Children Having Individual Learning Differences (C.H.I.L.D.) is holding a free workshop, “Central Auditory Processing and Language-Based Learning Disorders: Your Questions Answered!” on January 24. Jeanne Tighe, a speech and language therapist, is the presenter. Tighe has focused the past five years on working with children with language-based learning disabilities, specializing in reading and writing...
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Verona Municipal Alliance Committee (VMAC), Children Having Individual Learning Differences (C.H.I.L.D.), and the Verona Junior Women’s Club are holding a free screening of the education documentary “Race to Nowhere” on Wednesday, October 26, at 7 p.m. Race to Nowhere is one of two recent high-profile documentaries about education in America and it paints a...
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Because of several conflicts with other Verona events tonight, C.H.I.L.D.’s free workshop on preventing bullying has been switched to a new date and place. “Don’t Mess with Me: the Connection Between Self-Esteem and Bullying” will be now be held on Wednesday, October 12, in the library at Verona High School. The start time is...
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Next Tuesday, September 20, Children Having Individual Learning Differences (C.H.I.L.D.) will be offering a free lecture, “Don’t Mess with Me: the Connection Between Self-Esteem and Bullying.” The talk will be held at 7 p.m. at the Verona Community Center, 880 Bloomfield Avenue. Self esteem affects every facet of our lives, from career choice to...
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Matt Myklusch, the author of the Jack Blank book series, will be at Verona Pool this afternoon as part of C.H.I.L.D.‘s summer reading room series. The two Jack Blank books, The Accidental Hero and The Secret War, are fantasy/adventure books aimed at 8 to 12 year old readers. In them, the orphan Jack Blank...
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Children Having Individual Learning Differences, the Verona non-profit that sponsors the summer reading room at Verona Pool, is sponsoring a Spanish-language story time with Marisela Santiago of Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, next Wednesday, July 13, from 1 to 2 p.m.. The first 25 children to come to the story time will get a free...
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C.H.I.L.D., which sponsors the summer reading room at Verona Pool, is bringing author Jane Lovascio to the pool today, Wednesday, June 29. Lovascio is the creator of the Casey and Bella series, which feature two real dogs, Casey, the Jack Russell Terrier and Bella, a Yorkie. Each book in the Casey and Bella book...
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That cute little cottage by the Verona Pool manager’s office is the new home of C.H.I.L.D.’s free summer outdoor reading program and it opens for business today, Monday, June 27. C.H.I.L.D., which stands for Children Having Individual Learning Differences, is a Verona non-profit that supports a variety of learning programs. It has stocked the...
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CHILD, Inc., a Verona non-profit organization, is seeking a Verona resident for the temporary position of Reading Room Assistant. This is an ideal position for a mature high school or college student on summer break. This individual will work at the Verona Pool Monday through Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. from June...
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Children Having Individual Learning Differences (C.H.I.L.D.) is hosting a free workshop on dyslexia on Wednesday, May 4 at 7 p.m. in the Verona Community Center ballroom. Ellen Fenster-Kuehl, Ph.D., licensed psychologist and Jeanne Tighe, CCC-PLC, speech and language pathologist will speak about the different elements involved in dyslexia from their unique perspectives. Ms. Fenster-Kuehl...
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