Classroom Matters

What is parent engagement?  What does it look like in a thriving school community?  Why is it so critical?  Get the answers to these questions and so much more as host Kristy Houle dives into part 2 of this 3-part series with the St. Louis based HOMEWORKS! organization.  Founder Karen Kalish and CEO Colleen Polak discuss what research tells us about parent engagement and the many links it has to student behavior, academics and social/emotional health.  

Rose Griffin is heavily engaged in the field of the art of communication. Rose Griffin is both a skilled speech-language pathologist, as well as an accomplished behavior analyst. Rose currently works with both public and private school students in Ohio, where she has a focus and passion on helping individuals with autism learn how to become better communicators. With these efforts, Rose has created her own business, a website to assist both professionals such as special-education teachers and speech therapists, as well as parents of children with autism. Her website abaspeech.org, contains a host of helpful resources consisting of educational courses and therapy materials.

Talking Points in Conversation:

•What made you want to become a speech therapist?

•What is autism? What are the signs?

•What specifically inspired you to help individuals with autism?

•What does a parent do if their child is diagnosed with autism?

•What ways can a parent help a child with autism better communicate?

•Are there any things that a parent should and shouldn’t do to help a child with autism?

•What role does speech therapy play in helping individuals with autism?

Rose's website.

Engaging parents in their children's education is critical to a child’s success. National education research overwhelmingly supports the finding that students do better academically and socially when parents and teachers work together, and children show up on the first day of school ready to learn.  Join host Kristy Houle as she talks with Karen Kalish, Founder of HOMEWORKS! and Colleen Polack, CEO of the organization to discuss how they are working hard to help forge that missing link, creating a positive structure within which parents and teachers can effectively cooperate for the good of their students.

Children have been isolated at home for months, staring at screens, and parents are looking to summer camps as a critical opportunity for social interaction, physical activity and enriched learning. Getting kids moving and socializing are top priority as we move into the summer months.

According to the 2022 Summer Camp Outlook by Blue print4SummerSTL, 82% of responding STL regional families plan to send their child to in-person camp this summer. 

On today’s episode of Classroom Matters I will be chatting with Zasmine Johnson of Blueprint4SummerSTL as we discuss how this organization is tackling this issue head-on

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Antwaun Thompson or Coach T, has coached and mentored young men and women, helping to improve their athletic skills, confidence, resiliency, life skills experiences and focus for over 30 years. Nothing brings him more satisfaction than seeing the heart, determination, and commitment from young people.  Coach T is the founder and executive Director of JLT Fieldhouse, a 501c3 nonprofit youth coaching and mentoring organization, dedicated to “Coaching and Mentoring the Leaders of Tomorrow”. He is also the CEO of Coach T’s Corner, an on-line mentoring academy that is designed to “Educate, Motivate and Support” our future leaders of tomorrow through personal growth and development and personal relationship development programs.

Links: https://www.coachtscorner.com/