Children Who Experience Early Childhood Trauma Do Not ‘Just Get Over It’
From the article: If a baby is repeatedly scared and emotionally overwhelmed and they do not get their survival brain soothed, so they can cope, they begin to develop a brain and bodily system which is on hyper alert and the World seems to be a scary place. Sadly, this is not something they can ‘just grow out of’.
Welcoming Older Adults into the Head Start Classroom
From National Head Start Association
Guest Blog Post by Atalaya Sergi, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Programming at Jumpstart
As Head Start employees nurture our nation’s greatest asset — our children’s successful development, our nation’s older adults are a vast national resource standing at the ready to help.
President's Day
Parent Leadership Project Trip to D.C. Attendees Announced
The parents attending this year’s March 3-7 Parent Leadership Project Trip to D.C. will be Kayla Budd, Emily Knorp-Brown-Stone, and Dianne Whitney. We look forward to their pictures and reactions as they travel to D.C. to tell their stories of parenting, early childhood education, and more to Kansas’ federal legislators! Follow us on Facebook to see pictures and read more about the trip.
Thank you!
A big thank you to DaVita Lawrence Dialysis for stopping by to present a Way of Giving donation. The generous amount helped us reach and exceed our $1000 goal to help fund the Dollar-Per-Child Parent Leadership Project. This year’s PLP trip to Washington, DC will be March 3-7. Follow us on Facebook to see pictures of the trip!
Health Tips for Families Series
The Office of Head Start Early Learning and Knowledge Center has a number of easy-to-read and printable tip sheets on health topics for families. Topics include healthy breathing, health literacy, healthy eating, active play, and oral health. Read or print the tip sheets here: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/physical-health/article/health-tips-families-series
Happy New Year!
KHSA Office Holiday Hours
KHSA's office hours the next two weeks:
December 18 & 19: Office closed as staff will be at KHF's Health Equity Partnership meetings.
December 20: Normal hours
December 21-25: Closed
December 26-31: Normal hours
January 1: Closed
January 2: Normal hours resume
January 21: Closed
Happy Holidays!
Washington Can't Seem to Agree on Anything--Except Kids
Editorial from National Head Start Association'sYasmina Vinci
Washington Can't Seem to Agree on Anything--Except Kids
"The intensity of this fall’s midterm election campaigns could make it easy to forget that there is one priority both political parties have consistently come together to support: early childhood education." Read the article>>