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Roger Holt

Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Gradu... - 0 views

  • This revised study finds that students who don’t read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to leave without a diploma than proficient readers. It is notable in breaking down for the first time the likelihood of graduation by different reading skill levels and poverty experiences. It also updates a 2011 research brief with new data on graduation rates for students living in concentrated poverty.
Terry Booth

Ensuring Access & Inclusion in Higher Education: Rights, Rules, & Responsibilities - We... - 0 views

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    The significant disparity in education and literacy levels for people with mental and substance use disorders compared to the general population is a matter of serious concern. For people with mental health and substance use disorders, access to and inclusion in higher education is a central issue in achieving social inclusion. Learning Objectives: To learn how efforts within the legal system are working to reduce discrimination and ensure that necessary accommodations as provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act are available to all who need them. To hear about an innovative university program's person-centered approach that is having great success in helping students stay in school, graduate, pursue their vocational goals, and secure fulfilling roles in the community.

    To understand from a first-person perspective how one person was able to move out of poverty and realize her dreams by pursuing further education which led to achieving personal wellness and working to assist others in realizing their goals.

    To develop an increased understanding of the disparity in education and literacy levels for people with mental and substance use disorders compared to the general population and the significant impact of these disparities on poverty, health, and well-being. When:
    Wednesday, June 6, 2012
    1:00 - 2:30pm Mountain
Terry Booth

Financial Wellness Series - Webinar - Multiple Dates in Sept. thru Dec. - 0 views

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    Being Money Smart
    September 5, 2012
    1:00 - 2:30pm Mountain The US Department of Treasury reports that a lack of financial literacy is one barrier that can lower standards of living and limit prosperity. There are opportunities online and in your community to support you in Being Money Smart. Join us on 9-5-12 to learn about: Free financial education opportunities that you can attend online or in your community. The benefits of Financial Literacy and how increasing your knowledge may increase your Financial Wellness. Online financial literacy games you can play and share with others. REGISTER FOR "Being Money Smart" Prolonging Work - Supports To Keep You On The Job
    September 26, 2012
    1:00 - 2:30pm Mountain Making the decision to decrease or end employment can become confusing as factors such as health, insurance, productivity and financial stability brush against each other. Your employer and disability insurance provider may have more support to offer than you think. REGISTER FOR "Prolonging Work - Supports to Keep You On The Job" Join us on 9-26-12 to learn about: Creating your vision for working and managing a disability Strategies to protect your productivity How to define gaps in functionality Understanding what your private disability insurance can provide REGISTER FOR "Prolonging Work - Supports to Keep You On The Job" Social Security Disability Insurance - The Impact of Work on Benefits
    October 17, 2012
    1:00 - 2:
Sierra Boehm

New Disability Status Report - Webinar - Jan. 18, 2013 - 0 views

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    Cornell University researchers will present the latest information and issues associated with disability statistics and the circumstances that people with disabilities face based on recently released 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) data related to disability and employment, education, poverty, household income and labor earnings. When:
    Friday, January 18th, 2013
    12:00 pm -1:00 pm Mountain Cost:
    Free  
Roger Holt

New program offers financial help to disabled Montanans | KAJ18.com | Kalispell, Montana - 0 views

  • GREAT FALLS - A new loan program is bringing almost $1 million worth of financial services to Montanans with disabilities and on Tuesday, the National Disability Institute trained local credit counselors for the program. With one in five US adults living with a disability, and those adults being three times more likely than their peers to live at or below the poverty line, providing them with financial services is crucial to opening up the doors to more opportunities.
Roger Holt

Five Statistics About Graduates of Special Education Programs - 0 views

  • The success rate among the graduates of  America’s Special Education Programs has been studied and criticized for decades. In 2005, Dr. Frank Rusch of Pennsylvania State University and this writer addressed the issue related to the inability of young special education high school graduates to achieve success in employment, post-secondary education, adequate housing and community acquiescence. According to the study, Rusch and Pizzuro wrote: “Young adults with disabilities typically leave publicly funded educational institutions without a job, without being enrolled in postsecondary education, and without the security of knowing their roles in society. Fewer than 30 percent of high school leavers obtain jobs after departing mandated education and fewer than 10 percent enroll in postsecondary education. The past 25 years has witnessed continued poverty among young adults with disabilities, despite legislative reauthorizations aimed at improving educational opportunities (The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004) and employment access (The Americans with Disabilities Act).”
Roger Holt

Stresses may impair learning ability in young children, August 28, 2012 News Release - ... - 0 views

