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Prime Time Palm Beach County Held Two-Day Event to Unmask the Potential of Afterschool Professionals
Prime Time’s virtual Afterschool Symposium themed Unmasking Your Potential, Building Systems and Programs Where All Youth Can Thrive was a successful event with more than 250 participants in attendance. The two-day event hosted on Whova, a virtual event application, on May 13-14, 2021, allowed for Palm Beach, Martin counties and beyond to join for networking, professional development workshops, award ceremonies and a special keynote…
Read MoreOut-of-School Time Practitioners Share Their Experiences Amid Covid-19 and Their Hopes for the Future
Out-of-school time practitioners recently shared the impact that COVID-19 has had on their programs and their hopes for the future. Read below to hear their wishes to help make their programs better, what keeps them motivated to keep showing up for the children who attend their programs and how Prime Time has continued to offer…
Read MoreNavigate Anxiety Caused by the Coronavirus Outbreak
Written by Knellee Bisram, SEL Specialist and Mindfulness Teacher, Prime Time Palm Beach County These are challenging times… In a recent New York Times article, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Judson Brewer describes how the fear and anxiety caused by the Coronavirus outbreak can produce stress. He explains that when this anxiety is combined with social contagion, we…
Read MorePrime Time Palm Beach County Hosted Three Events in Honor of Lights On Afterschool
Prime Time Palm Beach County joined more than one million people at 10,000 events to show support and bring attention to quality afterschool programs. For the first time in 19 years, Prime Time hosted three events on October 24, 2019 in honor of Lights On Afterschool Palm Beach County. The Afterschool Alliance organizes “Lights On…
Read MoreQuality Improvement is Always a Journey and Never a Destination
by Patrick Freeland, Quality Improvement Manager, Prime Time Palm Beach County I started my career in 2001 working for Boys and Girls Town of South Florida, providing home and school-based prevention/intervention services to children. Among other responsibilities, I was tasked to appropriately respond to children’s statements of self-harm (i.e., “I’m so angry, I want to…
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