Making Social Skills Every Child's Primary Language
March 29, 2013 13:36 ET
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Committee for Children
SEATTLE, March 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More and more experts agree that social-emotional learning (SEL) is vital to children's education and to their success later in life, and Seattle-based...
Lawmakers Working to Help Create Safer, More Successful Schools
January 31, 2013 13:04 ET
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Committee for Children
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "I can't learn if I am afraid," reads the first of several similar slides on the Conditions for Learning Coalition's home page. It's a sentiment most of...
Straightforward Bullying Prevention Advice for Parents, Children and Schools
January 24, 2013 16:37 ET
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Committee for Children
SEATTLE, Jan. 24, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- We hear a lot about bullying these days: its prevalence, its causes, its effects. Less frequently do we hear about solutions to bullying: tangible, practical...
Education, Communication Keys to Preventing More "Perversion Files"
October 23, 2012 19:22 ET
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Committee for Children
SEATTLE, Oct. 23, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the wake of the Boy Scouts of America's release of the so-called "perversion files" last week, many adults are wondering how—and even if—we...
Sandusky Sentencing Reminder of Need for Best Prevention Practices
October 07, 2012 13:14 ET
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Committee for Children
SEATTLE, Oct. 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jerry Sandusky, former assistant football coach at Penn State, was convicted in June of sexually abusing 10 boys. On October 9, he is scheduled to be...
Bullying: Is There a Solution to the Problem?
April 26, 2012 14:08 ET
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Committee for Children
There sure is. And it starts with adults.
SEATTLE, April 26, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The issue of bullying is getting more attention than ever. Some of the biggest names in entertainment, from...