  • The stresses of poverty — such as crowded conditions, financial worry, and lack of adequate child care — lead to impaired learning ability in children from impoverished backgrounds, according to a theory by a researcher funded by the National Institutes of Health. The theory is based on several years of studies matching stress hormone levels to behavioral and school readiness test results in young children from impoverished backgrounds. Further, the theory holds, finding ways to reduce stress in the home and school environment could improve children's well being and allow them to be more successful academically.
Roger Holt

How Chronic Stress Short-circuits Parenting : Rochester News - 0 views

  • In the best of circumstances, raising a toddler is a daunting undertaking. But parents under long-term stress often find it particularly challenging to tap into the patience, responsiveness, and energy required for effective child rearing. Now research from a University of Rochester team helps to explain why chronic stress and parenting are such a toxic mix. The study finds that ongoing strains, like poverty or depression, disrupt the body's natural stress response, making mothers more likely to engage in a host of problematic parenting behaviors, including neglect, hostility, and insensitivity.
Roger Holt

The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Pa... - 0 views

  • Play is essential to the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical well-being of children beginning in early childhood. It is a natural tool for children to develop resiliency as they learn to cooperate, overcome challenges, and negotiate with others.
Roger Holt

Watch: Why are so many people with disabilities forced to live in poverty? | Al Jazeera... - 0 views

  • MOSCOW, Pa. – Sara Wolff works for a law firm, sits on the board of directors for several advocacy organizations and is a gifted public speaker. But due to a federal regulation, she’s prohibited from doing something almost every other American has the right to do: save for her future. That’s because Wolff has Down syndrome and, like millions born with a disability, she receives Supplemental Security Income to help pay her living expenses. In order to meet SSI eligibility requirements, she isn't allowed to earn more than $700 a month or have more than $2,000 in savings.
Roger Holt

Understanding the lifelong benefits of preschool | Research News @ Vanderbilt | Vanderb... - 0 views

  • High-quality preschool is an effective way to reduce social problems associated with poverty because it teaches children the psychological skills they need to succeed as adults, according to a new paper co-authored by Peter Savelyev, a Vanderbilt assistant professor of economics who studies the economics of human development.
Roger Holt

State rolls out plans to sign up 30,000 kids for health coverage - 0 views

  • HELENA - State health officials today rolled out plans to sign up as many as 30,000 uninsured Montana children for publicly financed health coverage, under the voter-approved Healthy Montana Kids program. The program, overwhelmingly approved by Montana voters last year, expands the eligibility for two government programs already in existence: Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP). As of next Thursday, the programs will be open to any family earning up to 250 percent of the federal poverty level, which is $55,125 for a family of four.
Roger Holt

Teachers, families making connections at kids' homes - The Denver Post - 0 views

  • Teachers at one of Denver's poorest schools have discovered a key to improving student achievement that's as easy as stepping out the door. High-performing schools in affluent neighborhoods are usually buzzing with parents — moms and dads volunteering, chauffeuring or helping out in classrooms. But at schools in high-poverty neighborhoods, the opposite tends to occur — many of them have little to no parental engagement. Indeed, teachers rarely see a parent in the building unless a kid is in trouble. That's why Fairview Elementary teachers are going to the families. Every year, educators try to visit the homes of every child in the school — getting to know the families and discovering more about their students.
Roger Holt

Study: Third Grade Reading Predicts Later High School Graduation - Inside School Resear... - 0 views

  • The disquieting side effect of our increasingly detailed longitudinal studies of students is we keep finding warning signs of a future graduation derailment earlier and earlier in a child's school years. Robert Balfanz of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found those warning signs as early as 6th grade— chronic absences, poor behavior, failing math or language arts, which when put together lead to a 90 percent risk that a student won't graduate on time. A study to be released this morning at the American Educational Research Association convention here in New Orleans presents an even earlier warning sign: A student who can't read on grade level by 3rd grade is four times less likely to graduate by age 19 than a child who does read proficiently by that time. Add poverty to the mix, and a student is 13 times less likely to graduate on time than his or her proficient, wealthier peer.
Roger Holt

Challenging Society's View on Drugs - Dr. Carl Hart - YouTube - 0 views

  • Are current drug policies failing? According to Dr. Hart's book, yes. He explains why with his landmark, yet controversial studies of race, poverty,, and drugs as well as the relationship between drugs and pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. Hart relates his own story that started in a tough Miami neighborhood and resulted in a career as a neuroscientist and Columbia University's first tenured African American professor in the sciences.
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