Get Ready to GROW Visits Golisano Autism Center
On Sunday, May 1, 2022, the sun was shining, and families were smiling at the PBS KIDS Day at Golisano Autism Center, and the Get Ready to GROW team was there!
Continue readingCommunity Breakfast and Coterie Award Celebration
On Thursday morning, April 28, 2022, Children’s Institute (CI) held a celebratory Community Breakfast at Rochester’s beautiful Century Club.
Continue readingHoliday Toy Drive 2021
Help make the holidays brighter for the schools and childcare centers that we support!
Continue readingAnn Marie White, Ed.D., presents at IASR/AFSP International Summit
Executive Director Ann Marie White, Ed.D., presented on October 25, 2021, at the International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR)/American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) International Summit (October 24-27), a virtual conference on Suicide Research.
Continue readingStaffing Updates
Children’s Institute is celebrating the following notable staffing updates...
Continue reading"Play and Screen" event at the Rochester Public Library
Many thanks to Tonia Burton, Dr. Lisa Hiley, Jackie Robbins, all of the incredible Nazareth College students, and UR Intern Sari, for the successful “Play and Screen” event held on September 25, 2021 at the Rochester Public Library.
Continue readingFall Extravaganza
Congratulations to all the supporters of the fabulous Fall Extravaganza!
Continue readingGet Ready to GROW ‘popped up’ at Highland Park on June 23!
Guess who is popping up in parks around the county this summer? Our ‘Get Ready to GROW’ bus, in partnership with the Monroe County Library!
Continue readingLet’s celebrate the parents!
As if parenting young children isn’t hard enough. Add the pandemic, remote learning for preschoolers, all kinds of added stress and we know that parents could use a celebration of all they’ve been through.
Continue readingWhat were your Juneteenth experiences growing up? What were you taught?
As we plan for our respective acknowledgments of Juneteeth, and our government confirms it as a national holiday, I have been thinking about how we each have been introduced to this part of our country's history, and the different ways that key events in Black history are communicated in our families and educational environments.
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