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New York State Senator Shelley B. Mayer Awards $125,000 in Grants to Support WJCS Group Homes and ParentChild+ Program

2024-07-30T16:59:04-04:00July 30th, 2024|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal|Tags: , , |

(From left: Jessica Piecyk, WJCS Managing Director of Early Childhood & Assistant Executive Director of Jewish Programs; Lauren Bassin, Assistant Director of WJCS Community Programs; Lauren Candela-Katz, WJCS Chief Advancement Officer; New York State Senator Shelley B. Mayer; Seth Diamond, WJCS CEO) Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) today announced that New York State Senator Shelley B. Mayer has selected WJCS as a recipient of two grants that will provide critically-needed support to its group homes and its ParentChild+ program. WJCS operates 12 community residences in Westchester County for adults with developmental disabilities. The Local Community Assistance Program (LoCAP) Grant ...

Fostering a Strong Foundation for Early Childhood Development and Literacy.

2024-05-20T16:13:06-04:00May 30th, 2024|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: , , , , , , |

The impact of WJCS Parent-Child programs has been life changing. I  became connected when I was a first-time mom and needed to give my children a chance to socialize with other children and equip me to foster a love of learning. We learned about the WJCS Summer Hartley Park program, then found out about the WJCS Parent Child Center, and then the WJCS ParentChild+ Home Visiting program. The Parent-Child programs helped guide us with the fundamentals of social emotional readiness for preschool and how to interact with other children and grownups. It empowered me as a mom, to support ...

Early Learning Tips for School Success

2024-07-11T14:25:45-04:00September 4th, 2023|Categories: General|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

By Tally Aliphas Palefski, LMSW The early years of a child’s life are an essential foundation for later success—in school, career, and in life. During the early years and beyond, we believe that parents are their children’s first and most important teachers. Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) is committed to providing parents and young children with the tools they need to develop a healthy bond, early literacy and language skills, and social-emotional capabilities. Our Parent-Child Programs recently introduced a new initiative, “Strategy of the Month." Its goal is to help parents hone in on one attainable approach each month to ...

4 Steps to Cultivating Strong Parent-Child Bonds in the Digital Age

2023-08-31T14:04:05-04:00September 4th, 2023|Categories: General|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Electronic addiction is increasingly becoming an area of concern. A recent study conducted by the Center for Humane Technology found that people check their phones more than 150 times per day. Digital devices and distractions consume our time, influence our communication, affect our sleeping patterns, and impact our relationships and mood. The “ping” on our smartphone, alerting us to incoming texts, news flashes, and “likes” on our social media feeds, have become the background music of our lives. The effect on children who are growing up in such tech-focused environments is a matter worthy of attention by all parents. ...

Boosting Your Child’s Emotional and Social Skills

2023-08-31T13:51:26-04:00August 31st, 2023|Categories: General|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

New parents often bemoan that their newborns didn’t arrive in this world with a manual. They, rightfully, sense that the early years of a child’s life are an essential foundation for later success—in school, career, and in life. WJCS has numerous early childhood programs. We are committed to providing parents and young children with the tools they need to develop a healthy bond, early literacy and language skills, and social-emotional capabilities, including empathy, problem-solving, persistence, collaboration, confidence, communication, curiosity, creativity, cooperation, and self-control. Cultivating a child’s social and emotional skills takes thoughtfulness and patience on the part of parents. ...

WJCS Early Childhood Programs Celebrates El Dia de los Ninos

2023-05-04T11:52:36-04:00March 17th, 2023|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Every April WJCS Early Childhood Programs celebrate the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Week of the Young Child. The NAEYC established this event in 1971 to recognize that early childhood years lay the foundation for children’s success in school and in life. We have now expanded the celebration to include El Dia de los Ninos, Children’s Day. Children in many Latin American countries go to school on April 30th and spend the day celebrating with pinatas, and other treats. WJCS will not offer candy at our celebrations, but we will have snacks, crowns, and books ...

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