NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the
Yale Child Study Center and Scholastic announced the launch of a
Collaborative to focus research on the intersection of literacy and
health across a range of education content areas including early
childhood, social emotional learning and teaching, equity and
social justice, family and community engagement, and more. The Yale
Child Study Center–Scholastic Collaborative for Child & Family
Resilience is a forum for researchers, educators, health care
professionals, families, and community members to advance progress
towards improving academic and mental health outcomes.
For more information about the Yale Child Study
Center–Scholastic Collaborative for Child & Family Resilience,
visit: www.medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/scholasticcollab
The Collaborative is founded on the same principles that led to
positive outcomes for Discover Together, an integrated system of
programs from the Yale Child Study Center, Scholastic, and local
partners to address rural poverty in Grundy County, TN. With a focus on literacy as
a critical component of health and emotional wellness, Discover
Together offers ongoing resources to increase social connectedness
and build resilience within multi-generational families throughout
Grundy County. The program is also
the inspiration for one of the first initiatives launched under the
Collaborative, Discover Together: Brownsville.
Discover Together: Brownsville
takes a multigenerational approach to supporting the literacy and
social-emotional development of families with young children in the
urban Brownsville neighborhood of
Brooklyn, NY. In partnership with
United for Brownsville, the
Collaborative will work with the local community to foster
pride-in-place, relationship-building, and resilience throughout
spaces where people live and learn. This will include the
establishment of a family co-op for young children and their
caregivers which will be accessible outside of hours normally
sponsored by community programs. Participants will engage in
reading, singing, games, and field trips as part of a place-based
curriculum, learning to redefine narratives and explore
opportunities for growth.
The findings from the Collaborative will contribute to the
creation of resources, programs, professional development, and
curriculum for supporting children and families. The Collaborative
is led by a steering committee including renowned researchers from
the Yale Child Study Center Dr. Linda C.
Mayes, Dr. Fay Brown, and Dr.
Megan Smith, as well as Scholastic
Education leaders and experts Greg
Worrell, Janelle Cherrington,
and Karen Baicker.
"Health and literacy are deeply connected because a quality
education is at the core of sustaining a healthy life," said Dr.
Linda C. Mayes, the Arnold
Gesell Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology,
and Director of the Yale Child Study Center. "This Collaborative
with Scholastic allows us to reach more families and communities
with the information and resources they need to engage in literacy
and enjoy healthy lives for themselves and for future
generations."
"The power of narrative to support a child's academic and social
development is a longstanding belief at Scholastic and will be a
driving force behind the mission of our Collaborative with the Yale
Child Study Center, which will support our early childhood
initiatives globally. We want to ensure that every child and family
has what they need to shape their own stories, reframing adverse
circumstances and envisioning the brightest futures imaginable,"
said Greg Worrell, Scholastic
Education President. "By connecting literacy and health, and
bringing the community into the education experience, children and
their families will benefit."
For more information about Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global
children's publishing, education, and media company, visit the
Company's media room at http://mediaroom.scholastic.com. More
information about the Yale Child Study Center is available at
https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy.
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