Category Archives: Education Center

Ohio Association for Play Therapy Offering Workshops April 20-21, 2012

The Ohio Association for Play Therapy is offering a workshop this spring and would like to share this opportunity with interested school counselors. . General details are below.

  • Integrating Sandtray-Worldplay into our Play Therapy Practice: Exploring the Gateways for Growth, Healing, and Well-Being
  • Using Sandtray-Worldplay to Work with the Trauma of the Day: Being with Big and Small Unfinished Experiences of Life

Featuring: Gisela Schubach De Domenico PhD, MFT, Registered Play Therapist & Supervisor

Friday/Saturday, April 20 & 21, 2012

Columbus State Community College Center for Workforce Development
315 Cleveland Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43215

Finding Help for Uninsured Accident Victims

In a best case scenario, an accident is nothing more than an inconvenience. A few dollars are spent, maybe a quick trip to the doctor, a few days with a rental car and soon life is back to normal. No major harm done thanks to the benefit of insurance.

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A devastating car accident is a tragedy to all who are involved. However, being an accident victim of a driver without insurance is even more difficult. For someone involved in a collision with a driver without insurance, a simple car accident can be horrifying. Who will pay for?

  • medical bills
  • car repair bills
  • loss of work
  • loss of freedom
  • time off work

Finding Help for Uninsured Accident Victims

If you are the victim of uninsured driver, there is help.

It is possible that you are already covered by your own insurance. Some policies have a clause to protect people from uninsured drivers. You may be able to use your own insurance to pay your bills. Your Read more…

Things to Do if Your Loved Ones Experienced Criminal Charges

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When someone you love is in trouble, all you can think about is how to help them. It is especially scary if the loved one is already in jail when you learn about the situation. Be aware that there are certain actions that can harm their case. As soon as you learn of their legal troubles, take these steps to protect them from further legal trouble and get their defense on the right track.

Get the Right Information

Find out exactly where the loved one is. If the person is in jail, get the exact location and address. Ask who the arresting officer or officers were and precisely what the loved one is charged with. The charges can sometimes change later, but you need to know exactly what the charges are at the time of arrest to mount a good legal defense.

Watch What You Say

Jail phones are not secure, and the information discussed on these phone lines is not privileged. Read more…

Hamilton Co. Schools Release Rezoning Maps

Hundreds of East Hamilton students will have to change schools, if a Hamilton County schools rezoning plan is approved.

Tuesday night school officials would not provide copies of the rezoning maps, but did release those maps Wednesday afternoon. There are 3 maps of proposed zones (Elementary, Middle, High).

Proposed New High School Zones

Proposed New Middle School Zones

Proposed New Elementary School Zones

for more information on Tuesday night’s public meeting.

The Thursday night meeting for Ooltewah parents starts at 6 p.m. (March 1) at Ooltewah High School.

NYC teacher rankings released

New York City is set to release rankings of thousands of public school teachers who were rated on their ability to affect students’ progress on standardized tests.

The rankings track 18,000 math and English public school teachers from fourth through eighth grades The New York Times reports that three years of ratings were released. They’re based on how students progressed from one year to the next. The rankings gauge the extent to which their teachers were responsible for the students’ progress.

The release of the information comes after a yearlong legal battle with the United Federation of Teachers. It sued unsuccessfully to keep the names confidential.

School administrators, teachers and others have criticized the Teacher Data Reports. Critics say there are large margins of error and factual errors or omissions.