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Family Voice Advocates

Family Voice Advocates

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Newton，MA 149 位关注者

Kids are puzzles, not problems. Let's puzzle solve together.

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Family Voice Advocates offers educational and developmental consulting and support for caregivers of children with disabilities and complex needs. Using a "puzzle solving" approach, FVA considers the whole child and matches caregivers with strategies and supports to build success.

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www.FamilyVoiceAdvocates.com
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专业服务
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1 人
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Newton，MA
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个体经营
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2000
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educational consulting、parenting、caregiver support、advocacy、IEPs、special education、child development、records review、parent coaching、schools、family empowerment、systems of care、systems navigation、education、disabilities、disability justice、family voice、neurodiversity、social emotional、behavior和woman owned

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  • Interdependence over independence. Every time please and thank you.

    Support, accomodations and assistance with day to day tasks can be so important for some people. These support needs can vary and it is okay to reach out for support when you need it - independence is not always everyones goal?? How do you experience asking for support? ?? #Neurodivergence #SupportNeeds #Disability #DynamicDisability #NeurodiversityAwareness #Autism #ADHD #AutisticAdult #ADHDAdult #NeurodivergentAdult #Accomodations #NeurodiversitySupport #DisabilitySupport

  • Family Voice Advocates转发了

    查看Kelly English的档案
    Kelly English

    Experienced leader in children’s mental health policy

    Words matter. Love these suggestions for how to reframe communication about populations that have survived oppression and other forms of harm.

    查看FrameWorks Institute的组织主页
    FrameWorks Institute

    11,615 位关注者

    Sometimes, we describe groups as vulnerable or “at-risk” to grow compassion from people. But there are good reasons to rethink this approach. While this type of framing may inspire sympathy, it does so by tapping into stereotypes of weakness or even failure. It also reinforces the idea that some people's lives are just difficult and "it is what it is,” which leads people to lose motivation to change systems or policies. How can we make the change in our communications? Here are two tips: 1. Place responsibility on the systems that are causing harm. For example, instead of talking about people experiencing homelessness, you can say ‘people who have been priced out of stable housing.’ 2. Focus on people's strengths and skills. Ditch any label that suggests people are burdened or broken. The widespread shift from saying "victims" to saying "survivors" is one example. For more tips, watch our Fast Frames episode on alternatives to vulnerability framing: https://lnkd.in/e3pWySgc

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  • Family Voice Advocates转发了

    查看ZERO TO THREE的组织主页
    ZERO TO THREE

    81,182 位关注者

    Happy Women's History Month! Today, we're celebrating a pioneer in infant mental health, Jeree H. Pawl. Jeree shaped the field through groundbreaking work in infant-parent psychotherapy, reflective supervision, and interdisciplinary collaboration. As a founding member and past president of ZERO TO THREE, she championed a well-trained, well-supported workforce for babies and families. Her wisdom lives on in her famous words: “How you are is as important as what you do.” #WomensHistoryMonth

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  • Purposeful play is a rhetorical construct of adults with no understanding (and/or concern) for child development. As a kindergarten special ed teacher, I went home in tears more than once at the insistence on “purposeful play”. All play is purposeful, and what they’re calling “purposeful play” is not play. Our schools are not factories and our students are not workers. Our students don’t come to school to increase production or profit margins. They are not data points. They are children.

    查看Greg Bottrill的档案
    Greg Bottrill

    ? childhood advocate ? author of ‘Can I Go And Play Now?’, ‘School and the Magic of Children’ and ‘Love Letters to Play’ ? creator of Drawing Club, The Curious Quests, Adventure Island, Noodle and Titch ????????not????

    The madness of the Adult World demanding purpose from every single second of every single day continues to take life deeper and deeper into the Abyss of Accountability. The moment the Adult World chose (yep, it was 100% a choice) to derail itself from feeling and joy, was the moment it got entangled in ‘looking without switching on the brain’. Play isn’t about adult ‘purpose’, it’s about adventure, exploration, magic, the unknown, and holding the world up to the light so that it can be seen with curiosity and passion. So, here’s to passionate play and all of the Play People who live and breathe in the ether of childhood’s wonderful dream. If that’s you, then let me know in the comments below - you might want to tag your fellow Play People too, a reminder of the magic you pour into the world when you play too ? Let’s go… ????????not???? #childhood4neoliberalism0 #joy #childhood #education #eyfs #play #school #kindy #kindergarten #ks1 #eyfsideas #earlychildhoodeducation #earlyyears #earlychildhoodeducation #earlychildhood

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  • It's because we live in a society in which children are an oppressed, marginalized, unrepresented group of people not worthy of basic rights. (Please don't read that as a pro-life statement.) We literally have about 6 million humans who are barely considered people, in the US alone. They are property, non human beings. And of course this is linked to patriarchy, white supremacy, ableism, and capitalism. If you can't talk, you're neither valuable nor human. If you can't walk, you're neither valuable nor human. If you can't produce, you're neither valuable nor human. The impact on Black, Brown, immigrant, undocumented, and poor children is exponentially greater. Babies, toddlers and all human beings have the full range of human emotion. Because they are all human beings. Deserving of human rights, including the right to to develop healthy brains and nervous systems.

    查看ZERO TO THREE的组织主页
    ZERO TO THREE

    81,182 位关注者

    Infant and early childhood mental health is the developing capacity of the infant/young child to form close and secure relationships; experience, manage, and express a full range of emotions; and explore the environment and learn — all in the context of family, community, and culture. Learn more about IECMH: https://bit.ly/3BaYnr6

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  • Advocates (and funding sources!) need to do an exponentially better job of understanding intersectionality and its impact on mental health. As part of my private consulting and caregiver support practice, this is a major priority for me. We white women need to do far better.

    查看NAMI的组织主页
    NAMI

    400,064 位关注者

    After years of struggle, NAMI supporter and writer Kara Lynch realized that she could live the life she always wanted—but it all started with how she treated herself. ?? Kara found four ways to love herself as a black woman with mental health challenges, and she shared them with the NAMI community: https://bit.ly/4kdb5LB

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  • They are ALL our children. And we will protect them with every fiber of our being.

    查看Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)的组织主页
    Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)

    39,544 位关注者

    ??JUST IN: A reported ICE memo directs agents to fast-track removal proceedings for thousands of unaccompanied children and to expedite deportations for those with final orders. Legal services are essential to ensure due process, safeguard these vulnerable children, and protect them from trafficking, exploitation, and other threats. The government must guarantee legal representation as required by law. Read KIND's statement: https://lnkd.in/eKFSekth Link to article: https://lnkd.in/epHH2QRm

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  • Such an important reframe. And critical to responding with empathy, compassion, and curiosity.

    查看Conscious Discipline的组织主页
    Conscious Discipline

    6,283 位关注者

    When you find yourself triggered by challenging behavior, pause. Take deep belly breaths, reminding yourself,?“I’m safe. Keep breathing. I can handle this.”?Think about the behavior as happening in front of you rather than happening to you. Don’t take it personally. Then, prepare to see the person and the situation through a loving lens that empowers you to find solutions and teach valuable skills. Continue learning about the Conscious Discipline Power of Love here: https://lnkd.in/gXCDUVf6

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