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Carla Torres, Assistive Technology and Special Project Program Coordinator, conducted a demonstration of the Garaventa Stair Trac on September 18 for Lee Edquilane, a resident of Hagatna. Mr. Edquilane came to GSAT to check out options to help his mother, who is a wheelchair user, safely navigate over stairs.
Guam CEDDERS facilitated a workshop attended by teams from various schools to sustain the Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports (PBIS) initiative in Guam Department of Education schools on August 26. The PBIS teams from V.A. Benavente Middle School (top photo) discussed the factors that sustains PBIS while Adacao Elementary (bottom photo) are shown completing their PBIS Histomap.
PBIS team from V.A. Benavente middle schools examines the factors that sustains PBIS and ponders on the order of importance.
Parents participating in Café Conversation at the Project Kariñu Parent Cafe, on August 21 at the Pacific Star Resort & Spa. The Project Kariñu Parent Cafe is in collaboration with Project Bisita and Project LAUNCH facilitated a Parent Cafe a the Pacific Star Resort and Spa. The Parent Café theme was on Taking Care of Yourself and focused on the 3 protective factors: Parent Resilience, Concrete Support in Times of Need, and Social Connections. Project Tinituhon, facilitated by Guam CEDDERS provides technical assistance for Parent Cafés.
Project Kariñu, Project Bisita, and Project LAUNCH facilitates a Parent Café on August 21 at the Pacific Star Resort & Spa. The Parent Café is a conversation process that gets parents talking about the protective factors and what they do in their lives and their families to build the protective factors. When parents and providers are more intentional about living the protective factors the overall outcome is strengthened families, optimal child development, and reduced child maltreatment and abuse. For more information about the next Parent Café happening near you or to start your own Parent Café please call Guam CEDDERS at 735-2466.
Bonnie Brandt, Training Associate for Guam CEDDERS and Lead Evaluator for Project Kariñu provides an overview of the Project Kariñu Family Evaluation Café that was held on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at the Westin Resort Guam. Thirty-one parents and family members participated in the Event.
Parents, family members, and Guam CEDDERS staff take a group photo before the closing of the Project Kariñu Family Evaluation Café on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at the Westin Resort Guam.