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NBCDI invites you to join us in its Summer Education Service Initiative

The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) has proudly accepted the invitation from First Lady Michelle Obama to join the commitment with the White House and the Corporation for National & Community Service on their “Summer Education Service Initiative.” As a national partner, NBCDI invites you to join us by becoming a NBCDI volunteer and pledge your time and efforts to meet community needs. Click here for more information

NBCDI has provided a Summer Service initiative log to track your hours of service, please fill out the form and fax to 202-833-8222 or email moreinfo@nbcdi.org. NBCDI will post periodically stories about volunteer's activities, please email your stories to be posted on the NBCDI's website.

We are also providing a bibliography of children's books as a suggested reading list. This bibliography was taken from "Between the Covers", a featured section of NBCDI's Child Health Talk newsletter.

 

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NBCDI supports Even Start Family Literacy Program

NBCDI has signed on to a letter to Congress in support of the Even Start Family Literacy Program. The letter that was distributed on June 30th to the House and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairmen and Ranking Members as well as the members of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittees in the House and Senate.

This is the perfect opportunity to invite your Congressional Representative to visit an Even Start or to contact local offices with a message about why Even Start is so vital to your community. We hope that Congress will now realize the great benefits of family literacy.

Let’s help keep up the pressure to help save the Even Start Family Literacy Program. Please click here for more information.

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NBCDI's President visits BCDI-Sacramento

NBCDI President, Dr. Carol Brunson Day was the special guest at a mixer and membership drive hosted by BCDI-Sacramento. The mixer celebrated members of the Sacramento community that have supported the affiliate as well as drew attention to the fall 2009 event that the affiliate holds annually – the DIVA conference. The DIVA Conference promotes the National Black Child Development Institute and introduces young ladies to a greater chance in life, education, health; career and self esteem related issues for success. DIVA stands for Determined, Intelligent, Valued, African American Young Lady. You can see photos of the event by downloading them here

For more information regarding DIVA, please visit www.superdiva.org.

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Ft. Lauderdale Interest Group gears up to launch local chapter of the National Black Child Development Institute.

More information available here.

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New Infant & Toddler Social Emotional Webinar Training

Supporting School Readiness: Working with Culturally Diverse Infants, Toddlers and Their Families: “Strong social-emotional development underlies all later social, emotional, and academic success." Learn more about the relationship between social-emotional development and education, by taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity to attend a training session that will prepare educators to support and contribute to children's resilience.

The session will address issues of the social-emotional development of infants and toddlers from a cultural perspective. Issues such as school as a stressor, family cultural and linguistic identity, and comprehensive mental screenings for young children will be discussed. Participants will receive practical tools and strategies to strengthen what they currently are doing to help children enter school ready to succeed.

About the Facilitator

Sarah M. Semlak, Ph.D. has worked in the field of Child and Family Development for over twenty years. Sarah has experience as a teacher and director of a range of federally and privately funded programs, serving diverse groups of young children and their families. Her passion has been working with programs serving children under three, pregnant women and their families. Sarah spent several years at the Head Start Bureau identifying program practice that supports the growth and development of infants and toddlers served in Home- and Center-Based Programs. She currently works with a range of programs in the U.S. and Canada with the emphasis of her work on the design and implementation of culturally appropriate curriculum, age-appropriate literacy practices, and school readiness.

The Webinar series begins July 13, 2009, so secure your spot today!

For more information or to register, visit NACCRRA Webinar training Registration or contact Krystal Jones at krystal.jones@naccrra.org.

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Spark DC Final Project Report — “Moving Forward, Making Progress”

This report describes NBCDI’s latest work to improve children’s chances for success. In 2002, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation launched an initiative designed to smooth children’s transition to school and to support early learning and elementary school systems to assure children’s (ages three though six) early school success. NBCDI was chosen to lead the DC initiative and seized the opportunity to contribute to structuring a new agenda on behalf of the District’s children at a family, program and policy level. Over the past five years, NBCDI has partnered with leaders in the local early child care and education community, public schools, city government and non-governmental organizations.

Download the report now.

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