This user-friendly guide uses narrative storytelling to describes the principles of early relational health with direct application to day-to-day work with infants and parents. Practitioners on the front lines often feel great pressure to know "what to do" in a wide range of challenging situations. Drawing on both developmental science…

School-based mental health practitioners can offer enhanced support to schools and students; yet their training, roles, and expertise vary. The roles of these professionals are often conflated, misunderstood, or marginalized in their utility throughout the school system. The purpose of this manuscript is to enhance the capacity of educational…

Every year, more news outlets report cybersecurity?breaches--and higher education is not immune from these sinister trends. Cyberattacks on colleges, universities, and foundations have become more frequent, more sophisticated, and more dangerous. Successful cyberattacks can compromise an institution's reputation, result in substantial financial…

This toolkit is for school districts that are considering using text messaging to improve attendance. Text messaging can reach large numbers of parents with minimal cost. This toolkit is intended to enable district leaders and staff to: (1) Consider goals and priorities for using text messaging to communicate with parents about student absences;…

The New York State License Guides explain the process for obtaining licenses in 25, high-demand occupations and professions for people who have conviction records. These guides aim to dispel the myths and misinformation that may discourage people with convictions from pursuing employment and career pathways that are actually available to them.…

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Final Overtime Rule has substantially increased the salary threshold for exemption from overtime pay. The effect of the Final Rule will be felt by colleges and universities nationwide; many employees will now be eligible for overtime pay unless their salaries are brought in line with the new $47,476 minimum…

This guide was created because parents revealed, through extensive social research, that they often received inconsistent and confusing parenting information from different professionals and practitioners across different disciplines, leading to misunderstandings and a lack of confidence about how best to support their children's development. In…

Integrating infant mental health services into early education programs leads to better child outcomes and stronger parent-child relationships--the big question is how to do it appropriately and effectively. Clear answers are in this accessible textbook, created to prepare early childhood professionals and programs to weave best practices in…

Outlines the use of poetry in a grief-training session for medical professionals in which poetry is used to sensitize and draw forth feelings participants might encounter in the medical field when dealing with the death of children. (SR)

Reviews: (1) ways in which researchers have used the term "professional communication"; (2) democratic and knowledge-based contradictions between rhetorical scholarship and professional powers; and (3) current challenges facing professional workers. Argues that if professional communication research and teaching are to remain prominent…

Appropriate use of noncertified athletic personnel in higher education physical education classes is discussed. (LH)

Provides suggestions for creating a professional image for camps that includes paying attention to the first impressions of campers and their families, the importance of staff telephone etiquette and public speaking abilities, and the use of directional signs to help campers find their way around the facility. (LP)

The college campus is a complex system which necessitates the use of a variety of methods of intervention within an integrated model of consultation. Systems thinking provides the conceptual overview for the consultative enterprise and gives the consultant an array of questions and strategies for impacting and assisting other systems. (Author)

To meet the requirements under the South Carolina Education Finance Act, the Education Improvement Act, and the School Laws of South Carolina, the State Department of Education is required to catalog all professional personnel. The primary purpose of this publication is to catalog all professional staff employed by a district to: (1) update…

Focuses on the progress made in establishing professional status for early childhood educators. Lists 14 characteristics of a profession and asks questions related to each of these which deserve professional consideration. (BB)