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CEHD and College of Medicine receive $1.7M for work in schools
-13 health-related colleges and universities across the state will address mental health challenges and work to improve the mental health care system for children in Texas.
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Educational resources for your children
-Faculty in the College of Education and Human Development are working to gather resources for students to stay academically engaged.
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Talking to your children about COVID-19
-Dr. Krystal Simmons, clinical associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, studies school psychology and counseling. We spoke with her for advice on how to speak with your children during a public crisis such as COVID-19.
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CEHD Programs Climb in New Rankings
-Graduate programs in the College of Education and Human Development are gaining more respect across the country. Four are considered in the top tier of graduate education according to the 2021 U.S. News Best Graduate School Rankings.
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How career interruptions affect women
-Career interruptions happen. Job changes, unemployment and injury are all examples of expected or unexpected pauses in a person’s career. For women, career interruptions happen at a much higher rate, most commonly due to child-rearing.
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Breaking Down Children’s Reading Habits
-In line with other research, Erbeli found children chose to read based on their proficiency in reading. But she also focused on something more specific – the influence of genetic and environmental factors on children’s reading habits.
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The Development of Aggressive-Victims
-Dr. Idean Ettekal, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, researches those known as aggressive-victims. An aggressive-victim is someone who shows high rates of aggressive behavior to peers and, at the same time, is also the target of an aggression.
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4th Annual Voices of Impact Announced
-The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at The Ice House on Main in Downtown Bryan on Feb. 6 at 6 p.m.
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Health education researchers partner with Hearne to improve rural health
-Health education is not one size fits all, especially in rural areas where accessing healthcare services can be a challenge.
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Injury to Innovation: Kinesiology researcher retrofits odd objects to aid rehabilitation
-Before Dr. Deanna Kennedy was an assistant professor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology, she taught a gymnastics course at Texas A&M. From this class, she sustained an injury that would change the course of her life forever.
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Science in Silence: Teaching DHH Students
-While DHH students face many of the same struggles in school, especially in science, there are some challenges that impact DHH students more. One of those challenges is language deficiencies and delays. More than 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents and nearly 75% of those parents never learn to sign.
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Exploring Autism and Anxiety
-Children with autism) are at greater risk for experiencing high levels of anxiety symptoms. Recent evidence suggests Cognitive behavioral therapy may also be effective for anxiety reduction in some presentations of autism.
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TESOL Certificate program begins at Texas A&M
-As school districts across Texas seek to respond to growing changes in their communities, they are also facing concerns when it comes to communication between parents and teachers.
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Disaster recovery two years after Hurricane Harvey
-As school districts across Texas seek to respond to growing changes in their communities, they are also facing concerns when it comes to communication between parents and teachers.
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Keeping teachers in the classroom
-As school districts across Texas seek to respond to growing changes in their communities, they are also facing concerns when it comes to communication between parents and teachers.
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What is work burnout and how can we avoid it?
-For human resource development professor Dr. Jia Wang, work burnout is bad for business.
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Aggie ACHIEVE: The Inclusive College Experience
-This fall, we celebrate the launch of Aggie ACHIEVE, the state’s first inclusive, four-year postsecondary education program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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How Does an Interest in Dinosaurs Impact a Child in The Classroom?
-Although little research is available highlighting interests in early childhood, there is growing evidence that before they start school, children develop interests that persist over time and have long-term implications, both personal and academic.
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Texas A&M study finds arts education positively impacts student performance
-The argument for maintaining arts education in schools has typically been ‘art for the sake of art’, but art class is more than just glue sticks and field trips. In a recent study, Dr. Daniel Bowen proved that arts education positively impacts student outcomes by increasing writing achievement, decreasing disciplinary infractions and increasing compassion.
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Improving Retention Through Classroom Management
-According to Dr. Andrew Kwok, assistant professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, one of the main reasons teachers leave is because they are not good classroom managers.
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Teaching community health workers to utilize family history for prevention
-Dr. Lei-Shih (Lace) Chen, associate professor of health education, is helping rural Texas communities tap into family health history by educating community health workers about basic genetics through bilingual workshops.
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What motivates educators to empower incarcerated women
-Prisons typically offer classes to inmates on topics such as life skills, career readiness and even yoga, enriching the time inmates spend detained. The individuals leading these classes are often unpaid volunteers. What motivates educators to enter these challenging learning environments for free?
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Studying the Impacts of Self-Control on Behavior Problems
-Self-control is the ability to control your emotions, thoughts and behaviors – the quality that allows you to stop yourself from doing things you want to do but that might not be in your best interest.
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Technology’s Impact On Learning A Foreign Language
-100 fourth and fifth grade, English-speaking students, participated in two groups – one with E-flashcards and one with traditional paper flashcards. The objective was to learn 20 new Chinese words during each lesson.
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ICYMI: Video From The Voices Of Impact Speaker Series
-Inspired by the popular TED talks, speakers engaged attendees in five-minute presentations featuring one slide. Each presentation touched on a variety of engaging topics related to our everyday lives.
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