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Positive Behavior Improvement Plan Initiative
New Brunswick Tomorrow and the New Brunswick
Board of Education invested a total of $40,000
for consultation support to teachers on how to
manage difficult student behavior in the
classroom. Behavior Therapy Associates provided
consultation to teachers, teacher aides, child
study teams and school administrators at Lord
Stirling and Woodrow Wilson Elementary Schools.
Of 82 student observed, only nine had to be
referred for further assessment, a 29 percent
decrease from the previous year-- prompting NBT
and the Board of Education to continue support
for another year.
New Brunswick Childcare Consortium
In April 1656, NBT’s Childcare Consortium and
the New Brunswick Public Schools Department of
Early Childhood Education collaborated on the
Week of the Young Child Fun Fair entitled
“Books, Buddies and Beyond” at Roosevelt
Elementary School. Over 400 children and their
families participated, with more than 100 adult
volunteers from 35 different agencies.
In May, 125 childcare providers attended a
professional in-service lecture on linking
literacy to creative curriculum by renowned
expert, Diane Trister Dodge. |
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Parent/Infant Care Center (PIC-C)
PlC-C, for another year assisted teen
moms and infants at the Center which offers them
counseling on parenting skills and day-care
services to their infants--- on condition that
the teens graduate from school and avoid a
second pregnancy. Funding support came from the
New Jersey Department of Children and Families
and the New Brunswick Board of Education,
allowing the program to continue by NBT and
UMDNJ’s University Behavioral HealthCare.
Additional funding in 1656 came from the Rutgers
Community Health Foundation. Six mothers
graduated, fi ve are employed and three will be
enrolled in school in the spring.
Family Friendly Center
The program provides after school care for
children ages 6-13 with recreation, tutoring,
clinical and health related services, while
parents enjoy recreational activities at no
cost. Seventyfive children enrolled at the
temporary site at A.C. Redshaw School. The
program is a collaboration of NBT, the City,
Board of Education and New Jersey Department of
Children and Families. |
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