Students were given 20
drinking straws, three feet of
tape and a half hour to plan and construct a container
for a raw egg that would keep it from breaking when the
egg was dropped five feet. At left, Elijah shows his angular
design, and at right, Collin puts his egg to the test. The students
were in the science class of Guy Shrack, teacher, and
Megan Simmons, teacher aide, at Henrietta G. Lewis
Campus School in Lockport.
New Directions
Grant for $225,000 to address trauma in at-risk youth
Helping the community
Mike, right, a teen from
Randolph
Children's Home, volunteered as a bell ringer for the Salvation Army in
December at the Randolph Quality Market. Alexis Shellenbarger makes a
donation.
The Care Management Coalition of Western New York, a group of agencies serving children and families, has received a grant of $225,000 over three years from the John R. Oishei Foundation for a project to address trauma in seriously emotionally disturbed youth in residential treatment. The project funds training and research occurring at New Directions Youth and Family Services.
At-risk youth who haven’t addressed the trauma they have suffered often aren’t capable of benefiting from the behavior therapy, education and socialization they receive in placement.
Clinicians are being trained by Ricky Greenwald, Psy.D., executive director of the Child Trauma Institute in Greenfield, Massachusetts and a pioneer in research and treatment of traumatized children and adolescents. New Directions is collaborating with the University at Buffalo School of Social Work to produce research that will allow the project to be replicated in other institutions. More
Youth & Family
Services is a
501(c)3 non-profit
agency that helps
Matt, left, and Erika are among the youth at Randolph Children’s Home helping to care for Lady, a neglected horse found last week, as a way to aid the SPCA and the community. The youth will nurture the horse until a permanent home can be located for the animal.
Randolph Children’s Home
shelters neglected horse
A neglected horse has found temporary shelter at Randolph Children’s Home, which operates an accredited equestrian program to help youth change their behaviors. More>
children
with emotional and
behavioral problems,
along with
their families.
Programs reaccredited
After an intensive and rigorous review, the Adventure Recreation & Therapy Program and the Equestrian Program at Randolph Children’s Home were recently reaccredited by the Association of Experiential Education, an international accrediting body. More
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