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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... »
YVY’s new state-of-the-art fitness center and swimming pool opened to an enthusiastic reception by community members this past June. The fitness center, located in YVY’s administrative building, fills a need in the Boro Park community, which has no equivalent facility. Parents of currently-enrolled YVY Head Start and Early Head Start children are eligible for... »
Yeled V’Yalda WIC presented our healthy lifestyle initiatives at the NYC WIC Recognition Day event on July 24, 2009. The affair, held in Poughkeepsie, had over 500 attendees from NYS DOH and Local Agencies around the State. Yeled V’Yalda WIC encourages all of our participants to live healthy lifestyles – to that end, various... »
As part of the Federal review of NYC’s ACS Head Start, YVY’s ACS Head Start program underwent a review of three of its components last week. Federal reviewers visited YVY Head Start’s administrative offices and interviewed key personnel and reviewed documents relating to YVY Program Design and Management; Health, Nutrition, and Safe Environments; and... »
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... »
Yeled V’ Yalda’s Facilitated Enrollment Department has been chosen to participate in the “Re-Engineering New York’s Public Health Insurance Enrollment Process” project sponsored by the Children’s Defense Fund of New York City and the NYS Public Health Plans Coalition. Involvement in this process is crucial to developing a more user-friendly public health insurance application... »
There is a health crisis today, in the United States and around the world. Children born today are the first generation in over a century that may not outlive their parents. Childhood obesity has become an epidemic that increases every year. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of childhood obesity has... »
YVY therapy centers in both Borough Park and Williamsburg provide special education, speech, occupational and physical therapy to children, including those receiving therapy through Early Intervention. Of special note is our ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) therapy program which addresses the needs of children with specific disorders, many of whom have social and language delays. The... »
Some children experience difficulties in school, ranging from problems with concentration, learning, language, and perception to problems with behavior and/or making and keeping friends. These difficulties may be the result of physical disorders, emotional or behavioral problems, or learning disorders (or disabilities). Sometimes parents suspect a child has a disability, and sometimes the teacher will... »
With an ACS Head Start review in the July forecast, the heat is on in more ways than one! Yeled vYalda has been selected as one of the 79 delegate agencies that will be part of a two-week federal review of New York City’s Head Start program, which serves more than 20,000 children. This... »
