of us seem…

Functional Analysis of Drinking

CRAAssessment Procedures: Identification and enhancement of motivation for change Identify internal/external reinforcers. Rapidly complete intake procedures. Set positive expectations. Include significant other. CRAFunctional Analysis of Drinking/Using Behavior Identify Internal Antecedents (Internal Triggers) to drinking/using. Identify External Antecedents (External Triggers) to drinking/using. Complete comprehensive description of drinking/using behavior. Identify short-term positive…

Why is Health Care Short?

Deciding on a career today can be incredibly difficult. There are so many choices, and all seem to have positive and negative sides. The most important thing is to find something you can see yourself really liking for the next thirty years, but the other important factor is whether the…

Some children see differently

Some children see differently, some think or learn differently, and others move differently. When these children with special needs are in quality early childhood education and care environments, right alongside typically developing children, everyone benefits. Society is rewarded down the line because when children grow and learn together, all are…

Counseling Component

The Voucher Program The voucher program is a contingency-management procedure that systematically reinforces treatment retention and cocaine abstinence, the primary targets of CRA + Vouchers. Points are awarded for cocaine-negative urine test results, and the number of points is increased for each consecutive negative urine sample. Failure to submit a…

Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol

Note: Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol (CERAP) was not responsive to the CEBC’s request for information about their program. The following information was obtained from publicly available sources (websites, articles, etc.). Scientific Rating: 3 Promising Research Evidence See scale of 1-5 Relevance to Child Welfare Rating: 1 High See scale…

The Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee is comprised of committed individuals drawn from a broad cross-representation of communities and organizations. These include the Child and Family Services Division of CDSS, the Child Welfare departments from key California counties implementing Differential Response, County Welfare Directors Association of California, representatives from child welfare training, foundations,…