The Stern Center for Language and Learning welcomed Julia Caminiti to its staff as Communications Specialist. Julia brings a wealth of expertise in setting strategic marketing direction and implementing successful campaigns for institutions of higher education, businesses, and design firms. Prior to joining the Stern Center, Julia worked for nearly twenty years at Champlain College in a variety of key roles. As Communications Specialist, Julia will coordinate marketing, messaging, and brand awareness for the Stern Center.
The Stern Center’s Julie Erdelyi wrote the organization’s most recent publication—Activities, Games, and Lessons for Social Learning: A Practical Guide. The book is perfectly timed to help educators and parents teaching children at home during COVID-19. Erdelyi is an autism specialist and the Director of the Stern Center’s Social Learning and Communication team. The book shares fun ways to help children make strong, meaningful connections with others.
According to Erdelyi, “Having good social skills doesn’t just affect classroom behavior—it’s the key to making learning stick. When students improve their self-regulation, social communication, and perspective-taking competencies, they are better prepared to challenge themselves academically, take on tough tasks, and collaborate with teachers and classmates to achieve real, lasting school success. And since these skills also improve life outside school, the benefits come full circle.”
Published by Corwin Press, Activities, Games, and Lessons for Social Learning: A Practical Guide, is available online (https://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/activities-games-and-lessons-for-social-learning/book266418) and through most major booksellers.
The Stern Center for Language and Learning is a nonprofit educational resource in Williston, VT dedicated to enriching the lives of learners. For 37 years the organization has recognized that all great minds don’t think alike, and its staff helps children and adults reach their academic, social, and professional goals. The Stern Center provides research-based learning evaluations and customized instruction for a wide range of clients, including those with learning disabilities, dyslexia, language disorders, social learning challenges, autism, attention deficit disorders, and learning differences. Its staff also designs and delivers customized professional learning programs and systems change using current research and education trends. Through the Cynthia K. Hoehl Institute for Excellence, the Stern Center works with school districts, schools, and individual educators to advance early literacy, oral language, reading, written language, social cognition, executive functioning, and math. Scholarships are available. More information is at www.sterncenter.org.