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Professor Child Debuts Educational Film “Children and Divorce” - YAHOO!
Professor Child has just released its first educational film, “Children and Divorce”. The documentary style film highlights the personal stories of eight children whose families are going through or have gone through a divorce. The film focuses on the child’s perspective and is helpful for any child looking for a way to relate to or work through the difficulties of divorce.
Bend, Oregon (PRWEB) August 01, 2012
After a discouraging search to find a hopeful and healing product for her niece, Jenni O’Keefe, co-founder of Professor Child, was inspired to create a new type of educational tool. “I was dismayed at the lack of resources available for children dealing with grief and divorce. I knew there had to be a way to instill a sense of hope and healing to children going through a painful time. There was an opportunity to create something special.” Ultimately, after partnering with co-founders Sharon Richards, a mental health counselor, and Rory Kidder, an elementary school teacher, Professor Child was launched with a focus on children teaching children by sharing their own personal stories. “This truly was a collaboration of working moms with diverse backgrounds in therapy, education, and personal experience. Once we started discussing the problem we wanted to solve, the solution of ‘children teaching children’ was a shared vision,” said O’Keefe.Professor Child offers a different type of educational tool one in which children teach children by sharing their stories without clinical messages or adults giving advice. “We want children to know they are not alone in what they are experiencing. We believe they can learn valuable lessons by simply listening to each others’ personal stories,” said Rory Kidder, co-founder.
“Children and Divorce”, the first Professor Child production, brings together eight children to share their stories. In the film they describe what divorce means to them, how it has changed their lives, and what has helped. The documentary style film offers simple visuals of the children telling their unique stories. “We didn’t know what to expect as we prepared to film these children and their stories. We just knew we wanted to provide a venue for them to share their experience, what they learned from it, and what advice they would give to children affected by divorce. Ultimately, we were blown away by their honesty, sincerity and courage,” said Sharon Richards, co-founder.
“It is one thing when an adult gives advice and says everything will be OK; it is another message altogether when a ‘peer’ says it,” said Kim Kelly, Licensed Professional Counselor, after viewing the film.
Professor Child produces educational tools from films to workbooks that focus on providing a message for children that is relatable, healing, and hopeful and purely child focused. Professor Child is currently in production with films focusing on grief, children who have a sibling with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and children from military families.
About Professor Child, LLC
Professor Child is the creation of three moms coming together with a fundamental belief in empowering. Founded on the belief that children have a powerful voice that is relatable, healing and hopeful, Professor Child focuses on challenging events that may arise in a child’s life. Professor Child produces educational films and workbooks.
To learn more about Professor Child’s projects, visit http://www.professorchild.com
Jenni O'Keefe
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Kent PCC hopeful pledges to introduce youth police commissioner - Kent News
Ann Barnes
By Marijke Cox, Reporter
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
9:00 AM
Independent candidate Ann Barnes says she wants to give young people in Kent a voice
A hopeful in the Police and Crime Commissioner race has vowed to give young people a voice if elected by creating a youth police commissioner post.
Ann Barnes, who is the current chair of Kent Police Authority (KPA), the body which currently monitors the county’s force, said it would be a paid job and open to all young people, from school leavers to gap year students and unemployed youngsters.
“A police youth commissioner will create a link to those who really know what it’s like to be a young citizen in Kent,” she said.
“There are a lot of disenchanted young people out there and we need to give them a say in policing.”
Last week Mrs Barnes made the surprise announcement she would be standing in the PCC election as an independent on November 15 despite previously criticising the upcoming role, which is being introduced by the Home Office.
She told this website she had no other choice but to stand if the Government was to push ahead with the shake-up. She is expected to stand down as KPA chair in August.
The PCC will be an individual voted in by the public for a four-year term to replace the existing KPA on November 22.
They will set the budget, determine a policing strategy and have the power to hire and fire the Chief Constable.
The annual salary is £85,000.
Mrs Barnes launched her youth initiative during a visit to community radio Academy FM at the Folkestone Academy.
She pledged to use some of her own salary to fund the post.
“It would be a paid job, different to an internship, and it will last for a year,” she said.
“I’ll take someone new on each year and they will be the face of policing for young people – the person who will give them a voice.”
Mrs Barnes said the idea stemmed from the suggestion made by independent London mayoral candidate Siobhan Benita in April who said there should be a youth Mayor of London.
“I thought it made sense and was a really good idea. This is not just an electioneering gimmick,” she said.
“It will be something a young person can benefit from, they will gain experience and to have something like that on their CV would be brilliant.
“They will help me engage fully with young people the length and breadth of the county. So often, young people say they feel isolated from the work of the police. My youth commissioner initiative will bridge the gap.”
Mrs Barnes said if she is elected the youth post would be in place by April 1, following an open recruitment process.
She is inviting feedback about the role at www.annbarnes.co.uk.
Other PCC candidates are Craig Mackinlay (Con), Harriet Yeo (Lab), Steven Uncles (English Democrats) and independent hopefuls Dai Liyanage, Ken Little, Fran Croucher, Fergus Wilson and Ian Driver.
Source: www.kentnews.co.uk
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