TEACHERS, ALEX WAS A KID AT RISK! Do you want him in your classroom? ALEX was a kid at risk. But, he is different. He is an example of fortitude & hope for all At- Risk Kids because he told us about all he had done to get the help he needed from FVYD. Who
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Why Choose Mental Illness Instead of Reading for our Youth!
WHY WE CHOSE MENTAL ILLNESS instead of READING FOR OUR KIDS! FVYD BLOGS —Three (3-part) Series: (1) Let’s let our kids avoid mental illness in Elementary school; (2) It only gets worse in Middle School: but… FVYD can help! (3) Alternatively, death or dying in High School- Parents & FVYD choose life! Part 1 Let’s
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When a DONATION means much more…. Future Visions Youth Dev. Inc FVYD Boy do I “strongly dislike” asking all of you for your money these 28 years. That is probably why I have not done it more than once or twice. I ask—only, when our program is in a school! (So as you look through,
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Let’s talk about the fall & Pumpkin time. IT was the end of the school year, second half of second grade: My 7-year-old child’s teacher called to suggest my child go to bed earlier at night-as she frequently covered her head and put it down on the desk. I always do my best to support
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Teaching in this Classroom: Let’s begin with the SEATING IN THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT where our children live every day! The “smarter (or… those who can see to read)” students are often up front or in the middle rows and they most often pay attention. There are one or two youth toward the front with their
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