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Risk Management Meeting
Recently, Yeled v’Yalda held its annual Risk Assessment meeting. This meeting, a federal requirement, is mandated each year before a program’s grant is renewd. Representing the Region II office are Program Specialists Lacey P. Britton, Tanya Austin-Maccagno, and Terrance Tower, and Nicole Myers, Financial Management Specialist. The meeting at YVY was followed by a teleconference where the discussion at... »
YVY Research Institute Formulates YVY’s Dual Language Policy
YVY serves a large population of children whose home language is not English. In fact, more than a dozen languages are represented at YVY. In compliance with a new Head Start mandate, Dr. Isabelle Barriere, Co-Director of YVY’s Research Institute, has formulated a Dual Language policy for YVY Head Starts. This policy assures that... »
Computers and Preschoolers
Computers are everywhere today — in the supermarket, at the doctor’s office, in homes, in schools, even in restaurants and barber shops. Now computers are coming to preschool classrooms, and many parents are wondering how this development will affect their children. Most education experts agree that computers are good for preschool children. The prestigious National... »
YVY Represented at Jerusalem Conference
YVY Director of Policy for Research and Education Dr. Isabelle Barriere was one of only twenty invited presenters at a conference sponsored by the Hebrew University Institute for Advanced Study on Interfaces of Bilingualism and Specific Language Impairment which featured academics from all over the world this past February. Dr. Barriere presented her YVY-based... »