In the NewsSchool Gardening Plows Forward in Hillsborough CountyForty local elementary and middle school teachers met Saturday morning, March 29 at the Learning Gate Community School in Lutz, Florida for hands-on learning in an organic vegetable garden. Ten teachers from Learning Gate led the workshop, in collaboration with a team of researchers from the University of South Florida, in order to make school gardening more accessible for local children. [more] University-Community Partnerships to Improve Mental Health Services: Discussion with National Expert, Dr. Martha BruceYou are invited to attend a discussion of university-community partnerships to improve mental health services on April 16, from 8:30-10:30am, held at the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, One Crisis Center Plaza, Tampa, Florida 33613-1238 (The Crisis Center is located on W. Bears Ave. just west of Florida Ave). [more] |
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Acute Mental Health Care Services for Children in Pinellas County [read more about it] The project involved the acquisition of consent for children in foster care programs, however the pace of obtaining these consents was untimely, so the project was revised to include all children on the Baker Act unit. Consents for 15 of 35 children have been obtained, and the remaining consents should be obtained by early June 2003. The community partner in this project was Personal Enrichment Through Mental Health Services (PEMHS). Access to their records was coordinated and a database was created for use in data collection. Statewide and Pinellas County data will be analyzed; the database will include information on meetings, phone calls and observations, and be used to create a system map. The project will also include descriptions of programs and a visual representation of children's services. Work is targeted for completion in the window of time between the end of June and the end of July 2003. Project implications will be presented at the September, 2003 Brown Bag Talk, and interest by multiple stakeholders is expected due to the recent Tampa Tribune series on the Baker Act |
Dick J. Puglisi “These kids are a work in progress. We cannot reasonably expect, even at the high school level, that these kids be judged as harshly as they are by performance standards. The grading system and performance tests judge kids prematurely.” Areas of Expertise: Workforce skills, economic education, implications of global economy on education. |
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