Teenagers in foster care often have stories to tell – but lack the tools to tell them. Martha Pitts reports on how the Center for Digital Storytelling has provided those tools to participants in their program, and helped create valuable teaching tools for those who work with teens in care.
Archive for July, 2006
Telling Stories that Teach, and Heal
Published by Connect for Kids - Articles July 31st, 2006 in South Florida Children. 0 CommentsMarriage as Anti-Child-Poverty Program
Published by Connect for Kids - Articles July 24th, 2006 in South Florida Children. 0 CommentsCongress recently allocated $750 million over five years to promote marriage and fatherhood initiatives among low-income groups. As a result, federally-funded marriage promotion programs are springing up around the country, including in Washington, DC. Roshin Mathew, an Emerson Hunger Fellow working with Connect for Kids this year, wondered about the connection between marriage promotion and better lives for low-income children. Here are her findings, and her thoughts.
Hockey Scores with Special-Needs Kids
Published by Connect for Kids - Articles July 20th, 2006 in South Florida Children. 0 CommentsIce hockey fans are devoted to their sport, unfazed by the game’s physical demands, cumbersome equipment, and the red-hot competition for ice time. Massachusetts is one of the centers of hockey fever in the U.S. So it’s only fitting that the gradually growing list of hockey clubs for children with special needs now includes The Boston Bear Cubs, which hit the ice in February. Lisa M. Cataldo explains how the Cubs got their start, and what the club means to its players and their parents.
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