dine out . . . help kids
On the first Monday of every month, San Francisco's Tangerine Restaurant helps Edgewood's Primary Intervention Program (PIP) by donating 15% of sales.
Enjoy a great dinner and help this valuable program!
PIP
The Edgewood Primary Intervention Program (PIP) is a school-based program designed to help primary grades (K-3) children adapt to a school environment and to enhance their personal development by:
- increasing their self-esteem,
- teaching them pro-social behaviors, and
- improving their ability to express themselves
PIP provides children with the exclusive attention of a nonjudgmental, trusting adult in a safe environment at school. Through non-directive play techniques in a specially equipped room, the PIP Child Aide facilitates the child's self-direction, self-exploration, and self-growth.
Non-directed play describes a method by which an adult (parent, friend, teacher, therapist) plays with the child, but lets that child lead and be the sole decision-maker of their play time together. The adult supports the child without directing his or her choice of activities.
PIP operates on the belief that even very young children can identify and solve their own problems.
location
During the 2007-08 school year, The Edgewood PIP program was in the following elementary school locations:
Sanchez, Bret Harte, Fairmount, Robert L. Stevenson, Mission Education Center, Grattan, West Portal, Cleveland, Jean Parker, Chinese Education Center, Alvarado, Argonne, Cesar Chavez, Monroe , Spring Valley
Who It Helps
The Edgewood PIP program works parents and school staff to identify children for the PIP program. The children we serve are those that are displaying signs of poor school adjustment in the primary (K-3) grades. They can be shy and withdrawn, or might use low-level aggression or acting out to gain attention. Some of the behaviors we look for in class, on the schoolyard, or in the cafeteria are:
- cannot maintain conversations with peers,
- seems not to have a friend or group of friends,
- does not initiate peer contact,
- poor eye contact,
- sad or blank affect,
- speaks little or not at all,
- lacks independent study skills,
- uses physical contact inappropriately (e.g., pulls hair, taps others with pencils)
- is often alone at recess,
- tends not to volunteer in class.
In addition to direct observation, we use the Walker-Survey Instrument to guide our decisions on selecting PIP kids. The Walker-Survey Instrument is completed by the child's classroom teacher and rates the student on three different types of behaviors:
- Teacher-preferred Social Behaviors
- Peer-preferred Social Behaviors
- Classroom adjustment behaviors
partners and funders
The Edgewood PIP program is funded through the California Early Mental Health Initiative (EMHI) in the California Department Mental Health Department. EMHI provides funding for school-based early intervention and prevention services to kindergarten through third grade students who have mild to moderate school adjustment issues and would benefit from additional support.
In addition, schools may contribute to the PIP program often matched by Edgewood private and public grants.
key facts
The Edgewood PIP program follows eight principles and guidelines:
- Develop a warm, friendly relationship with the child.
- Accept the child exactly as he or she is.
- Establish a feeling of permissiveness.
- Recognize and reflect the child's feelings.
- Respect the child's ability to solve his or her own problems.
- The child leads the way.
- Change is a gradual process.
- Establish only necessary limitations.
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