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Title Available As Summary Date ID Author
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Or Additional Difficulties Hampering Development Mar 4, 2019 350-051
Developing Responsibility And Self Management In Young Children: Goals Of Positive Behavior Management Mar 4, 2019 350-052
Human Growth and Development - A Matter of Principles Feb 20, 2019 350-053 (FCE-134P)
Children and Stress: Caring Strategies to Guide Children Mar 6, 2019 350-054
Understanding Growth and Development Patterns of Infants Mar 6, 2019 350-055
Tips on Toys
Injury prevention and your kids - the biggest threat to the health of children over age one is not some dread disease. It is accidental injury. More children are seriously hurt or killed by accidental injuries than by anything else.
Apr 3, 2019 350-063
The Child's Self Concept: OK or NOT OK
A child who feels good about himself is satisfied with life and thinks the world is a pretty good place to live in.
Apr 3, 2019 350-661
Winning Ways to Talk with Young Children
Talking with children involves the exchange of words, ideas, and feelings between two people. Communication is what we say and how we say it.
Apr 8, 2019 350-721
Adolescent Growth and Development Apr 12, 2019 350-850
Adolescent Depression
Many of us think of teen years as moody, turbulent ones. While it is true that most teenagers have emotional ups and downs, recent research suggests that such moodiness isn’t necessarily a normal part of the teen years.
Apr 3, 2019 350-851
Adolescent Bullying
Most adults can remember a time when they were teased at school. This teasing could have been friendly or mean-spirited. Teachers, parents, therapists, and researchers have become more concerned about teasing that leads to bullying.
Apr 12, 2019 350-852
Adolescents and Sex
Many parents, teachers, and others who work with teens wonder how to address the topic of teens and sex. More teens have sex now than in the 1970s. Teens are also younger, on average, when they have sex for the first time.
Apr 12, 2019 350-853
4-H Volunteer Profile
4-H Volunteer Profile
Sep 28, 2020 388-123 (4H-466NP)
4-H TREASURER’S ANNUAL REPORT Mar 25, 2020 4H-890NP
Buzz, Body & Bites for Teens - May 2023 May 1, 2023 4H-1014NP
4-H Opportunity for All May 11, 2022 4H-987NP
Family and Consumer Sciences
The family is the cornerstone of a healthy community. Virginia Cooperative Extension strives to improve the well-being of Virginia families through programs that help put researchbased knowledge to work in people’s lives. Family and Consumer Sciences educators help Virginians learn to make good choices for themselves and their families. This, in turn, strengthens their communities and the state.
Jan 11, 2021 490-050 (FCS-98NP)
Family and Consumer Sciences, A Resource for Virginia's Schools
As family and consumer science educators, we known that the family is the cornerstone of a healthy community. Virginia Cooperative Extension strives to improve the well-being of Virginia families through programs that put research-based knowledge to work in people’s lives.
Jan 11, 2021 490-408 (FCS-99NP)
Balancing Life: Positive Experiences With Children At Home Apr 16, 2020 ALCE-194NP
Balancing Life: Boundary Issues During COVID-19 Jun 5, 2020 ALCE-208NP
Balancing Life: K-12 Schooling Q&A Session Aug 3, 2020 ALCE-216NP
Balancing Life: Safety Tips for Youth at Home Alone Aug 31, 2020 ALCE-221NP
Helping Youth PROSPER in VA
Helping Youth PROSPER in Virginia reflects an overview of a Sustainable Communities project by the USDA-National Institute for Food and Agriculture's CYFAR program, The various strategies and activities to bolster the positive development of pre/teen aged youth, such as weekend-long family camp, the youth-adult Strengthening Families Program, campus visits, youth mental health conference, team building and other activities to explore interest and build skills are highlighted.
Jan 9, 2024 ALCE-321NP
Stress After a Disaster May 10, 2021 FCS-109P (FCS-141P)
Beating Stress
Learn how to identify, understand, and shrink your stress through use of the five mini-video clips that discuss five area of stress.
May 10, 2021 FCS-111NP
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 1 May 3, 2019 FCS-34P (FCS-80P)
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 2
Intergenerational programs are most effective when participants are involved in decision-making about the activity and during activities. When activities are offered, adults and children should have the choice of deciding if and how to be involved.
May 3, 2019 FCS-35P (FCS-89P)
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 3 May 8, 2019 FCS-36P (FCS-90P)
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 4
Intergenerational programs are most effective when participants are prepared ahead of time and reflect on activities afterward.
May 3, 2019 FCS-37P (FCS-81P)
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 5
A social history is basically the accounting of an individual’s life — their interests, career, relationships, the ways they have coped, and how they have defined themselves.
May 1, 2019 FCS-38P (FCS-82P)
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 6 May 3, 2019 FCS-39P (FCS-83P)
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 7
The partners in intergenerational programs are the adults and the children. Individually, children may not have developed particular skills in their thinking or motor functioning.
May 3, 2019 FCS-40P (FCS-84P)
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 8 May 3, 2019 FCS-41P (FCS-85P)
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 9 May 3, 2019 FCS-42P (FCS-86P)
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 10
There is a chance that clients in an intergenerational program will need adaptive equipment. The primary reason to consider adaptive equipment is to remove barriers to participation.
May 3, 2019 FCS-43P (FCS-87P)
Best Practices in Intergenerational Programming: Practice 11 May 1, 2019 FCS-44P (FCS-88P)
Learning in Families Together: Emerging Adults May 20, 2019 FCS-51P
Learning in Families Together: Adolescence and Brain Development May 3, 2019 FCS-54P
Aprendiendo juntos en familia: Los niños en edad escolar y el acoso escolar (Learning in Families Together: School-Age Children and Bullying)
El acoso escolar o intimidación ocurre cuando un niño es el blanco de acciones hirientes una y otra vez por alguien más.
Apr 6, 2021 FCS-56S (FCS-77S)
Learning in Families Together: Infant Curiosity
Infants are naturally curious.
May 8, 2019 FCS-57P
Learning in Families Together: Infant Development 1 May 8, 2019 FCS-59P
Learning in Families Together: Infant Brain Development Jun 4, 2019 FCS-60P
Learning in Families Together: Infant Development 2 Jun 4, 2019 FCS-61P
Learning in Families Together: Infant Development 2 Jun 4, 2019 FCS-61P
Learning in Families Together: Pre-schoolers May 20, 2019 FCS-62P
Aprendiendo Juntos en Familia: preescolares ( Learning in Families Together: Pre-schoolers)
A los 2 años, los niños miden casi la mitad de lo que medirán de adultos.
May 18, 2019 FCS-62S
Learning in Families Together: “School-Agers” 5 to 8 Years Jun 3, 2019 FCS-63P
Learning in Families Together: Teens May 8, 2019 FCS-64P
Aprendiendo juntos en familia: Adolescencia y Desarrollo del Cerebro (Learning in Families Together: Adolescence and Brain Development)
Los adolescentes a menudo desconciertan a los adultos, pero nueva evidencia científica ayuda a entenderlos mejor a medida que se convierten en adultos jóvenes.
May 3, 2019 FCS-78P
Let’s Move More! Virginia! An Instructor’s Guide to Mindful Movement for Kids and Teens
Extension professionals and volunteers interact with kids in a variety of programming. Youth who engage in mindy-body practices experience a number of health benefits ranging from reduced anxiety and stress to improved mood and academic performance. This document helps Extension professionals and volunteers lead mind-body practices with youth. There are materials that give background to the approach as well as structured exercises.
Nov 29, 2023 HNFE-1089P